Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Alanna Smith
Publication Date: July 14, 2025 - 17:43
What are the health risks of wildfire smoke? How to protect your lungs from poor air quality
July 14, 2025
Raging wildfires in Western Canada have blanketed skies with acrid smoke, prompting air quality statements or warnings in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.
Residents in these provinces were advised on Monday to limit time outdoors to avoid health effects. In the morning, Toronto’s Air Quality Health Index rating was more than 10, which is considered “very high risk.”
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Fierté Montréal made the announcement a few days after Ga'ava, a Montreal-based Jewish community group, urged government officials to intervene.
August 5, 2025 - 16:59 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
Canada’s privacy commissioner has opened an investigation into a cyberattack on WestJet WJAFF which saw a “malicious actor” gain access to the airline’s systems.The airline said in a statement last month that a “sophisticated, criminal” third party was able to gain access to some personal and travel-related data during the June cybersecurity incident.
August 5, 2025 - 16:54 | Catherine Morrison | The Globe and Mail
The family of a Nova Scotia firefighter who died in training says the results of a scathing audit of the province’s main firefighters school is an important first step in ensuring future safety.The $300,000 money-for-value audit by consultant 21FSP was released Tuesday by the provincial government. It was launched in June and stemmed from the death of firefighter Skyler Blackie during a training exercise at the Nova Scotia Firefighters School in March 2019.
August 5, 2025 - 16:41 | Keith Doucette | The Globe and Mail
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