Four Champlain Oaks to receive heritage status Sept. 27
Our friends at the Champlain Oaks project have good news to share. Four of the 40 large bur oaks in Champlain Park neighbourhood are...
TVO offers documentary film, Call of the Forest, online until Sept. 17
UPADTE, Sept 23, 2017: The film is now available on DVD. If you hug trees, you must watch this documentary. It chronicles tree activist...
A dying shame: 5 years after the usual damage
The errands of daily life recently took me along Workman Ave. in the Westboro Beach neighbhourhood. This enclave, west of Island Park...
Catastrophe for the catalpa?
Is Chapter 2 in the catalpa tale a catastrophe? Or is it an example of people doing the best they can to mitigate the hard realities of...
Two (welcome) signs acknowledge a tree's value
From half a block away, the fragrance of a mighty catalpa tree beckons. I am walking on Carleton Ave. in Champlain Park, and as I...