Tough talk and trade quarrels are expected at the G7 meetings that kick off in Quebec tomorrow. In other Business news: BC Forest Practice Board audits identified problems with Gwa’Nak Resources‘ bridge construction and Canfor‘s bridge maintenance; while Kruger celebrates its Best 50 Corporate Citizen ranking.

In other news: forests across the Southwest are closing due to wildfire danger; the Columbus fire chief speaks out on the wildfire urban interface, CLT is featured in Sudbury’s School of Architecture; passive house and mass timber team up in Victoria; and pollution is changing the fungi that provide mineral nutrients to tree roots in Europe.

Finally, cantankerous crows are dive bombing unwary pedestrians in Vancouver’s treed areas.

–Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor