Good morning. This is the Thursday, July 16 edition of First Up, the Star’s daily morning digest. Sign up to get it earlier each day, in your inbox.
You could taste the air on Wednesday, as Toronto was engulfed in an eerie orange haze that obscured the skyline, dulled the rays of the midday sun, cooled the temperature and made it dangerous for many to breathe. Our city suffered the worst air quality of any city in the world, a result of raging wildfires in northwestern Ontario. More on the smoke, and the wildfire situation, in just a moment.
