Autumn Walks, Falling Leaves and Heating: A Fun Fall Quiz

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You can harvest some plants and mushrooms in the forest, but you have to be careful with vulnerable species. A list of vulnerable species is available on the Quebec government’s website (French only). In Quebec, the Act Respecting Threatened or Vulnerable Species protects certain animals and plants. The law sets limits on harvesting some species, like wild leek. It also prohibits it entirely for others, like certain types of hawthorns.  

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You can harvest some plants and mushrooms in the forest, but you have to be careful with vulnerable species. A list of vulnerable species is available on the Quebec government’s website (French only). In Quebec, the Act Respecting Threatened or Vulnerable Species protects certain animals and plants. The law sets limits on harvesting some species, like wild leek. It also prohibits it entirely for others, like certain types of hawthorns.   

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There’s no set date, as long as the temperature in your home is adequate. 

The law doesn’t set a specific date when a landlord must start heating rental housing like an apartment.  

If your landlord provides the heat for your home, they must ensure that your place is heated adequately throughout the entire lease. In winter, an adequate indoor temperature is generally around 21°C.  

In other words, a landlord can’t write into the lease the exact dates of when they’ll turn the heat on or off.  

Right answer

There’s no set date, as long as the temperature in your home is adequate. 

The law doesn’t set a specific date when a landlord must start heating rental housing like an apartment.  

If your landlord provides the heat for your home, they must ensure that your place is heated adequately throughout the entire lease. In winter, an adequate indoor temperature is generally around 21°C.  

In other words, a landlord can’t write into the lease the exact dates of when they’ll turn the heat on or off.  

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Courts generally consider that removing leaves that have fallen onto your property in autumn is a normal inconvenience of living alongside neighbours. However, it can become “abnormal” when the quantity of leaves is excessive, when it happens repeatedly and when it causes you a major inconvenience. So, you could ask your neighbour for compensation if this problem goes beyond typical yard work. You would have to show that the problem is intolerable, not just a minor inconvenience.

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Courts generally consider that removing leaves that have fallen onto your property in autumn is a normal inconvenience of living alongside neighbours. However, it can become “abnormal” when the quantity of leaves is excessive, when it happens repeatedly and when it causes you a major inconvenience. So, you could ask your neighbour for compensation if this problem goes beyond typical yard work. You would have to show that the problem is intolerable, not just a minor inconvenience.

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In Quebec, hunters must receive permission from a property owner before hunting or setting traps on their land.

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In Quebec, hunters must receive permission from a property owner before hunting or setting traps on their land.