Christmas tree supply improves, say lot workers

Many Christmas tree lots are open for business across Calgary, and workers say supply issues from a few years ago have abated. Christmas Treeland is located at Sarcee Trail and Richmond Road SW. It's one of the longest-running tree lots in the city. There are balsam, Fraser and B.C. firs, as well as hybrid trees. Much of the supply is shipped from Quebec and the Maritimes. A few years ago, there was a downturn in the number of producers growing trees in Canada. But workers say supply is good at