TORONTO – Out of nearly 16.3 million emergency room visits in one year in Canada, a staggering 1,267,736 patients (7.8%) were not treated because, due to the endless waits, they gave up and left. This is a huge number, marking a 35.6% increase, in 2024, over the previous year: a sign that Canadian healthcare is increasingly in a state of emergency, as highlighted in the report released today by the public policy think tank MEI (Montreal Economic Institute). →
TORONTO – Come su un’altalena che va su e giù, giù e su, Toronto sale e scende e poi risale nella classifica mondiale della qualità dell’aria redatta in tempo reale dalla società svizzera IQAir (qui). Dopo essere uscita, nei giorni scorsi, dalla top ten delle città con la peggiore qualità dell’aria al mondo, ieri Toronto è risalita fino al quinto posto dove si trovava alle 8.30 del mattino…
TORONTO – Like on a seesaw, Toronto is swinging, up and down and up again, in the global air quality rankings compiled in real time by the Swiss company IQAir (here). After dropping out of the top ten cities with the worst air quality in the world in recent days, today Toronto climbed back up to fifth place, where it was at 8:30 a.m (see the graphic below). →
TORONTO – L’allerta sulla qualità dell’aria per la Greater Toronto Area è stata revocata dopo essere stata in vigore durante il lungo weekend: come si vede dai dati aggiornati in tempo reale sul sito di Environment Canada (qui), infatti, la situazione – come era stato previsto – è un po’ migliorata e l’AQHI (Air Quality Health Index) è passato, nelle ultime ore, da 6 (rischio moderato) e 5, 4 e poi 3 (basso rischio)alle ore 11 di ieri mattina…
TORONTO – The air quality alert for the Greater Toronto Area has been lifted after being in effect over the long weekend. As can be seen from the real-time data on Environment Canada’s website (here), the situation — while we write, at 1.30 pm of August 5, 2025 — has improved somewhat, and the AQHI (Air Quality Health Index) has risen in the last few hours from 6 (moderate risk) to 5, 4, and then 3 (low risk) at 11 a.m. this morning. →
