Okanagan socked in by U.S. wildfire smoke, conditions could improve by Tuesday Metro Vancouver extended an air quality advisory due to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) for the Lower Mainland Sunday morning that has been in place since Tuesday.Flying into Vancouver yesterday through smoke from fires south of the border.
pic.twitter.com/dvvXcXWIEa— Richard Cannings (@CanningsNDP) September 13, 2020Environment Canada air quality advisories covering more than two-thirds of the province also remained in effect.“Really it’s affecting everybody, our air quality health index is at its maximum category for risk in terms of health, both the at-risk population and the general population,” said Castellan.