wildfire smoke

As wildfires from coast to coast scorch large swaths of forest, sometimes changing it irreversibly, experts have zeroed in on an often overlooked casualty of the blazes: wildlife.

What to do about the wildfire smoke, my mother in New York City asks. A fan? An air filter? She knows I’ve been through it already. She knows I know. Publisher Linda Solomon Wood writes about the wildfire smoke blanketing the east.

Smoke from wildfires in parts of Alberta, British Columbia and now Nova Scotia has doctors warning pregnant people to take extra precautions against breathing in toxic particles.

An air-quality expert says smoky skies over British Columbia have become the norm over the past few summers, but not everyone seems aware of the serious health hazards it represents.

Dr. Kevin Liang is a family physician practising in Vancouver. This 28-year-old is passionate about planetary health and tackling health-care's carbon footprint.

At one point, federal Tourism Minister Randy Boissonnault gestured toward the North Shore Mountains across the water, shrouded in wildfire smoke, and remarked, “If a picture’s worth a thousand words, the view today’s a million.”

As climate change supercharges blazes, livestock and wildlife are suffering from smoke inhalation.

As the organizing director for the West Kootenay EcoSociety and Neighbours United, she leads teams that have already persuaded 13 regional municipalities to set climate pollution reduction targets in line with the Paris Agreement.

Winemakers can only hope the scent of smoke that's in the air across British Columbia from wildfires won't swirl in the glass once this year's vintages have been bottled.