The Douglas Channel has come out insisting that everyone just start calling it Doug. “Oh please, Douglas Channel was my father’s name,” said the iconic fjord. “Just call me Doug.” The Channel said that its relationship with everyone in the region has long passed the
Following a hard hitting morning news interview on the Snow Valley Guardian by CBC Daybreak North, new visitors to this site have reportedly been “OK” with the content. “I guess it’s funny,” says many seeing the site for the first time. Eighty per cent of those
A seal whose permanent residency is well beyond the municipal boundary, is believed to be breaking at least six fishing violations. “Just swimming in the river and grabbing them in his mouth seems entirely unfair and very unsportsmanlike,” says Robert Diggs, who’s been having a
A short-term outage which affected people’s Internet at home is estimated to have affected over $300,000 worth of online commerce on the Kitimat Buy & Sell for Everyone Facebook page. The outage lasted approximately two hours which temporarily crippled Kitimat’s largest retailing outlet. Leading economists
In an effort to preserve local landmarks, a new Kitimat Landscape Preservation Society [KLPS] has successfully lobbied to have flash photography banned at the viewpoint at Coghlin Park. The new rules are geared to preventing dulling of the natural beauty through repeated exposures from flash photography. “We’re thrilled
Dominic, an area black bear, thinks his species has been left out of the discussion when it comes to the Official Community Plan. With Kitimat facing potentially huge developments in the coming years, Dominic says his species, in fact all of the animal kingdom, deserve
Reacting to concerns from local residents, Kitimat Council has acted through bylaw to ensure fireworks in the community can only be set off in one’s living room between the hours of 7 and 10 p.m. “This is a pivotal moment in public safety in Kitimat,” said
“It was awful,” says Patricia Bourne, who had just emerged from Save-On-Foods with groceries. Bourne had run in for milk, bread and tomato paste – some staples plus a quick addition for a pizza she was making later – and had to endure nearly an hour
“It’s a miracle,” one board member was overheard saying as dozens upon dozens of Kitimatians flooded the Chevron headquarters’ board room, each with a piggy bank full of natural gas. Eager for a kickstart to the long-promised liquefied natural gas industry, Kitimat residents gathered up
Jobs, environment, and mashed potatoes. A new study from the Institute of Public Opinion says the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines proposal tops the list of topics most likely to cause a fight at the dinner table. “We found that religion is dulling as a sour