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globeandmail.com: Anti-plastic bag movement grows

The Canadian pioneer towns that first banned plastic bags are saying good riddance to the long-time retail staple that rolls through garbage-strewn streets like tumbleweed. Leaf Rapids, Man., and Huntingdon, Que., were among the first Canadian towns to banish plastic bags from city limits, and many merchants and town leaders say they don't miss them a bit.

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