Kashka Clellamin from Bella Coola created this rendition of a Heiltsuk bentwood box seen at the Freda Diessing School of Northwest Coast Art exhibit at the Kitimat Museum and Archives, during the opening on Saturday, March 7, 2026. (Robin Rowland)
The annual Fred Diessing Northwest Coast art exhibit opened at the Kitimat Museum and Archives on Saturday March 7, 2026. The school at Coast Mountain College in Terrace, brings together indigenous instructors and students from across the region to teach and learn the fundamentals of northwest coast art, design and paintng, later teaching carving and jewelery design while the students move on from the fundamentals to the art tradition of their own nation.
Visitors look at the work of students from the Freda Diessing School of Northwest Coast Art exhibit at the Kitimat Museum and Archives during the opening on Saturday, March 7, 2026. (Robin Rowland)Haisla Nation Elder Marilyn Furlan alongside instructor Nathan Wilson welcomed visitors during the opening of the Freda Diessing School of Northwest Coast Art exhibit at the Kitimat Museum and Archives on Saturday, March 7, 2026 (Robin Rowland)Instructor Nathan Wilson presents Haisla Nation Elder Marilyn Furlan with a student made bentwood box during the opening of the Freda Diessing School of Northwest Coast Art exhibit at the Kitimat Museum and Archives during on Saturday, March 7, 2026 (Robin Rowland)The students participating in the Freda Diessing School of Northwest Coast Art opening March 7 2026 (Robin Rowland)
It was uncertain whether I could shoot the April “Pink” full moon on April 1. For most of the day and early evening there was cloud cover, ranging from Stratocumulus to Cumulus, I had an evening meeting and as I left the meeting around 2045, looked up saw a lot of cloud cover. I had […]
The end of March 2026 in Kitimat has been nasty. Rather than slowly becoming springlike we’ve had snow storm after snow storm, with the latest (after the spring equinox) was more like a blizzard in January or February.
The District of Kitimat announced on Thursday, March 26, 2025, that former mayor Joanne Monahgan has died. Monaghan joined Kitimat Council in 1980 as Alderman (a title later changed to Councillor) and served the community with distinction for decades. She is Kitimat’s first female Mayor, holding the role from 2008 until 2014. Here is a […]
