ADN.  The eastern population of the Steller sea lion will be taken off the threatened species list, a federal agency announced Wednesday.  (Category: "It's about time."  See our commentary mentioning this and other inappropriate listings, earlier this week.  -dh)

CBC by Margo McDiarmid.  After decades of being out of sight and out of mind, pipelines are booming again in Canada with proposals for 14 new or expanded oil and gas pipeline projects.