Environment Canada issues wildfire air quality alerts for Edmonton area, most of northern Alberta

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Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued warnings and peculiar aerial prime statements owed to wildfire fume for areas conscionable northbound of Edmonton each the mode to the province's bound with the Northwest Territories.

Areas astir Edmonton and Fort McMurray to scope 'high risk' aerial prime levels

Cameron MacCuish · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 03, 2025 3:44 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 hours ago

Smoke appears implicit the skyline of downtown Edmonton.

Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued warnings and peculiar aerial prime statements owed to wildfire fume for the Edmonton region all the mode to the province's bound with the Northwest Territories.

Meteorologists accidental the fume is causing precise mediocre aerial prime and reduced visibility, and conditions tin alteration hr by hour.

People successful affected areas are reminded to bounds their clip outdoors and support windows and doors closed.

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Heavy fume has go a large wellness interest arsenic wildfires proceed to expanse crossed Western Canada — and adjacent parts of the United States. Locations astir affected person been issued aerial prime alerts, and those with underlying health

Air prime conditions are expected to worsen successful the Edmonton portion connected Tuesday night, with the city's Air Quality Health Index standing expected to scope 7, oregon precocious risk.

When the aerial prime scale is precocious risk, Environment Canada recommends reducing oregon rescheduling strenuous outdoor activities, peculiarly for children and seniors oregon those experiencing symptoms specified arsenic pharynx irritation oregon coughing.

Environment Canada is predicting that the Wood Buffalo portion is expected to scope a 9 connected the AQHI for Wednesday.

Environment Canada says radical whitethorn acquisition symptoms specified arsenic accrued coughing, pharynx irritation, headaches oregon shortness of breath. Children, seniors, and those with cardiovascular oregon lung disease, specified arsenic asthma, are particularly astatine risk.

Edmonton aerial prime is forecasted to instrumentality to mean hazard levels connected Wednesday.

With files from the Canadian Press

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