Kitimat Firefighter Paramedics – IAFF Local 1304 defeated the Kitimat RCMP Detachment Saturday, February 21, 7–3 in the annual Showdown in Snowtown Classic, also known across the province as Guns and Hoses Game. The charity game raised $25,000 for the Kitimat Fire Ladder of Hope Charity. After a tight first two periods, the firefighters pulled […]
Kitimat held its annual Rail Jam at City Centre n Friday January 30, 202. A rail jam defined as a high-energy, grassroots skiing and snowboarding competition focusing on technical tricks on rails, boxes, and urban-style features. It is held in small spaces, often in city centres or at the base of ski resorts. The District […]
We’ve had stormy weather in Kitimat for days now. Yet when the sun has come up each morning, there is a break in the clouds that produces wonderful golden hour morning light on what’s left of the fall leaves. First two mountain ash with other trees in the background lighting up the silhouette. Number three […]
Spawning salmon shot through the waters of Kitimat’s Hirsch Creek look like abstract art.
June’s Strawberry Moon was spectacular in Kitimat. In the moon’s cycle of an elliptical orbit it is its lowest point in the 18.6 years cycle. That meant the moon was low over Douglas Channel making for some great photos. The June 9 photos were taken with my Sony RX10iii, the other morning photos are a […]
Winter 2025 has been spectacular for photographing from my front yard and in some cases bedroom window. The planets Jupiter, Saturn and Venus were visible at times and capping it off was the lunar eclipse on March 14, 2025. On the other hand we had a lot of rain and heavy overcast but not much […]
The first of a projected series of atmospheric rivers hit Kitimat on the afternoon of September 21. To my surprise there was lively and heavy bird activity in my backyard, including more than a dozen dark-eyed juncos, five of the steller’s jays that live in the trees by my house, a couple of northern flickers, […]