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By Eli J. Ridder

WEATHER

Air quality statement issued for Medicine Hat over wildfire haze

Jun 7, 2025 | 4:00 PM

A smokey haze over Medicine Hat on Saturday has triggered an air quality statement.

Poor air quality fuelled by wildfires burning across the Prairies left a large swath of the country enveloped in a haze for another day.

Parts of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador were experiencing poor air quality and reduced visibility due to the wildfires, a situation expected to continue through Sunday.

Environment Canada’s special air quality alert was issued for an area east of Brooks to the Saskatchewan border shortly before 4 p.m. on Saturday.

Smoke did trigger a warning across the border in Saskatchewan, where the national weather agency reported poor air quality and reduced visibility.

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Environment Canada meteorologist Jean-Philippe Bégin says there’s some good news.

A low pressure system passing through the Prairies, currently in northern Saskatchewan and expected to move into Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario by Monday, is expected to bring precipitation for areas hit by out-of-control forest fires.

That system is not expected to bring much relief in northern Alberta, however, where there is little rain in the forecast.

— With files from The Canadian Press