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Forest fire.
24 May, 2018

Ashcroft Indian Band first community to plant trees through Tree Canada’s #OperationReLeaf BC Fires

May 24, 2018 (Ashcroft, BC) – This week, a major private initiative to restore community greenspaces affected by last year’s BC fires gets underway with the Ashcroft, BC indigenous community. The initiative, known as #OperationReLeaf BC Fires, is supported by leading industry leaders…

24 April, 2018

VIDEO: Tapping a maple tree with Tree Canada President, Mike Rosen

Tree Canada’s President, Michael Rosen, shows us how to tap a tree – a sure sign of the approaching end of the famous, Canadian winter. Mike is an avid maple syrup lover so every year, he taps his trees and treats his…

People planting trees, with train tracks in the background.
26 March, 2018

Tree Canada and CN invite Canadian communities to apply for $25,000 greening grants

Ottawa, March 23, 2018 — CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) and Tree Canada are pleased to announce today the launch of CN EcoConnexions From the Ground Up, an annual initiative that provides more than a half million dollars in funding for community…

Helicopter and volunteers.
15 March, 2018

National charity seeks support for “#OperationReLeaf” to help BC communities hit by 2017’s forest fires

March 15, 2018 (Ottawa, ON) — Tree Canada, Canada’s leading national tree planting charity, today announced it is launching an ambitious greening initiative in British Columbia to help restore community greenspaces lost due to the devastating 2017 forest fires.  For British Columbia,…

8 March, 2018

EAB : New limits for the regulated zones of CFIA

As some of you may know, the federal government of Canada expanded the emerald ash borer‘s regulated area all the way to Québec City (and even more to the east) and included the City of Winnipeg. Those new limits indicate that the prairies…

Downtown Toronto Urban Forestry
21 January, 2012

Tree Canada dedicates first International Day of Forests to Michelle Gauthier

The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed March 21 the International Day of Forests. As the UN website says, “The Day will celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests. On each International Day of Forests, countries are…