Global National: June 8

Millions of North Americans remain under air quality statements due to the smoke from Canada’s wildfires, heightening the focus on the health effects from the thick haze. How the haze is affecting outdoor workers, and where it’s expected to head next. The B.C. government has unveiled a series of immediate and long-term measures to address staffing shortages at Surrey Memorial, one of the province’s busiest hospitals. How doctors are reacting to the provincial government’s solutions, as the federal government unveils its $78-million prescription to address Canada’s health-care crisis. The Arctic could see all of its summer sea ice disappear much earlier than expected despite efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research published in the journal Nature. The consequences of the vanishing ice. With summer around the corner, many Canadians are set to hit the highway for a road trip. So how are gas prices looking? And the federal government is increasing security funding for Pride events, in response to a surge in open aggression towards the LGBTQ2 community by far-right groups. How this rise in hostility is preventing some people from running for public office.

• How the dangers of Canadian wildfires spread far beyond the flames