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Commentary: In the tanker study, the District of Kitimat was missing in action
The list of participants in the oil spill preparedness and response study released last week by the federal government shows two glaring no shows, the District of Kitimat and Rio Tinto Alcan. The...
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Bitumen excluded from data for federal tanker study, documents reveal
Transport Canada tanker report map shows current risk for spills in BC (Transport Canada) Cover of Genivar tanker report (Transport Canada) The possible effects of a bitumen spill on Pacific waters...
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Haisla consultation reply outlines flaws in Northern Gateway Joint Review report
The Haisla Nation response to the federal government’s request for consultation on the Joint Review Panel report on the Northern Gateway lists what the First Nation sees as flaws in the panel’s...
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Gulf oil spill caused heart defects in fish embryos new study finds
There is more proof that the toxic agents in crude oil are damaging to the development of fish embryos. A study, “Deepwater Horizon Crude Oil Impacts the Developing Hearts of Large Predatory Pelagic...
View ArticleHarper’s Northern Gateway strategy and why it will end up in a muddy mess
It appears that the Stephen Harper’s strategy for approving Northern Gateway has been revealed on background to The Globe and Mail’s Gary Mason. (Either it’s a revelation or a trial balloon). It comes...
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Editorial: On the Simushir, Oceans Minister Gail Shea takes ministerial...
On Monday, October 20, 2014, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Gail Shea, stood in the House of Commons during Question Period and proved she is not up for the job. Answering questions from...
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When the Simushir was adrift, Alaska was ready, BC and Canada were not....
When the Russian container ship Simushir lost power in heavy weather west of Haida Gwaii last Thursday and driven by westerly winds came dangerously close to the rocky coast, Canada and British...
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Canadian, US Coast Guards to exercise with Alaska emergency ship towing system
The United States Coast Guard says the US and Canadian Coast Guards will “conduct a towing evolution using a State of Alaska Emergency Towing System” on Friday afternoon off Juneau, Alaska. The...
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Kitimat’s unknown role in the First World War
Ninety-seven years ago, long before the townsite was founded in the 1950s, Kitimat was to play a short, now forgotten and unlucky role in the First World War with the launch of a vessel in New...
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Second mate of tug Nathan E. Stewart asleep on watch when it grounded off...
The second mate of the tug Nathan E. Stewart fell asleep on watch when the tug grounded off Bella Bella, on October 13, 2016, according to an investigation report released by the United States...
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