Category: Photography

In memory former mayor Joanne Monaghan

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 […]

Freda Diessing Northwest Coast Art Exhibit 2026

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 […]

Kitimat Rail Jam 2026

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 […]

Blood red moon and super flare

On the evening of September 2, the 70 per cent waxing gibbous moon appeared blood red due to high smoke from the BC interior wildfires and the large LNG Canada flare. There was a single flare during the time when it was still daylight at 8:10 pm. When I went out again at between 9:31 […]

Apocalyptic smoke scenes in Kitimat

(Updated Sept. 4, 2025 with enhanced NASA images, the MODIS picture of the day, replacing earlier live image from Worldview) Double trouble for Kitimat on September 2, 2025. There were apocalyptic skies with heavy smoke looking like a J. M. W. Turner painting. The heavy smoke came from two sources. The winds are blowing smoke […]