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A town becomes the first in Canada to recognize trees as living beings

development2026-06-25

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Quebec's Terrasse-Vaudreuil became the first Canadian town to recognize trees as living beings, granting them the right to life, to natural growth, to integrity and to regeneration.

Reporting date: 2026-06-25 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to June 25, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Welcome to June 25, 2026

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Terrasse-Vaudreuil

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Welcome to June 25, 2026

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A town becomes the first in Canada to recognize trees as living beings
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Reporting date: 2026-06-25
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-06-25-a-town-grants-trees-the-right-to-life
Claim: Quebec's Terrasse-Vaudreuil became the first Canadian town to recognize trees as living beings, granting them the right to life, to natural growth, to integrity and to regeneration.
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- Welcome to June 25, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-june-25-2026
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