TPH 2024 Updated Wildfire Smoke Response Strategy

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Toronto – Developed by Toronto Public Health (TPH), Toronto’s 2023 Population Health Profile: Insight on the Health of Our City identifies environmental health including air pollution as an essential health indicator. Climate change poses significant health risks through environmental change, increasing extreme heat days, prolonged heat waves and more frequent wildfires. Now a global concern, wildfires affect air quality and …

Investing $289,000 in Youth Stewardship of Lake Simcoe

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Local projects will help restore and protect Lake Simcoe for future generations ORILLIA — The Ontario government is investing over $289,000 in three projects that are engaging local youth and community members in environmental stewardship activities like workshops, field trips and other educational opportunities focused on restoring the Lake Simcoe watershed. “As a mother and someone who has lived in …