Okanagan Smoke

• Okanagan residents breathing worst air in Canada, may not see relief until mid-week

  The Okanagan remains under a special air quality statement as the region’s air quality health index rating (AQHI) was at the province’s maximum, or worst, level — 10-plus.

  Environment

  Aug 1, 2021
  
• Air quality deteriorates in Okanagan while Kamloops rating hits 10 + as wildfires rage

  The air is hazy and the smell of smoke is strong in many Okanagan communities.

  Environment

  Jul 4, 2021
  
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• Okanagan air quality warning ends after days of smoky skies

  A special air quality statement for the Okanagan, Boundary, South Thompson and North Thompson regions of the B.C. Southern Interior has been lifted.

  Sep 21, 2020
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• Okanagan socked in by U.S. wildfire smoke, conditions could improve by Tuesday

  A smoky skies bulletin, first issued by B.C.’s ministry of environment on Sept. 8 for the Okanagan, says the most widespread impacts of the smoke from wildfires raging in the northwestern U.S., will occur on Sunday.

  Sep 13, 2020
• Smoky Okanagan in pictures

  Smoky skies over the Okanagan as seen by Globalnews.ca viewers in recent days.

  Environment

  Aug 20, 2018