en-us Copyright Sightline Daily - all rights reserved newsfeeds@sightline.org newsfeeds@sightline.org Most recent British Columbia headlines from Sightline Daily, the Northwest news that matters http://daily.sightline.org Plone http://daily.sightline.org/logo.gif 427 69 BC needs to follow the lead of six other provinces and adopt a clear plan for reducing child poverty if it hopes to shed its reputation as the worst performer in the country, says a report due out Tuesday. http://www.vancouversun.com/business/lags+child+poverty+report+says/2259804/story.html Economy British Columbia 11/23/2009 Vancouver Sun With no fast food restaurants or big box stores, the bicycle and pedestrian friendly Cowichan Bay in British Columbia has become North America's first Slow City. An offshoot of the Slow Food movement, it's a quiet resistance to drive-thru homogenization. http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.htm?programID=09-P13-00047&segmentID=4 Climate Economy Environment Food & Farms Sprawl & Transportation Sustainable Living British Columbia 11/22/2009 Living on Earth Frozen salmon is better for the planet than fresh, because it takes so much less energy to make it to your dinner plate than catching fish and flying them to markets around the world. The findings of a study by Portland-based EcoTrust may fly against conventional assumptions that fresh is always better. http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/frozen_salmon_over_fresh_why_i.html Climate Environment Food & Farms Salmon Solutions Sustainable Living Alaska British Columbia US Northwest 11/22/2009 Oregonian Rooms in the Vancouver and Whistler athletes' villages will feature recycling containers -- called Waste Not Baskets -- made from recycled plastic. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=7c656836-bc1e-4ef4-b2ec-09e52698cb06&k=36289 Sustainable Living British Columbia 11/20/2009 Vancouver Sun A northwestern BC First Nation has approved a revolutionary land reform deal, making it the first in Canada to approve private property rights. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/11/18/bc-nisga-a-land-reform-property-rights.html?ref=rss Native Peoples British Columbia 11/18/2009 CBC BC The only pet cemetery in Vancouver could eventually disappear under a developer's bulldozer, but some pet lovers are trying to have the property turned into a park. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/11/18/bc-surrey-pet-cemetery-developer.html?ref=rss Environment British Columbia 11/18/2009 CBC BC A thousand people who packed the Victoria Conference Centre Tuesday night called on the Canadian government to take a leadership role on climate change prior to a UN climate-change conference in Copenhagen next month. http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/rally+calls+action+climate/2239996/story.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3a+canwest%2fF249+(Times+Colonist+-+News+%2f+Local)&utm_content=Google+Reader Climate British Columbia 11/19/2009 Victoria Times Colonist Vancouver, BC, is opting for denser communities at the expense of open public spaces in its bid to become the world's greenest city by 2020. http://www.vancouversun.com/Vancouver+city+council+pushes+densification+False+Creek/2238781/story.html Sprawl & Transportation British Columbia 11/19/2009 Vancouver Sun Vancouver's city council has unanimously endorsed a plan to create a high-density neighbourhood with a civic plaza, residential and office space on the final undeveloped section of the former Expo lands. What it doesn't include is the 2.75 acres of park space per 1,000 people that city council holds as a goal. http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Vancouver+council+endorses+high+density+development+plan/2234576/story.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3a+canwest%2fF229+(Vancouver+Sun+-+News)&utm_content=Google+Reader Environment Sprawl & Transportation Sustainable Living British Columbia 11/18/2009 Vancouver Sun