People of colour lives matter rally in Kitimat
June 6, 2020
A few of the protest signs from the Kitimat, BC, “peopleofcolourlivesmatter” rally on Saturday June 6, 2020.
Category: Kitimat
Birds in a blizzard
January 3, 2020
The decade of the 2020s came in like a mountain lion on January 3, 2020 here in Kitimat, with (up until now) 75 centimetres or 30 inches of snow. I came inside after digging out the first time (I would dig out twice more today) and sat down for lunch only to see at least […]
Kitimat Christmas Bird Count 2019
December 15, 2019
For the Christmas Bird Count in Kitimat, there’s usually a lot of ground to cover in a very short period of time–that’s because here in the northwest daylight hours are limited as we get closer to the Winter Solstice. So we started before dawn, which is OK for those who are counting but not so […]
Fall colors on Thanksgiving
October 14, 2019
Birds in the nearby forest
October 9, 2019
I usually take a morning walk through a forest park near my house. We had the first major frost this morning, and so the resident birds, steller’s jays, American robins and juncos were very active.
The Kitimat branch line operating trestle bridges
October 7, 2019
The 38.5 mile (62 kilometre) Canadian National Railways branch line from Terrace to Kitimat is one of the last working rail lines in North America that still uses wooden trestle bridges. There are three large and three smaller trestles along the line, as well a large bridge built to cross the Skeena River at Terrace […]
A welded and sculpted metal tree created by two Grade 12 students in memory of Canada’s murdered and missing indigenous women and girls was unveiled in the lobby of the Kitimat Valley Institute on Friday, October 4, 2109, where it will be on permanent display. The tree was created by Trinity Harry, 17, Ojibwa Nation, […]