Kitimat

• Man taken into custody after allegedly lighting his Kitimat, B.C. home on fire

  Footage from a neighbour's security camera shows the garage door buckling as the man's vehicle pushes against it. Smoke billowed out the moment the door burst open.

  Crime

  Sep 22
  
• B.C. municipal election 2022: Kitimat results

  Incumbent Kitimat Mayor Phil Germuth will return for a third term, having won by acclamation. There are six available council seats and 10 candidates in the race.

  Politics

  Sep 18
  
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• Evacuation orders in northwest B.C., as rivers rise

  Evacuation orders have been issued for three small communities in northwestern British Columbia as the flood risk rises across the region.

  Weather

  Jun 6
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• 15 people charged with criminal contempt over B.C. pipeline protest, 10 others await fate

  The prosecution service says it will take four more weeks to decide if there's enough evidence to charge an additional 10 people, while two others won't be prosecuted.

  Crime

  Jun 1
• Coastal GasLink pipeline builder fined thousands over erosion and sediment control on B.C. project

  A statement from the Environmental Assessment Office says more than 40 inspections have been carried out along the pipeline construction route since the project began in 2019.

  Environment

  May 9
• Sections of B.C. LNG line complete, partnership on disputed portion: Coastal GasLink

  The company behind the Coastal GasLink liquefied natural gas pipeline across northern British Columbia says it is nearing 65 per cent overall completion of the project.

  Canada

  May 4
• Mother of construction worker who died in Kelowna, B.C. crane collapse to speak

  There will be speakers from WorkSafe BC, the City of Kelowna and the North Okanagan Labour Council speaking in honour of a loved one who was injured or died.

  Education

  Apr 27
• Beloved B.C. captain, crew member lost in fatal tugboat incident remembered 1 year later

  The MV Ingenika sunk on Feb. 11, 2021, while pulling a barge through the Gardner Canal towards the Rio Tinto Kemano Generating Station south of Kitimat, B.C.

  Features

  Feb 11
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• ‘It’s not a costume’: B.C. teacher’s alleged mocking of student’s Indigenous regalia sparks protest

  In a statement, the Haisla Nation said it is aware of the incident and has been in close contact with the school district. 

  Canada

  Nov 3, 2021
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• Two arrested as academics share concerns over Indigenous artifacts at B.C. site

  RCMP are negotiating with demonstrators who have taken control of a Coastal GasLink construction site as tensions surrounding the natural gas project rise again.

  Environment

  Sep 30, 2021