Tag: Kitimat

Phil Germuth sworn in

Phil Germuth takes over as Kitimat mayor, new council sworn in

  The new District of Kitimat Council was sworn in at a special ceremony at the Council Chambers at Northwest Community College in Kitimat, Monday, December 1, 2014. Mario Feldhoff reads the oath of office. (Robin Rowland) Councillor Rob Goffinet with Sgt. Morgan and Staff Sgt. Harrison. Councillor Edwin Empinado celebrates being elected for a […]

Christ the King Choir

Holiday season begins with Kitimat’s rain-drenched Festival of Lights

Hundreds of people (including lots of kids) turned out in a chilly, wet, West Coast November downpour on Saturday for Kitimat’s Festival of Lights, officially marking the start of the holiday season.   A construction truck created an arch of Christmas lights over Mountainview Square. (Robin Rowland)   Puddles reflected the lights as the rain […]

Sun set on smoky day in Kitimat

Sunset and smoke in Kitimat

For the past few days, a cold weather inversion has kept a layer of smoke over Kitimat, BC, the Kitimat harbour and Douglas Channel, and according to the Environment Canada weather alert, as far into the interior as Vanderhoof. This image from the park on Albatross Avenue looking out toward Douglas Channel on Friday, November […]

Remembrance Day, Kitimat, November 11, 2014

In Kitimat, as happened across the country on November 11. 2014, there was a larger turnout than usual at the Remembrance Day service, as people reflected on the recent events, the deaths of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, as well as the fact that Canadian Forces are in action against the Islamic […]

setting sun through moss

Hanging moss on a late afternoon in November

Late on an early November afternoon, the sun, low in the sky, shines through moss hanging from trees in a wooded area near my home in Kitimat, BC, November 9, 2014. (Robin Rowland) After almost two months of steady rain (from late September to early November) the jet stream has moved east, for now, bringing […]

Snowflake Responder III

Kitimat christens new SAR 63 rescue vessel, Snowflake Responder III

Kitimat’s Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Station 63 (SAR 63) christening its new enclosed rescue vessel on Saturday, October 25, 2014 at MK Bay marina. Almost all the more than $600,000 need for the state-of-the-art rigid hull inflatable Type II Falkins Class dedicated rescue boat was raised locally by the Kitimat Marine Rescue Society […]

Canadian Coast Guard Gordon Reid

Canadian Coast Guard patrol vessel Gordon Reid, off Coste Island, Kitimat

The CCGS Gordon Reid, a Canadian Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel, is seen on a stormy, wet and windy Douglas Channel, off Coste Island, south of Kitimat, on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. The Gordon Reid is currently (as of 2200 Oct 17, 2014) towing the Russian container vessel Simushir which lost power off the coast […]