en-us Copyright Sightline Daily - all rights reserved newsfeeds@sightline.org newsfeeds@sightline.org Most recent Canada headlines from Sightline Daily, the Northwest news that matters http://daily.sightline.org Plone http://daily.sightline.org/logo.gif 427 69 Tests are turning up dangerous levels of lead in children's jewelry and Canada's federal government can't compel companies to recall the toxic trinkets, an auditor's report reveals. http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/11/03/consumer-toxic-trinkets.html?ref=rss Environment Pollution & Toxics Canada 11/03/2009 CBC BC Out of the 47,677 species in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, 17,291 were deemed to be at serious risk. These included 21 percent of mammals, 30 percent of amphibians, 70 percent of plants and 35 percent of invertebrates. The big offender: habitat loss. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8338880.stm Environment Wildlife Canada 11/02/2009 BBC News Flu season is becoming the latest headwind for the Canadian economy, which has already been hit by a strong dollar and tepid demand. The H1N1 flu means up to 8 million more Canadians could fall ill, the Winnipeg-based International Centre for Infectious Disease estimates, with absenteeism posing a threat to productivity just as the economy is struggling out of recession. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/how-h1n1-could-sideswipe-economy/article1348572/ Economy Human Health Canada 11/02/2009 Toronto Globe and Mail Canada can still meet a 2020 target to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions below 1990 levels while preserving some economic growth through the next decade. But to meet that target, the federal government must act immediately. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/with-eyes-open-to-cost-of-climate-change-its-time-to-decide/article1342888/ Climate Canada 10/29/2009 Toronto Globe and Mail Kids these days: they rarely walk anywhere in Canada. They don't ride bikes, they don't play outside - not like they used to, anyway. But can we blame them? http://www.vancouversun.com/Urban+sprawl+kids+reports/2151406/story.html Sustainable Living Canada 10/27/2009 Vancouver Sun Without it, there's no level breeding field. http://thetyee.ca/Life/2009/10/28/MatLeave/#at Human Health Sustainable Living Canada 10/28/2009 The Tyee Retracing the path of a bear named Eva, photographer finds grim evidence of widespread 'control kills' of animals. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/in-bcs-wilderness-where-the-wild-things-arent/article1337766/ Environment Wildlife British Columbia Canada 10/27/2009 Toronto Globe and Mail Green technologies can prevent catastrophic climate change, but only if we commit to them by 2014. Miss the deadline and we risk runaway global warming and economic meltdown, according to a new study. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427314.000-adopt-green-tech-by-2014-to-avert-climate-calamity.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news Climate Energy Canada United States 10/22/2009 New Scientist Warming temperatures continue in the polar north, changing wind patterns, melting sea ice and glaciers, and affecting ocean and land life, according to a new report from NOAA. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010118583_apusscistateofthearctic.html?syndication=rss Climate Alaska Canada 10/22/2009 Seattle Times