Challenge to Prince Rupert pipeline project in B.C. Supreme Court this week
A Gitxsan Nation hereditary chief is challenging the B.C. government's decision to allow a pipeline to go through what he calls "pristine wilderness," on the strength of a 12-year-old environmental review, while disregarding traditional Gitxsan governance by declining to attend feast hall meetings.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/prince-rupert-gas-transmission-project-court-9.7179280?cmp=rss

B.C. Ferries alters Northern Expedition schedule amid efforts to avoid hitting humpback whales
The Northern Expedition ferry, serving Prince Rupert and Haida Gwaii, is travelling at lower speeds in an effort to reduce the risk of hitting humpback whales and other marine mammals in the region.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-ferries-humpbacks-north-9.7170977?cmp=rss

B.C. Ferries alters Northern Expedition schedule amid efforts to avoid hitting humpback whales
The Northern Expedition ferry, serving Prince Rupert and Haida Gwaii, is travelling at lower speeds in an effort to reduce the risk of hitting humpback whales and other marine mammals in the region.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-ferries-humpbacks-north-9.7170977?cmp=rss

Prince Rupert carnival worker was likely retrieving items when fatally struck by ride: report
A report from Technical Safety B.C. says a carnival worker who was killed on the job in Prince Rupert last August was likely retrieving dropped items when he was fatally struck by the Zipper ride.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/prince-rupert-carnival-death-technical-safety-bc-9.7145590?cmp=rss

Nisg̱a'a Nation members' lawsuit alleges no consultation before LNG project
Cecil Mercer and Stephen Nyce say in their lawsuit that the pipeline project is interconnected with the Ksi Lisims floating natural-gas facility and marine export terminal near Prince Rupert, B.C., which has been dubbed a nation-building project by the federal Liberal government.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nisgaa-nation-lng-lawsuit-british-columbia-9.7135728?cmp=rss

CN Rail working to clean up cars that toppled into Skeena River amid extreme weather
The company says the derailment was caused by a mudslide on Monday south of Prince Rupert and that no injuries have been reported, nor are there any dangerous goods or threat to the public as a result of the spill. Despite those reassurances, hereditary chiefs with the Gitxsan Nation are calling for a halt on all train tr...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cn-rail-skeena-river-9.7132714?cmp=rss