Clean Air day around town
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PRINCE GEORGE – Health Canada estimates that air pollution, including air pollution from human sources in North America, contributes to 15,300 premature deaths per year in Canada. This includes an estimated 6,600 premature deaths in Ontario, 4,000 in Quebec, 1,900 in British Columbia, and 1,400 in Alberta.
As part of Clean Air Day, BC Transit has offered free transit, as well as Handy Dart, to promote the use of cleaner transportation.
“Clean air day is a day that is there to raise awareness about air quality and climate change. These are important considerations,” explains Jamie Weiss with BC Transit. “Clean Air Day is that day just like Earth Day, just like all those other days that we have, we recognize something that’s really important in our culture and sits with our values,” says Patience Rakocky, General Manager of the PG Air Improvement Roundtable,”
