People forced to breathe air polluted with large amounts of wildfire smoke visit hospital emergency rooms more often for ...

Wildfires burning in Conception Bay North and Holyrood are creating smoky skies for parts of the Avalon Peninsula. With the ...

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Wildfire smoke from the Prairies prompted special air quality statements and warnings across the country Saturday.

How wildfire smoke and poor air quality can affect your health, and how to protect yourself Dr. Shazma Mithani Special to The Globe and Mail Published June 12, 2025 Updated July 14, 2025 ...

Research on the longer-lasting effects of wildfire smoke is still limited, but recent studies have reported associations with incident chronic diseases such as asthma among first-responders, 10 ...

A person travels in a boat past people walking on the boardwalk as smoke from the McDougall Creek wildfire blankets the area on Okanagan Lake, in Kelowna, B.C., Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

Even short-term spikes in smoke exposure, like those during wildfires, lead to a surge in emergency visits for strokes, especially among people over 65.

What should people do to manage the effects of heat and wildfire smoke? Respect the exposures and take precautions to reduce your exposure. I often say that you need to listen to your body—if your ...

We calculated the number of days affected by both wildfire smoke and extreme heat in each dissemination area (small, government-defined geographic regions that have an average population of 400-700 ...

Environment Canada says the smoke is causing or expected to cause poor air quality and reduced visibility that can fluctuate and vary hour by hour.

When wildfire smoke is in the air, doctors urge people to stay indoors to avoid breathing in harmful particles and gases. But what happens to trees and other plants that can’t escape from the smoke?