Community-driven solutions emerge as wildfire smoke becomes the new urban reality
The Local Haze team has been busy driving local public awareness of urban air quality through strategic community engagement. In the recent article titled “Low-cost air quality monitors can minimize growing wildfire smoke impacts” in Toronto’s the bridge newspaper, a critical climate reality is addressed: wildfire smoke now regularly infiltrates Canadian cities, delivering dangerous particulate pollution that can linger for weeks—yet most residents lack the hyperlocal real-time data needed to protect themselves.
You can read the online PDF of the article here. The paper version of the bridge newspaper is available throughout November 2025 in downtown Toronto. A screenshot of the article appears below.
