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Barbara Gard calls her three-hectare property, nestled below the forested peak of Sumas Mountain, a "miniature Stanley Park." Its lush trees and flowing creek reminded her of Vancouver's majestic park, and she immediately knew she wanted to call it home.

Canadian soldiers armed with chainsaws fanned out across the Halifax area on Monday, September 9, 2019, to help clean up the tangled mess of fallen trees and power lines left behind by post-tropical storm Dorian.

A storm with hurricane-force winds that hit the Maritimes left more than 400,000 residents without electricity, as repairs began on Sunday, September 8, 2019, to downed power lines and buildings damaged by splintered trees.

Dorian slammed into the Maritimes on Saturday, September 7, 2019, its powerful gusts uprooting trees, tearing off roofs and yanking down power lines — leaving more than 450,000 people in the dark as the post-tropical storm made landfall near Halifax.

Trees are charcoal black on one side and bone white on the other, evidence of the path a wildfire took as it tore into Waterton Lakes National Park in southwestern Alberta nearly two years ago.

An estimated 80,000 trees are to be cut down or trimmed in Halifax's largest municipal park this summer.

The ministry and Forests Ontario are now in consultation about how to shut the 50 Million Tree Program down with minimal disruption. The agency is a week away from starting tree-planting for the spring season. Commitments have been made to landowners by conservation authorities, stewardships, First Nations, municipalities and forestry consultants. 

The Petawawa Research Forest marks its 100-year anniversary this year. Canada’s oldest continuously-operating research forest holds clues on how climate change will affect forests in the century to come.

Did you know that the dress you’re wearing, or the jacket you’re rocking, or the new polo you’re sporting might be destroying orangutan habitats in Indonesia? In this National Observer video below, Michael Ruffolo takes the shirt off rayon.

Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says Canada is committed to meeting its climate change targets despite a growing gap between promises and emissions projections.

Jacinda Ardern's plan is for New Zealand to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by the year 2050.

Encouraging farmers to grow trees would help reduce poverty and hunger in regions hit by climate change, researchers say.