Environment Canada adopts BC's model to enhance smoke hazard warnings during wildfire season, introducing a new air quality advisory and website updates.

Environment Canada adopts BC's model to improve smoke hazard warnings during wildfire season, with changes including a new type of air quality advisory and updates to the go-to website weather.gc.ca, which now allows users to toggle between different layers of active alerts and display only those related to air quality. The department hopes these changes will improve communication and understanding of air quality-related health risks for the public.

May 20, 2024
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