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<div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Good day Friends of the Canadian Urban Forest/ Bonjour chers amies et amis de la Forêt Urbaine Canadienne,</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">For those who don't already know, some unfortunate news has come out of the Quebec's capital region. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed the presence of Emerald Ash Borer
in Quebec City. This finding was outside of the regulated area, which includes southwest Quebec, from Pontiac to Acton, and all of southern Ontario.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">An official press release is available here in English :</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">https://www.canada.ca/en/food-inspection-agency/news/2017/07/emerald_ash_borerconfirmedinquebeccity.html</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Pour ceux qui ne sont pas déjà au courant, des assez mauvaises nouvelles viennent de la région de la Capitale nationale du Québec. L'Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments (ACIA) a confirmé
la présence de l'agrile du frêne sur le territoire de la ville de Québec. Il s'agit d’une détection du ravageur en dehors de la zone réglementée, qui comprend le sud-ouest du Québec allant de Pontiac à Acton, ainsi que tout le sud de l'Ontario.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Des communiqués de presse sont disponibles au lien suivant, en français : </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><a href="https://www.canada.ca/fr/agence-inspection-aliments/nouvelles/2017/07/confirmation_de_lapresencedelagriledufreneaquebec.html" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk249746" previewremoved="true">https://www.canada.ca/fr/agence-inspection-aliments/nouvelles/2017/07/confirmation_de_lapresencedelagriledufreneaquebec.html</a></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><a href="http://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/confirmation-de-la-presence-de-lagrile-du-frene-a-quebec---le-ravageur-detecte-en-dehors-de-la-zone-reglementee-633621773.html" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk549378" previewremoved="true">http://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/confirmation-de-la-presence-de-lagrile-du-frene-a-quebec---le-ravageur-detecte-en-dehors-de-la-zone-reglementee-633621773.html</a></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Wishing the best of luck to the region, and beyond, during this time. Stay vigilant!</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Meagan<br>
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<div class="PlainText">Meagan Hanna, MA.<br>
meagan.hanna@mail.mcgill.ca</div>
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