The Jean-Martin Fortier phenomenon

Published: 7 August 2024

In a recent article, L'actualité does a deep dive into small-scale farm enthusiast, author, and star of the popular series Les fermiers Jean-Martin Fortier (BA'02). This "rock-star" of organic...

Montreal wants more businesses to plant trees

Published: 6 August 2024

In April, the City of Montreal announced it wanted to accelerate tree planting by incentivizing business owners to plant trees on their property, offering to foot 50 per cent of the bill, CTV News...

Bread cartel: Loblaw will give $500 million to people who were cheated

Published: 30 July 2024

Loblaws and its principal shareholder, George Weston, will pay $500 million to settle a class action lawsuit the company was facing in connection with a bread cartel. The people behind the lawsuit...

To remove CO2 from the atmosphere, this former McGill postdoc's startup looks to biomass

Published: 22 July 2024

In 2019, while doing post-doctoral research in McGill's Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Qinhong Cai (better known as Tammy) travelled to Nunavut to join the Oceans Protection Plan, a...

On NYC beaches, angry birds fight drones patrolling for sharks and struggling swimmers

Published: 15 July 2024

Patrol drones deployed in May to New York City beaches to look for sharks and struggling swimmers are ruffling feathers. Seabirds have been attacking the drones as if they are predators, flying and...

McGill student investigating why Quebec's red cardinal population has exploded

Published: 2 July 2024

The population of red cardinals has exploded in Quebec over the past 25 years. After eight months of tracking 41 cardinals as they flew from tree to tree in different environments, a McGill...

Montreal peregrine falcon chicks take first flights into a world full of danger

Published: 26 June 2024

The world is full of dangers when you're a falcon chick less than six weeks old and learning to fly — even if you're a member of the fastest species on Earth....

Three researchers in McGill's Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences honoured with prestigious Canada Research Chairs

Published: 25 June 2024

On June 14, the Government of Canada announced $693.8 million in funding for discovery and applied research, including $94.5 million for the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) Program to support 121 new...

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