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<img src="https://www.mtlblog.com/media-library/a-circular-wooden-tower-with-a-walking-trail-right-someone-lies-in-the-giant-net-suspended-40-metres-high-in-the-centre-of-the.png?id=53840045&width=1245&height=700&coordinates=2%2C0%2C3%2C0"/><br/><br/><p>If you're looking for an unforgettable leaf-peeping adventure, now's the perfect time to explore some of the most beautiful <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/road-trip-from-montreal-most-beautiful-towns-in-canada" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nature spots near Montreal</a> before the season's over. One standout experience is this breathtaking treetop trail 40 metres above the ground, offering sweeping views of the Laurentian mountains as they burst into vibrant fall colours.</p><p>The elevated pathway winds around a wooden tower, providing visitors with a completely new perspective on the surrounding <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/fall-foliage-map-prettiest-leaves-quebec" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fall foliage</a>. To give you an idea, the tower's height is equivalent to approximately 131 feet or a 12-storey building.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/C_i-VXVqdUF/" data-instgrm-version="4" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> <div style="padding:8px;"> <div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div> </div> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C_i-VXVqdUF/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_top" rel="noopener">See on Instagram</a> </p> </div> </blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><p>Located just 80 minutes away from Montreal by car, <a href="https://treetop-walks.com/laurentides/en-ca/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw99e4BhDiARIsAISE7P-LFfEQxR4w_RJlE2LVCQ6mMIgCGjJ05kX_UxBb8Hr5r-Fbkb91lKwaApBsEALw_wcB" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sentier des cimes Laurentides</a> was one of the first trails of its kind in North America. </p><p>The trail is about three kilometres (round trip), which you can take at your own pace. It takes about one to one-and-a-half hours to complete, with several interpretation panels and viewing points along the way, according to the <a href="https://www.laurentides.com/en/tour-travel/sentier-des-cimes-laurentides-treetop-walk?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw99e4BhDiARIsAISE7P-JI_tWKpy2vRFJUghWC-bRUpwXElcp8jwxmCsPZ0GHbxvT8jEkWa4aAvjGEALw_wcB" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tourism Laurentians website</a>.</p><p>For the thrill-seekers out there, the tower has a giant suspended net at its centre — like a hammock-meets-trampoline in the sky — where you can lounge or bounce around in the heart of the wilderness while being immersed in the fiery reds, oranges, and yellows of autumn.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/DBP1mm1tTo2/" data-instgrm-version="4" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> <div style="padding:8px;"> <div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div> </div> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DBP1mm1tTo2/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_top" rel="noopener">See on Instagram</a> </p> </div> </blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><p>At the very top of the tower, you'll be treated to a stunning 360-degree view of the Laurentian Mountains, including Mont-Tremblant.</p><p>What's more, the trail is fully accessible, so whether you're pushing a stroller or navigating in a wheelchair, you can still enjoy the scenic walkway and tower. With a gentle 6% slope, it's designed to be barrier-free, making it easy for everyone to appreciate the fall beauty, the website says.</p><p>As this is the peak time for fall foliage, expect larger crowds. If on-site parking is full, you can use the park-and-ride at exit 107, route 117, with shuttle buses running directly to the main trail area, according to the Sentier des cimes Laurentides website.</p><p>Tickets for Sentier des cimes Laurentides cost $31 per adult, with family passes and annual passes available.</p><h3>Treetop mountain trail in the Laurentians</h3><br/><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/DBJuYwgRPCo/?img_index=1" data-instgrm-version="4" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> <div style="padding:8px;"> <div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div> </div> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DBJuYwgRPCo/?img_index=1" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_top" rel="noopener">See on Instagram</a> </p> </div> </blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><p>Price: $31 for adults</p><p>When: In October, daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with extended hours on weekends</p><p>Address: 737, rue de la Pisciculture, Mont-Blanc, QC</p><p><a href="https://treetop-walks.com/laurentides/en-ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sentier des cimes Laurentides Website</a></p><p><em>Before you get going, check out our <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/responsible-travel-guidelines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Responsible Travel Guide</a> so you can be informed, be safe, be smart, and most of all, be respectful on your trip.</em></p><p><em>AI tools may have been used to support the creation or distribution of this content; however, it has been carefully edited and fact-checked by a member of MTL Blog's Editorial team. For more information on our use of AI, please visit our <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/editorial-standards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Editorial Standards page</a>.</em></p>
<img src="https://www.mtlblog.com/media-library/an-amazon-warehouse.jpg?id=26885698&width=1200&height=400&coordinates=0%2C115%2C0%2C115"/><br/><br/><p>Amazon's decision to <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/amazon-quebec-closing" target="_self">shut down its operations in Quebec</a> has left thousands of workers facing uncertain futures. But some Quebecers have responded by taking a stand against the company.</p><p>On Wednesday, January 24, Amazon announced the closure of its seven warehouses across Quebec, resulting in 1,700 layoffs over the coming weeks and months. </p><p>However, a <a href="https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2135080/licenciements-transport-fermeture-amazon-quebec" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">new report from CBC</a> indicates that the number of affected workers will now exceed 3,500. This updated figure includes employees from small businesses with contracts to deliver packages on Amazon's behalf.</p><p>In the wake of this announcement, a social media movement called <a href="https://www.instagram.com/boycottamazon.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"Ici, on boycotte Amazon"</a> ("Here, we boycott Amazon") has started to gain traction. The campaign reflects growing discontent among Quebecers and a push to encourage support for local businesses as an alternative to the corporation.</p><p>"Jeff Bezos, the top boss of Amazon, is one of the richest men in the world. He is spitting on Quebec, on our workers and our working conditions," a spokesperson for the movement wrote <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DFKKEiaO3HG/?img_index=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">in a recent Instagram post</a> highlighting the group's demands. </p><p>"Amazon is showing bosses everywhere that it's possible to steamroll over us. This doesn't just affect Amazon workers, but the whole of Quebec. We won't sit back and do nothing! Quebec is a market of 9 million customers; Canada is over 40 million. If we stand up to the American oligarchs, we can win!"</p><p>As of Friday morning, the Instagram page had 170 followers.</p><p>Multiple boycott organizers handed out flyers at a Montreal Metro station on Thursday, calling on Quebecers to cancel their Amazon subscriptions and spread news of the movement.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/DFLJyQnRuO6/?img_index=2" data-instgrm-version="4" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> <div style="padding:8px;"> <div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div> </div> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DFLJyQnRuO6/?img_index=2" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_top">See on Instagram</a> </p> </div> </blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><p>In a message shared with MTL Blog, André-Philippe Doré, a spokesperson for the group, explained that the boycotters want Amazon to keep their Quebec warehouses open. But if they are to be closed, they demand the following: </p><ol><li>Suspension of all Amazon activities in Quebec (including AWS, data centres, etc.).</li><li>Expropriation of the closed warehouses.</li><li>Repayment of all public subsidies that were given to Amazon.</li><li>One year of salary and insurance for the laid-off workers.</li><li>Free education for those workers.</li></ol><p>Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/montreal/comments/1i8mxko/amazon_boycott/?utm_source=embedv2&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_content=post_title&embed_host_url=https://www.mtlblog.com/core/dashboard/editor/preview/2670988263/122800669">a recent Reddit post</a> calling for Quebecers to boycott Amazon has already featured dozens of replies, with some claiming to have cancelled their Prime subscriptions.</p> <div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="850abed124cc2154a056aa2026725955" id="324d3"> <blockquote class="reddit-card" data-card-created="1737744770"> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/montreal/comments/1i8mxko/amazon_boycott/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button"></a> from <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/montreal">montreal</a> </blockquote> </div> <p>"I am absolutely willing to go to a store and pay more to stop throwing money at a company whose barely hidden goal is to screw people over as deeply as possible without consequences," one comment read.</p><p>Part of the growing anger stems from the fact that closures were announced less than a year after the <a href="https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/first-amazon-warehouse-unionizing-in-quebec-888708281.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN)</a> filed an application with the Administrative Labour Tribunal (ALT) to represent 200 employees at Amazon's DXT4 warehouse in Laval. That move made it the first Amazon fulfillment centre in Canada to unionize.</p><p>In an email exchange with Narcity Quebec, Amazon spokesperson Barbara Agrait said the company's decision to adopt a third-party delivery system was not based on unionization but on cost efficiency, stating that the company has collaborated with third-party providers in Quebec for many years and solely relied on them until 2020. </p><p>Agrait maintains that Amazon is convinced it can offer the same service at a lower cost and has made "the best decision" for the company and its customers. Regarding delivery times, Agrait limited herself to saying that customers throughout Quebec will continue to enjoy fast service, as well as a wide selection of products.</p><p>Amazon is expected to wind down its operations throughout the province within the next two months.</p><p><em>This article's cover image was used for illustrative purposes only.</em></p>
