Air Quality BC

• Vancouver’s air pollution spiked in 2022, likely due to wildfires: report

  IQAir, based in Switzerland, reviewed the status of air quality around the world and ranked Canada 111 out of 131 countries, with Guam in "last place" with the least polluted air.

  Environment

  Mar 14, 2023
  
• Air quality in B.C.’s Fraser Valley off the charts due to thick wildfire smoke

  'In Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley we're experiencing widespread smoke,' Geoff Doerksen, air quality planner with Metro Vancouver, told Global News.

  Environment

  Oct 18, 2022
  
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• Metro Vancouver air quality advisory now the longest in the region’s history

  An air quality advisory was issued on July 31 as winds carried smoke from wildfires burning in B.C.’s interior to the province’s south coast.

  Environment

  Aug 9, 2017
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• Kamloops air quality is so bad, it’s literally off the scale

  Wearing a mask might not be the best idea, either. Staying indoors, however, is a good one.

  Weather

  Aug 4, 2017
• B.C. wildfire status Thursday: Poor air quality remains as heat records broken

  It is another hazy wakeup for most of B.C.'s residents today.

  Health

  Aug 3, 2017