Smoke from wildfires burning in Western Canada has drifted into Toronto and much of Southern Ontario, pushing air quality to dangerous levels and prompting health warnings across the region. Environment Canada has issued a special air quality statement covering areas from Windsor to Ottawa, including Toronto where the Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) has hit 7 out of 10 on Friday, placing it in the “high risk” category. The situation is severe enough that Toronto ranked as the fifth worst city globally for air quality as of 10 a.m., according to Swiss air quality tracker IQAir. Only Montreal fared worse … Continue reading Toronto’s Air Quality Hits “High Risk” Level as Wildfire Smoke Blankets Region – PM2.5 Levels Soar