In 2023, Edmonton recorded the highest number of smoke hours in any year since Environment Canada starting tracking in 1953.
The extremely poor air quality led to the Canada West Soccer match being cancelled.Christy Morin, executive director of the Kaleido Family Arts Festival said festival organizers have been watching Edmonton’s air quality closely.
Really bad smoke could negatively affect a local festival, even force a cancellation, Morin said. Smoke is a top of mind. “It’s definitely a stressor on the system,” Hasell said, adding it can impact mental health as well as physical.“Symptoms of wildfire smoke exposure: headaches, mild cough, production of phlegm, sore, watery eyes, nose, throat, sinus irritation.
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