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 A new public health study that looked at more than 500 young aboriginal drug users in two British Columbia cities produced such shocking data that people wept openly when it was first presented to a panel of elders. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080516.BCHEALTH16/TPStory/TPNational/BritishColumbia/ Human Health Native Peoples British Columbia Canada 05/16/2008 Toronto Globe and Mail The emergency contraceptive pill Plan B will now be sold on the front shelves of Canadian pharmacies without any medical consultation after a landmark decision came down Thursday to make the drug more accessible. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=eb9a322c-0b86-414c-8a28-a21d22c8c6a3 Human Health Population Canada 05/16/2008 Vancouver Sun The bumps on a humpback's fins inspire a new line of green-tech blades for turbines, fans, and maybe the home. http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0516/p13s01-stgn.html Energy Environment Green Business Wildlife Canada 05/16/2008 Christian Science Monitor Liberal deputy leader Michael Ignatieff is among four Canadians named on a list of the world's 100 top public thinkers. The ranking was done jointly by the Washington, D.C.-based magazine Foreign Policy and the British magazine Prospect. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=386b2121-4eaa-4395-b880-1593040ff9ee Canada United States 05/16/2008 Vancouver Sun The reality of peak oil will see properties classified into two types in the near future, according to Simon Fraser University professor Anthony Perl. One will be properties from which owners can get to work, leisure activities, and services predominantly by car. The other offers alternatives to the automobile such as public transit, biking, and walking. http://www.straight.com/article-145582/oil-spike-reshapes-burbs Sprawl & Transportation British Columbia Canada 05/15/2008 Georgia Straight Courtenay city council, which frequently trumpets the city's green credentials, will send a letter to the province opposing the upcoming carbon tax. http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/capital_van_isl/story.html?id=5e22871e-371b-4a9f-a3ac-74ef1e5dbd0c Environment Green Taxes British Columbia Canada 05/15/2008 Victoria Times Colonist Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne listed polar bears as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act yesterday, saying the loss of Arctic sea ice in a warming climate could drive them to the brink of extinction in less than four decades. This would be the first animal in the world to be labeled because of climate change. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/05/14/ST2008051403984.html Climate Environment Wildlife Canada United States 05/15/2008 Washington Post Vancouver-Fairview NDP MLA Gregor Robertson won’t reveal if he’ll vote with NDP Leader Carole James in opposition to the B.C. Liberal carbon tax. In a phone interview with the Georgia Straight from Victoria, Robertson, the one-term MLA and Vision Vancouver mayoral candidate, said he has not yet decided whether to support or reject B.C. Finance Minister Carole Taylor’s Carbon Tax Act, Bill 37, which currently sits at first reading in the legislature. http://www.straight.com/article-145645/gregor-mum-carbon-tax?# Climate Environment Green Taxes British Columbia Canada 05/15/2008 Georgia Straight Almost two decades ago a proposal to develop a swath of land in Tsawwassen known as the Spetifore Lands became synonymous -- rightly or wrongly -- with the evils of urban sprawl. But today a different owner is promoting a new and greener future for the 307-hectare property, now called Southlands, one that would have small farms, compact neighborhoods and shops. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=28ed08e6-e37e-44e3-9945-8f98e94a0ff2 Environment Sprawl & Transportation British Columbia Canada 05/15/2008 Vancouver Sun