Smoke from wildfires in Western Canada will soon be drifting high overhead, but it poses no health risk in Eastern Ontario, says Environment Canada.<\/p>\n
\u201cTaking a look at our guidance and the weather patterns this week and the way things are panning out, it doesn\u2019t look like Eastern Ontario needs to be concerned about its air quality at this time,\u201d Trudy Kidd, a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada, said Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt best, people might see some haze in the skies in the coming days as the forest fire smoke makes its way through and disperses aloft, but from what we can tell at this time, the particulate matter \u2014 and that\u2019s what\u2019s of concern when it comes to forest fires \u2014 we\u2019re expecting it to stay aloft,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Smoke from wildfires in Western Canada will soon be drifting high overhead, but it poses no health risk in Eastern Ontario, says Environment Canada.<\/p>\n
\u201cTaking a look at our guidance and the weather patterns this week and the way things are panning out, it doesn\u2019t look like Eastern Ontario needs to be concerned about its air quality at this time,\u201d Trudy Kidd, a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada, said Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt best, people might see some haze in the skies in the coming days as the forest fire smoke makes its way through and disperses aloft, but from what we can tell at this time, the particulate matter \u2014 and that\u2019s what\u2019s of concern when it comes to forest fires \u2014 we\u2019re expecting it to stay aloft,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n