Hamilton Air Quality

• Cancer-causing chemical detected at above-average level in Hamilton

  Sources from planes to automobiles and the city's lucrative industrial sector have been a recipe for the spread of the well-known carcinogen in Hamilton.

  Health

  Jul 13, 2023
  
• Hamilton kids club will be ‘flexible’ should air quality alerts return

  Going into summer camp season, organizers of one central Hamilton operation say programing will likely see limits should air quality diminish in the coming months.

  Education

  Jul 5, 2023
  
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• Areas of Hamilton hit ‘high-risk’ air quality readings due to wildfire smoke

  Residents on the Mountain saw the worst of it with the AQHI moving beyond 10 on the scale between Noon and 2 p.m. indicating a 'very high health risk.'

  Weather

  Jun 28, 2023
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• Fire bans, cancelled recreation across Hamilton and Niagara due to air quality

  As air quality alerts popped up across Ontario Wednesday forcing some municipalities, including Hamilton and Niagara, to implement open-fire bans and cancel outdoor recreation.

  Health

  Jun 7, 2023
• Hamilton’s public school board to keep students indoors amid wildfire smoke

  In a note to parents and guardians, the HWDSB said it will limit outdoor activities Wednesday to shield students from poor air quality resulting from Quebec and Ontario wildfires.

  Education

  Jun 6, 2023
• Wildfires source of poor air quality in Hamilton, GTA, says Environment Canada

  Environment Canada reported a moderate risk to residents as of 7 a.m. Monday and suggested people sensitive to poor air quality should consider reducing or rescheduling outdoors.

  Weather

  Jun 5, 2023
• Council’s concerns over air quality exemptions in Hamilton dominate board of health meeting

  Staff from the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) educated Hamilton councillors Monday about 13 provincial exemptions for a handful of city industries.

  Environment

  May 2, 2023
• Clean energy group targets Hamilton for development of carbon conversion technologies

  Researchers will take some $24 million from a federal government fund to develop clean energy technologies that can be tailored to different communities.

  Environment

  Apr 25, 2023
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• Hamilton councillors seek review, express opposition to emissions exemptions for steelmakers

  Hamilton's board of health is hoping to get staff to review site emissions exemptions granted for some city steelmakers before a provincial deadline.

  Environment

  Mar 23, 2023
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• Annual air pollution levels rise in Hamilton, but remain near the historic lows

  Clean Air Hamilton revealed the agency's 2021 report this week with levels of benzene, nitrogen dioxide and other particulate matter high on their study's list of priorities.

  Environment

  Mar 22, 2023