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Quebec man pleads guilty to what he accused the government of: Starting wildfires

A Quebec resident who last summer had shared conspiracy theories online suggesting that the Canadian government was deliberately starting wildfires to convince people climate change is happening has now pleaded guilty to setting more than a dozen fires.

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More than 11.5 million tree seedlings destined for Quebec forests were destroyed last year

While reforestation efforts are at the heart of the fight against climate change around the world, more than 11.5 million tree seedlings destined for Quebec forests were destroyed last year. Ironically, it was extreme weather conditions that forced plant nurseries to discard those that did not meet the government's criteria.

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A ravaged Quebec coast fights climate change by retreating

Against the ravaging seas, Quebec’s coastal communities have learned through bitter experience that the way to advance against climate change is to retreat.

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Fighting climate change, Indigenous people protect Canadian forests

Canada is looking to its Indigenous communities to help manage its boreal forests, the world’s largest intact forest ecosystem and one if its biggest stores of carbon.
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Climate reshapes life for tenacious gannets on Quebec isle

Nothing is easy for the gannets. Not in this age of warming seas, competition with trawlers for fish, pollution, supercharged storms and the onset of avian flu.

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Mostafa Saad: What Quebec can do to tackle climate change

Retrofitting buildings to make them more energy efficient and regulating the amount of carbon used in the construction of new buildings are among the steps to take.

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Serge Schmemann: Where have all the cèpes gone?

I have not yet found studies on the impact of climate change on mushrooms in the Laurentians. But mushroom-picking sites, like Mushroom-Collecting.com, have noted the growing scarcity of cèpes.

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