Winnipeg
Reflections on CUFC 2024: A Focus on Equity in Urban Forestry
The 2024 Canadian Urban Forest Conference (CUFC) took place from October 15 to 18 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, bringing together urban forestry researchers, professionals, municipalities, and community groups from across Canada….
Equity in Canada’s Urban Forests
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Tree Canada boosts Canada’s urban canopy and communities’ spirits on the tenth anniversary of National Tree Day
September 22, 2021 – Ottawa, ON Today, Tree Canada and close to 600 volunteers will plant over 3,000 trees in twelve communities across Canada in celebration of the tenth anniversary of National Tree Day. Tree Canada, along with community volunteers from North…
Battling buckthorn to bring back biodiversity
From the Mississippi River Valley up through Ontario and Quebec, and from Atlantic Canada west to the border of Saskatchewan, municipalities, private landowners, farmers and even hospital groundskeeping staff are fighting a powerful plant invader: buckthorn. Buckthorn came to North America innocently…
National Healing Forest project launched across Canada
It is the nature of a forest to heal, thereby, what better theme for a project than a healing forest? After the 2015 Healing Walk in Ottawa, and prior to the release of the Truth and Reconciliation report, Peter Croal, a longtime…
Telpay Employees Plant Trees at Elzéar Goulet Park as Part of Commitment to One Million Tree Challenge
September 26, 2020 – Winnipeg, MB Today, Telpay, Canada’s trusted leader in innovative payment solutions, planted 200 trees at Elzéar Goulet Park. This activity which took place at the end of National Forest Week, was part of Telpay’s ongoing commitment of $250k…
Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation and Tree Canada bring trees back to the Assiniboine River watershed
Tree Canada is pleased to partner with the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation (SWF) once again to plant over 32,000 white spruce seedlings on three sites (totally approximately 20 ha.) in the Canora area adjacent the Assiniboine River, as part of Tree Canada’s National…
Prairie Regional Urban Forest Update July 2020
The Prairie region is a geographically large place and a busy place for arborists and urban foresters. We all are dealing with the pandemic, as well as other challenges this year. COVID-19 responses differed slightly from province to province, with Manitoba and…
Telpay gives City of Winnipeg’s Million Tree Challenge the gift of more trees with the aid of Tree Canada
December 11, 2019 (Winnipeg, MB) – Today, Telpay, Canada’s trusted leader in innovative payment solutions, announced its commitment to support the city’s Million Tree Challenge with the help of Tree Canada, the only national tree planting charity that plants and nurtures trees in…
Prairie Regional Urban Forest Update November 2019
As I write this, it is actually November 5 and has been snowing all day, with -17 in tonight’s forecast for a low. So, I guess this means it is finally winter now on the Prairies? It is possible, even in Southern…