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air quality
Weather
Wildfire smoke brings very high-risk air quality to South Okanagan
Wildfire smoke brought very high-risk air quality to the South Okanagan Thursday morning as an orange air-quality warning was in effect for the region.
Wildfires
Air quality warnings expand across southern B.C. due to lingering wildfire smoke
Almost all of southern British Columbia was under an air quality warning on Friday as wildfire smoke blanketed the region.Â
Environment Canada said a high...
Health
Orange air quality alert issued as wildfire smoke blankets parts of B.C.
Air quality warnings have been upgraded to orange for several regions of southern and central B.C. as wildfire smoke is expected to linger for the next 24 to 48 hours.
Provincial
Smoke and heat blanket B.C. as late-summer heat records fall
Smoke and high temperatures are settling over large parts of British Columbia, just a week after the last record-breaking heat wave.
News
B.C. weighs stripping tenant protections from supportive housing residents
A new working group is exploring the possibility of removing supportive housing from British Columbia’s Residential Tenancy Act in an effort to address safety concerns at the facilities.
Provincial
B.C. workshops help residents breathe easier with DIY air cleaners
Rick Medley said he didn’t know much about lung health when he was diagnosed in 2021 with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis — a chronic lung disease that causes scarring of lung tissue and makes it difficult to breathe.
