The U.S. State Department released its long-awaited report on the Keystone XL project last week. Most media focused on the executive summary, but several scenarios in British Columbia are outlined in the full report even though the province is thousands of kilometres removed from the proposed pipeline.

There...

For the past month, text message tsunami warnings from the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center (WCATWC) have transformed from clear, concise vital information to incomprehensible computer code with a link to a useless URL -- at least on my Bell Android Samsung phone.

Take the warning for...

The Stephen Harper government is stalling on requests for better earthquake preparation on B.C.'s Haida Gwaii, according to NDP MP for Skeena-Bulkley Valley, Nathan Cullen.

Speaking to northwest reporters on Thursday, Cullen, who is NDP House Leader, said: "The government has been stalling since November when we've been asking them...

With temperatures climbing from climate change, the mountain pine beetle is now moving to higher elevations on mountain slopes and is a "rising threat" to the whitebark pine, which is found mainly in the Rocky Mountains, coast range of B.C. and the northern U.S., says a new study.

The report...

The most blatant fail by the Canadian media in 2012 was the fact news coverage all but ignored the gutting of the Navigable Waters Protection Act by the Conservative government in its latest anti-democratic omnibus bill.

There are crucial current issues (not to mention well-founded historical and contemporary grievances) that...

The British Columbia Solicitor General's Department is asking northwest municipalities to "clarify the initial response actions" to the magnitude 7.7 earthquake off Haida Gwaii on Oct. 27, and the resulting tsunami warning.

The package includes a letter sent to emergency program co-ordinators across British Columbia, adding: "Input will...

Kitimat, B.C. and New York had one thing in common this week: the misuse and use of social media, Twitter and Facebook that spread both accurate warnings and dangerous misinformation about an impending disaster. In the case of New York and the surrounding area, it was Superstorm Sandy that caused...

As a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit off Haida Gwaii shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday, I was at the Haisla Recreation Centre as the Haisla Nation marked the return of the G'ps Golox totem pole.

Like a boat being lifted by gentle waves, the Rec Centre began to...

TransCanada plans a rugged over-mountain route for its proposed Coastal Gaslink pipeline to the Shell Canada liquified natural gas project in Kitimat, B.C., company officials said this week in two presentations.

The proposal was presented Monday to the District of Kitimat Council and then at a community town hall briefing.

The Geological Survey of Canada has identified a tsunami hazard and a possible seismic fault in Douglas Channel near Kitimat. That's the proposed site of the Enbridge Northern Gateway project and at least three liquified natural gas projects. If the projects go ahead, hundreds of supertankers with either bitumen or...

This is part two of a two-part series: Kitimat On The Waterfront

There's one question about the Enbridge Northern Gateway project that many people ask and few can answer: Who is responsible for the port of Kitimat? Who would be liable should there be a disaster in...

This is part one of a two-part series: Kitimat On The Waterfront

Even with David Black's proposal for an oil refinery on a hill 25 kilometres north of Kitimat, residents here know that the Enbridge Northern Gateway debate has gone on for years and will go on for...

Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate for president of the United States issued his "white paper" on energy policy on Thursday. It calls for an integrated energy market with Canada, the United States and Mexico. Romney also endorses Prime Minister Stephen Harper's environmental fast track "one project, one review" policy.

The...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has declared that science, not politics, will decide the fate of the Northern Gateway project .

Harper's statement left many in Canada scratching their heads, given his government's well known antipathy to any scientific finding that conflicts with its ideological blinders.

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This is part three of a three-part series titled "Pipelines, Politics and Pundits: The view from Northwest B.C."

For the past couple of years, Enbridge and its supporters have been promoting the Northern Gateway Pipeline project as a new "National Dream" bringing Canada together....

This is part two of a three-part series titled "Pipelines, Politics and Pundits: The view from Northwest B.C."

There's a new subclause in Murphy's Law in Canada these days. The more evidence against sending the Northern Gateway Pipeline to Prince Rupert, the more politicians, journalists, bloggers and tweeters...

This is part one of a three-part series titled "Pipelines, Politics and Pundits: The view from Northwest B.C."

When B.C. Premier Christy Clark outlined her five conditions last month for possibly approving the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, her demand for a "fair share" of Alberta's petro-royalities brought howls...