CIRCLE WITH A DOT

Parks Canada is closing its library – the kind of gesture I'd expect from a Conservative government:
https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/966093/pourquoi-parcs-canada-ferme-elle-bibliotheque-specialisee

David Suzuki turns 90:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday/david-suzuki-memoir-life-birthday-climate-change-9.7136044

Fréchette mulls a return to shale gas fracking in Quebec:
https://www.ledevoir.com/actualites/environnement/964629/quoi-ressemblerait-retour-gaz-schiste-quebec

Barred owl photographed in the Botanical Garden:
https://www.ledevoir.com/actualites/environnement/963840/discrete-chouette-rayee-jardin-botanique-montreal

@heliomass REM is new, was never universally popular, and shows signs of not doing well in winter weather. Bound to be discussed.

Canada is moving farther away from its climate targets:
https://pivot.quebec/2026/03/11/lutte-aux-changements-climatiques-le-canada-seloigne-de-ses-cibles/

More opossums are being seen in towns in southern Quebec:
https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2026/03/03/on-en-voit-de-plus-en-plus-dans-les-villes-du-sud-du-quebec---cet-homme-de-la-monteregie-trouve-un-opossum-dans-sa-cour

City to host ocean summit:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/montreal-set-to-host-world-ocean-summit/

North American bird population is falling:
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/environnement/2026-02-27/selon-une-etude/il-y-a-de-moins-en-moins-d-oiseaux-dans-le-ciel-de-l-amerique-du-nord.php

Should the Hochelaga Archipelago have a green belt?
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2229867/montreal-ceinture-verte-verdure-banlieues-couronne