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‘Can’t get fresh air’: Millions at risk as wildfire smoke blankets Eastern Canada

June 7, 2023

Millions of Canadians are being urged to wear a mask or stay indoors, as the smoke from hundreds of wildifres leaves an eerie haze over Eastern Canada. Touria Izri looks at how people are coping, why the conditions prompted an Ontario hospital to cancel some surgeries, and how wildfire particles can be more toxic as they travel.

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