Haisla Nation celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day
June 21, 2026
The Haisla Nation and residents of Kitmat gathered at Riverlodge, Sunday, June 21, 2026, to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day.
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The “moon” of Sauron
May 31, 2026
For the past year people in Kitimat have called the LNG Canada flare “the eye of Sauron” after how it was depicted in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movie The Two Towers On May 31, 2026, I woke up at 3:34 am in time to catch the May blue “micro” full moon right over […]
Birds in May
May 29, 2026
May has been a very busy month, so I am posting the best or most interesting bird photos for the month in one go. I was on my back, having an afternoon cup of tea, when this male yellow-rumpled warbler flew out of the cedar tree and onto the power line. On May 26, shooting […]
Moon set over Kitimat, May 4, 2026
May 4, 2026
I was hoping to capture the full moon this week, (either rising or setting) but a couple of factors combined to interfere with my plans. The moon was rising later and later in the evening and there were high clouds or haze over the past few days. Monday, May 4, was different, clear skies and […]
In memory of Joanne Monaghan
April 27, 2026
The people of Kitimat came together on Saturday, April 25, to celebrate the life of former mayor Joanne Monaghan who passed away on March 26, 2026, after decades of service to the community.
Spring time: April birds in Kitimat
April 27, 2026
Kitimat’s spring blizzard
March 27, 2026
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.