Gitxsan Huwilp Government calls for halt of rail hauling near their Laxyip and Anaat – CFNR Network
Mar 17, 2026
Following the derailment of a CN Rail train near the North Pacific Cannery in Prince Edward, the Gitxsan Huwilp Government, representing the Gitxsan Nation’s Hereditary Chiefs, has issued a statement calling for the immediate halt to rail hauling near their Laxyip and Anaat – their traditional territory, and sacred fishing sites respectively.
Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs have said they are ‘high alert’ following Monday’s derailment – calling it a direct threat to the Oolichans which are currently running in the Skeena River, and therefore, a threat to the food security of the Gitxsan people.
