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Lingering smoke from B.C.’s wildfires poses health risks
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Lingering smoke from B.C.’s wildfires poses health risks
Description
August 20, 2018
Western Canada is getting choked from the thick smoke emanating from the hundreds of wildfires in British Columbia. Eric Sorensen has more on the health risks and the precautions people should take.
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Lingering smoke from B.C.’s wildfires poses health risks03:18 | August 20, 2018
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‘Our community has really stepped up’: Kelowna-area residents grateful amid wildfire fight02:15 | August 24, 2023
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B.C. wildfires: Shuswap residents ‘feel like criminals’ over tensions with authorities02:29 | August 24, 2023
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B.C. wildfires: Kelowna residents facing grim reality of fire disaster02:36 | August 21, 2023
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B.C. wildfires: Shuswap residents frustrated after shutdown of supply route02:29 | August 21, 2023
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B.C. wildfires: 160+ fires considered ‘out of control’02:11 | August 18, 2023
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B.C. wildfires: How did the Kelowna fire spread so quickly?03:49 | August 18, 2023
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B.C. wildfires: Thousands threatened as Kelowna fire spreads03:34 | August 18, 2023
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B.C. officials predict record-breaking wildfire season to worsen this week02:02 | August 17, 2023
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Dozens of fires sparked in B.C. over long weekend01:53 | August 7, 2023
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‘Everybody feels it’: How crews battling B.C.’s wildfires are coping with tragedy02:59 | August 3, 2023
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‘We’re really being put to the test’: U.S., Mexican crews helping B.C. firefighters03:23 | August 1, 2023
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Lingering smoke from B.C.’s wildfires poses health risks03:18 | August 20, 2018
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Former B.C. streetball stars inspire hope for at-risk youth02:21 | June 10, 2024
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Drug safety reform urged in BC schools following university student’s death02:18 | May 25, 2024
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Did serial killer linked to 1970’s Alberta deaths also strike in BC?02:37 | May 18, 2024
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B.C.-based company orders Canada’s first electric vertical-takeoff aircraft01:46 | November 1, 2023
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B.C. airtankers sought globally as wildfire season smoulders02:40 | October 31, 2023
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Global National: Sept. 2421:42 | September 24, 2023
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‘Credible’ intel links India to Canadian Sikh leader’s murder: Trudeau04:02 | September 18, 2023
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B.C. premier ‘white-hot angry’ over stabbing spree suspect’s day pass02:07 | September 13, 2023
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‘Our community has really stepped up’: Kelowna-area residents grateful amid wildfire fight02:15 | August 24, 2023
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B.C. wildfires: Shuswap residents ‘feel like criminals’ over tensions with authorities02:29 | August 24, 2023
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B.C. wildfires: Agency working tirelessly to help evacuees02:12 | August 23, 2023
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B.C. wildfire evacuee didn’t think he would ‘have a house’ anymore03:25 | August 22, 2023
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B.C. wildfires: Kelowna residents facing grim reality of fire disaster02:36 | August 21, 2023
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B.C. wildfires: Shuswap residents frustrated after shutdown of supply route02:29 | August 21, 2023
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B.C. wildfires: 160+ fires considered ‘out of control’02:11 | August 18, 2023
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B.C. wildfires: How did the Kelowna fire spread so quickly?03:49 | August 18, 2023
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B.C. wildfires: Thousands threatened as Kelowna fire spreads03:34 | August 18, 2023
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‘Everybody feels it’: How crews battling B.C.’s wildfires are coping with tragedy02:59 | August 3, 2023
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‘We’re really being put to the test’: U.S., Mexican crews helping B.C. firefighters03:23 | August 1, 2023
Lingering smoke from B.C.’s wildfires poses health risks
Description
August 20, 2018
Western Canada is getting choked from the thick smoke emanating from the hundreds of wildfires in British Columbia. Eric Sorensen has more on the health risks and the precautions people should take.
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