#Kitimat–Stikine

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Canadian Daily High Temperature Records Tied/Broken 1/4/23

Okotoks, Alberta: 40 (previous record 39 2021)

Agassiz, British Columbia: 48 (previous record 44 2021)

Unincorporated Alberni-Clayoquot District, B.C.: 48 (also 48 2021)

Billings, British Columbia: 33 (also 33 2021)

Campbell Island, British Columbia: 49 (previous record 47 2021)

Chetwynd, British Columbia: 31 (previous record 24 2021)

Unincorporated Fraser Valley District, B.C.: 39 (previous record 36 2021)

Kennedy Lake Provincial Park, British Columbia: 53 (previous record 48 2021)

Unincorporated Kitimat-Stikine District, B.C.: 41 (previous record 37 2021)

Lynn Headwaters Park, British Columbia: 40 (previous record 37 2021)

Mission, British Columbia: 45 (previous record 42 2021)

Unincorporated Nanaimo District, British Columbia: 46 (also 46 2021)

Netalzul Meadows Provincial Park, B.C.: 33 (previous record 30 2021)

Pacific Rim National Park Reserve Of Canada, B.C.: 51 (previous record 46 2021)

Pender Island, British Columbia: 48 (previous record 47 2021)

Port Moody, British Columbia: 47 (previous record 45 2021)

Richmond Nature Park, British Columbia: 48 (previous record 46 2021)

Santa Gretrudis Boca Del Infierno Provincial Park, B.C.: 53 (previous record 48 2021)

Surrey, British Columbia: 46 (previous record 45 2021)

Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba: 32 (also 32 2021)

Mactaquac Provincial Park, New Brunswick: 41 (previous record 28 2021)

Unincorporated Victoria County, New Brunswick: 35 (previous record 27 2021)

Unincorporated Biscay Bay District, Newfoundland: 38 (previous record 35 2021)

Blundons Siding, Newfoundland: 37 (previous record 30 2021)

Unincorporated Burgeo-La Poile District, Newfoundland: 36 (previous record 27 2021)

Corner Brook, Newfoundland: 35 (previous record 28 2021)

Deer Lake, Newfoundland: 37 (previous record 29 2021)

Gander, Newfoundland: 35 (previous record 28 2021)

LaScie, Newfoundland: 34 (previous record 27 2021)

Unincorporated Inuvik Region, NWT: -4 (previous record -5 2021)

Nahanni National Park Reserve, Northwest Territories: -7 (previous record -14 2021)

Unincorporated Halifax Municipality, Nova Scotia: 43 (previous record 30 2021)

Unincorporated Kings County, Nova Scotia: 44 (previous record 34 2021)

Unincorporated Kings County, Nova Scotia: 43 (previous record 34 2021)

Unincorporated Kings County, Nova Scotia: 43 (previous record 34 2021)

Yarmouth 33 Reserve, Nova Scotia: 47 (previous record 35 2021)

Unincorporated Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut: -26 (previous record -38 2021)

Unincorporated Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut: -8 (previous record -11 2021)

Amherstburg, Ontario: 55 (previous record 37 2021)

Belleville, Ontario: 38 (previous record 34 2021)

Brockville, Ontario: 41 (previous record 30 2021)

Caledon, Ontario: 43 (previous record 36 2021)

Centreville, Ontario: 37 (previous record 31 2021)

Conestogo Lake Conservation Area, Ontario: 37 (previous record 31 2021)

Drummond/North Elmsley Township, Ontario: 36 (previous record 31 2021)

Dysart Et Al Township, Ontario: 35 (previous record 30 2021)

Kingsville, Ontario: 51 (previous record 34 2021)

Laurentian Hills, Ontario: 36 (previous record 30 2021)

Oro-Medonte Township, Ontario: 37 (previous record 33 2021)

Ottawa, Ontario: 37 (previous record 31 2021)

Port Colborne, Ontario: 43 (previous record 36 2021)

St. Thomas, Ontario: 41 (previous record 37 2021)

Severn Township, Ontario: 35 (previous record 33 2021)

South Frontenac Township, Ontario: 37 (previous record 31 2021)

Windsor, Ontario: 57 (previous record 36 2021)

Woodstock, Ontario: 40 (previous record 36 2021)

Prince Edward Island National Park, P.E.I.: 37 (previous record 34 2021)

L'Assomption, Quebec: 37 (previous record 29 2021)

La Tuque, Quebec: 27 (previous record 23 2021)

Saguenay, Quebec: 34 (previous record 24 2021)

Sherbrooke, Quebec: 37 (previous record 35 2021)

Unincorporated Northern Saskatchewan District, SK: 10 (previous record 5 2021)

Champagne & Aishihik First Nations, Yukon: 21 (previous record 10 2021)

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Kitimat-Stikine C (Part 2), BC, Canada

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It will still be a while before rural areas can make cannabis purchases from a local shop. The Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine (RDKS) is beginning ... Read More...

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Where is the Unist’ot’en blockade and what’s it about? The gated checkpoint is on a forest service road about 120 kilometres southwest of Smithers in Unist’ot’en territory at the Morice River Bridge. Two natural gas pipelines are to cross the bridge to serve LNG terminals in Kitimat. Unist’ot’en is a clan within the Wet’suwet’en Nation.

Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs claim title to the land, based on their pre-Confederation occupation and the fact that they’ve never signed a treaty. Their claim has not been proven in court.

The gated checkpoint is meant to control access to their traditional territory. A protocol for entry, based on principles of free, prior and informed consent, is publicly available. While the first checkpoint was built by the Unist’ot’en clan, all the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en Nation have affirmed that their consent is required prior to any development.

TransCanada’s Coastal GasLink pipeline will carry natural gas from Dawson Creek to Kitimat. It’s in the early construction phase. The proposed Pacific Trail pipeline, run by Chevron, proposes to transport natural gas from Summit Lake to Kitimat for conversion to LNG. This pipeline received an Environmental Assessment certificate, but the investment agreement has yet to be finalized. (The Northern Gateway Pipeline run by Enbridge was also planned to go through the region, but was scrapped in 2016.)

Hasn’t the Unist’ot’en camp been around for years now? Why is it suddenly the centre of attention? Yes, the checkpoint was established on April 1, 2009. Since then, annual work camps have added a cabin, healing lodge, pit house and a bunkhouse for visitors. The camp is used year-round for healing retreats, culture camps and living.

Coastal GasLink applied for an injunction in November 2018 because workers have been unable to cross the checkpoint to start clearing the pipeline route. The BC Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction in December, prohibiting anyone from blocking the bridge. The court also ordered the checkpoint to be dismantled within 72 hours.

It’s in the news now because not only did Unist’ot’en camp refuse to take down the checkpoint, their neighbouring clan, Gidimt’en, established a second checkpoint. (The injunction was expanded on Jan. 4 to include that checkpoint.)

Throngs of people are travelling to join the camp in solidarity, and on Monday the RCMP mobilized to enforce the injunction. Rallies are planned in over 30 cities around the world today.

Who called in the RCMP to raid the camp? The RCMP’s job is to enforce the injunction on behalf of the court, and it’s not necessarily raiding the camp. On Monday, tactical teams began to dismantle the Gidimt’en checkpoint. Last evening, RCMP reported 14 arrests of people who refused to comply with the court order. The individuals were taken to Houston, B.C.

As of Monday night the RCMP had breached the Gidimt’en blockade but had not reached the Unist’ot’en blockade or camp. The Unist’ot’en camp beside that blockade, which has been in operation for nearly 10 years, is not part of the order, and since it’s not in the way of construction access can likely remain as is.

How is the B.C. government, which supports the LNG export terminal, reacting to the raid? The government has not made an official statement, but Stikine MLA Doug Donaldson, minister of forests, lands, natural resource operations and rural development, visited the Gidimt’en checkpoint Sunday. He arrived with a box of food in hand as a show of support and was admitted into the camp after going through the entry protocol with a Gidimt’en member.

Premier John Horgan is an enthusiastic supporter of the Kitimat LNG project. He has also vowed to implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which includes such principles as free, prior and informed consent for activities on the territories of Indigenous people, the right to not be forcibly removed from traditional land, and the right to maintain connection to the land.

Aren’t the Wet’suwet’en among the First Nations who have approved the pipeline? It’s complicated. The elected chief and council signed the agreement, but the hereditary chiefs are opposed. The 13 hereditary chiefs argue that the elected chief only has jurisdiction over the band’s reserves, and that hereditary chiefs retain jurisdiction over the traditional territory where the checkpoint and camps are located.

The band with the elected council who have the reserve is called the Wet’suwet’en First Nation. The hereditary chiefs are leaders of the Wet’suwet’en Nation. The difference has been described like a municipal government versus the federal government. The two governance structures are different and have different jurisdictions. The elected council was established by the federal government when they made reserves. The hereditary chiefs are how the Wet’suwet’en Nation have always governed themselves.*

Who are the Wet’suwet’en Nation? The Unist’ot’en Clan is one of five clans that make up the Wet’suwet’en Nation. The camp is on their territory and the injunction was initially filed against them, but five hereditary chiefs came to the checkpoint Monday to show their support and solidarity for resisting the pipeline. Wet’suwet’en traditional territory spans 22,000 square kilometres in northwest B.C. west of Smithers.

How are First Nations leaders in B.C. and Canada reacting? Some First Nations leaders support the Coast GasLink pipeline, including a chief from the Skin Tyee band, which is part of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation. Up to 20 First Nations (including the elected council of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation, as noted earlier) have signed agreements with the pipeline. Agreements provide opportunities for work and training on the job.

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs released a statement condemning the RCMP’s tactics of “intimidation, harassment and ongoing threats of forceful intervention and removal of the Wet’suwet’en land defenders from Wet’suwet’en unceded territory.”

What do the people at the checkpoint facing arrest say?

Freda Huson is one of the people named in the injunction. She works at the healing lodge at the Unist’ot’en camp.

“We didn’t agree with the injunction because they didn’t hear our side, and we have too much to lose. We don’t want them to say that we can be in a reservation and stay in my buildings here, but they can destroy the rest of the territory,” Huson said in a Facebook video on Monday.

“I’m here now because this is my home, this is where I live. This is an unjust system that we live in. My people have been pushed aside, pushed aside for hundreds of years. And it hasn’t stopped, it’s still happening right now. My people live off these lands.

“The gate is for our protection. We had racists coming in and shooting rifles, ramming my gate with vehicles, and using explosives to blow up my gate. And the police in Houston know and they did nothing about it. They said not enough evidence.

“And now the state. I blame Justin Trudeau, John Horgan. If you guys are listening to this, you guys are behind this project. You guys are behind approving these police to come in and treat me like a criminal. And all I am doing is living on my lands that my clan has title and rights to. You say reconciliation? This is not reconciliation. You’re treating my chiefs and us as criminals. We’re not criminals. This is our land.”

When people say this could be ‘another Gustafsen Lake’ what do they mean? The Gustafsen Lake Standoff happened in the summer of 1995 in the Secwepemec (Shuswap) region. A Sundance ceremony, which takes a month to complete, was being held when relations with a rancher who claimed ranging rights over the land turned hostile.

The standoff began Aug. 18 and ended Sept. 17. More than 400 RCMP officers, supported by military advisers, blockaded the camp. Landmines were used to block access, police were heavily armed and helicopters and airplanes were used for surveillance. The police operation cost more than $4.5 million.

No one died in the standoff, although tens of thousands of shots were fired and two people were wounded.

The Sundancers surrendered and 18 people were charged with trespassing. RCMP tactics — including a smear campaign to spread misinformation about the Sundancers — were criticized during the court proceedings. Fifteen people were found guilty, mainly of tresspass, and jailed.

The fear in this case is that the RCMP will employ similar tactics. Officers have set up an exclusion zone around the area, as they did during Gustafsen Lake.

- Zoë Ducklow, “Nine Things You Need to Know about the Unist’ot’en Blockade.” The Tyee, January 8, 2018.

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Thornhill, BC sewer facility to be protected

THIS CONCEPT plan shows what will be a wall of rip-rap rock to protect the Kitimat-Stikine regional district's Queensway sewage lagoon and ... from Google Alert - sewage https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.terracestandard.com/news/416822634.html&ct=ga&cd=CAIyGmU0OWEzNWRjZTA0MTI3ZTg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH6oc7CZcaPDSHcRn7lgjfk69PLEw

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B.C. Wildfires 2018: International firefighting crews arrive in province The Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine in northwestern B.C. has ordered two evacuations due to wildfire threats. Navigate the CBC's interactive map for the full wildfire picture across the province.

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B.C. Wildfires 2018: International firefighting crews arrive in province

The Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine in northwestern B.C. has ordered two evacuations due to wildfire threats. Navigate the CBC’s interactive map for the full wildfire picture across the province.

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B.C. Wildfires 2018: International firefighting crews arrive in province

The Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine in northwestern B.C. has ordered two evacuations due to wildfire threats. Navigate the CBC's interactive map for the full wildfire picture across the province.

Original Story: https://ift.tt/2ALzC8O

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Canadian Daily High Temperature Records Tied/Broken 1/1/23

Camrose, Alberta: 26 (previous record 22 2021)

Picture Butte, Alberta: 43 (also 43 2021)

Unincorporated Strathcona County, Alberta: 30 (previous record 27 2021)

Billings, British Columbia: 37 (also 37 2021)

Castlegar, British Columbia: 39 (previous record 36 2021)

Unincorporated Central Kootenay District, B.C.: 37 (previous record 34 2021)

Unincorporated Central Kootenay District, B.C.: 37 (previous record 34 2021)

Chetwynd, British Columbia: 37 (previous record 26 2021)

Unincorporated Fraser Valley District, B.C.: 38 (also 38 2021)

Goat Range Provincial Park, British Columbia: 40 (also 40 2021)

Unincorporated Kitimat-Stikine District, B.C.: 35 (also 35 2021)

Silver Star Provincial Park, British Columbia: 30 (previous record 29 2021)

West Arm Provincial Park, British Columbia: 42 (previous record 36 2021)

Unincorporated West Kootenay District, B.C.: 40 (previous record 39 2021)

Unincorporated Rockwood Municipality, Manitoba: 27 (previous record 24 2021)

Mactaquac Provincial Park, New Brunswick: 40 (previous record 23 2021)

Unincorporated Victoria County, New Brunswick: 38 (previous record 30 2021)

Unincorporated Biscay Bay District, Newfoundland: 44 (previous record 37 2021)

Blundons Siding, Newfoundland: 41 (previous record 30 2021)

Unincorporated Burgeo-La Poile District, Newfoundland: 37 (previous record 25 2021)

Corner Brook, Newfoundland: 36 (previous record 26 2021)

Gander, Newfoundland: 39 (previous record 30 2021)

LaScie, Newfoundland: 36 (previous record 26 2021)

Unincorporated Halifax Municipality, Nova Scotia: 52 (previous record 34 2021)

Unincorporated Kings County, Nova Scotia: 51 (previous record 34 2021)

Unincorporated Kings County, Nova Scotia: 51 (previous record 35 2021)

Unincorporated Kings County, Nova Scotia: 51 (previous record 35 2021)

Unincorporated Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut: -4 (previous record -32 2021)

Amherstburg, Ontario: 45 (previous record 35 2021)

Armstrong Township, Ontario: 22 (also 22 2021)

Belleville, Ontario: 44 (previous record 36 2021)

Belwood Lake Conservation Area, Ontario: 37 (previous record 31 2021)

Brockville, Ontario: 39 (previous record 34 2021)

Caledon, Ontario: 41 (previous record 34 2021)

Centreville, Ontario: 37 (previous record 33 2021)

Unincorporated Cochrane District, Ontario: 30 (also 30 2021)

Conestogo Lake Conservation Area, Ontario: 37 (previous record 30 2021)

Cornwall, Ontario: 38 (previous record 34 2021)

Drummond/North Elmsley Township, Ontario: 37 (previous record 33 2021)

Dysart Et Al Township, Ontario: 35 (previous record 30 2021)

Georgina, Ontario: 39 (previous record 34 2021)

Kingsville, Ontario: 44 (previous record 37 2021)

Oro-Medonte Township, Ontario: 39 (previous record 34 2021)

Port Colborne, Ontario: 39 (previous record 34 2021)

St. Thomas, Ontario: 54 (previous record 34 2021)

South Frontenac Township, Ontario: 37 (previous record 34 2021)

Sudbury, Ontario: 32 (previous record 29 2021)

Thunder Bay, Ontario: 32 (previous record 27 2021)

Windsor, Ontario: 45 (previous record 35 2021)

Woodstock, Ontario: 41 (previous record 34 2021)

Prince Edward Island National Park, P.E.I.: 46 (previous record 31 2021)

L'Assomption, Quebec: 40 (previous record 31 2021)

Saguenay, Quebec: 34 (previous record 20 2021)

Sherbrooke, Quebec: 43 (previous record 28 2021)

Témiscaming, Quebec: 34 (previous record 21 2021)

Leroy, Saskatchewan: 14 (previous record 12 2021)

Unincorporated Northern Saskatchewan District, SK: 20 (previous record 17 2021)

Unincorporated Northern Saskatchewan District, SK: 14 (previous record 5 2021)

Outlook, Saskatchewan: 24 (previous record 22 2021)

Champagne & Aishihik First Nations, Yukon: 34 (previous record 17 2021)

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Kitimat-Stikine A, BC, Canada

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First of many snowfalls on the mountains near Kitimat-Stikine BC, Canada [OC] [4032x3024] via /r/EarthPorn http://ift.tt/2fRkUj7

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B.C. Wildfires 2018: Telegraph Creek residents ordered to evacuate The Alkali Lake wildfire in northwestern B.C. has caused a small community to be evacuated. The Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine has issued an evacuation order for Telegraph Creek and surrounding areas in addition to homes in the Elbow Lake area.