‘Clean air spaces,’ popsicles for zoo animals, Rogers Centre evacuation: How Toronto plans to beat the rising heat

For the first time ever, Toronto is offering residents a place where they can breathe easier this summer.

The city plans to provide six “cleaner air spaces” — buildings equipped with MERV 13 filters where people can go to take a moment to literally catch their breath — as part of a pilot project spurred by last year’s historically bad wildfire season that blanketed Toronto in smoke. 

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