BQNA’s 2026 AGM features an evidence based/knowledge sharing panel providing facts and answering questions about the impact of a jet airport on our air and water quality and the value of protecting our access to nature and parkland.

There’s growing concern about a new category of unregulated airborne pollutants, so tiny they can pass through the lungs and into the bloodstream. For The National, CBC’s Ashley Fraser explains ultrafine particles (UFPs) and why scientists say they have the potential to cause major health problems.

Jets operating at at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport next to Canada’s largest downtown core and in our busy waterfront magnifies safety concerns.

The Toronto Port Authority has disbanded the Community Liaison Committee (CLC) which played a vital role in community engagement since its formation in 2010. We were given no reason why this decision was taken and we have written to the Vice President asking for the CLC to be reinstated.

2025 year in review – the Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood. Issues such as encampment prevention, Air Quality, the fire at Windward Co-op, launching a National Petition to regulate ultrafine particles and Runway End Safety Areas at the Toronto Island Airport.

Air Pollution is recognized as a serious threat to health. But while Canada has set standards for certain types of air pollutants, a microscopic particle, a thousand times thinner than a strand of hair, remains unregulated and is playing havoc with our health. Let’s be the first country to regulate ultrafine particles – a serious air pollutant linked to damaging health effects.

Why Ports Toronto needs to go back to the drawing table to meet Runway End Safety Area regulations for Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.

Your feedback is crucial on Ports Toronto’s draft Environmental Assessment of the Runway End Safety Areas (RESAs) at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport

Runway End Safety Areas (RESAs) neighbourhood information meeting to provide feedback on Ports Toronto’s draft Environmental Assessment of the Runway End Safety Areas (RESAs) at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.

Hoverlink Ontario Inc. will host a public information session at the Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre on Tuesday, June 10 to provide an overview of a rapid passenger hovercraft service between the Niagara region and Toronto.

Ports Toronto continues to oppose Air Quality Study conclusions that airport is main source of ultrafine particle air pollution in the area.

PortsToronto is hosting a public meeting focussing on the environmental assessment of their three RESA options.

The study found that when aircraft take off and land, high levels of UFPs occur particularly during southerly winds in the summer months.

Public consultation for the island airport runway extension this Tuesday, September 24 in person at the Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place.

New data reveals that concentrations of airborne ultrafine particles are higher across the BQN than they would be without the airport.

UofT researchers release final Air Quality Study showing relationship between highway traffic & airport activity on the BQNA neighbourhood