Air quality advisory issued for almost all of Manitoba, including Winnipeg, due to wildfire smoke

Nearly all of Manitoba is now under an air quality advisory as smoke from wildfires continues to move across the province, including Winnipeg.

The smoke is either causing or expected to cause very poor air quality and reduced visibility across all areas of Manitoba, except for a small area in its southeastern corner and its northernmost region, Environment and Climate Change Canada said in an alert Friday morning.

The regions affected by the weather agency’s advisory at 9 a.m. are:

• Berens River.
• Bissett.
• Bloodvein.
• Cartwright-Roblin municipality, including Mather.
• Brandon.
• Winnipeg.
• Cross Lake and Jenpeg.
• Duck Mountain Provincial Park and Provincial Forest.
• Flin Flon, Cranberry Portage and Grass River Provincial Park.
• Gilbert Plains municipality, including Ashville.
• Gillam.
• Grand Rapids and Easterville.
• Grandview municipality, including Valley River Reserve.
• Hamiota municipality, including McConnell and Lavinia.
• Highway 6 between Little Limestone Lake and Ponton.
• Island Lake.
• Jackhead Reserve.
• Leaf Rapids.
• Little Grand Rapids and Atikaki Provincial Park.
• Lynn Lake.
• Manigotagan Black River Reserve and Hollow Water Reserve.
• Molson Lake and Bear Lake.
• Moose Creek Provincial Forest, Pine Dock and Matheson Island.
• Mossey River municipality, including Winnipegosis and Fork River.
• Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton, including Arborg, Hnausa and Hecla.
• Municipality of Boissevain-Morton, including Turtle Mountain Provincial Park.
• Municipality of Brenda-Waskada, including Medora and Goodlands.
• Municipality of Clanwilliam-Erickson.
• Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester.
• Municipality of Ethelbert, including Garland.
• Municipality of Glenboro-South Cypress, including Treesbank.
• Municipality of Glenella-Lansdowne, including Arden and Tenby.
• Municipality of Grassland, including Hartney and Minto.
• Municipality of Harrison Park, including Onanole, Sandy Lake and Newdale.
• Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain.
• Municipality of Lorne, including Notre Dame and Swan Lake.
• Municipality of Louise, including Pilot Mound and Crystal City.
• Municipality of McCreary, including Norgate.
• Municipality of Minitonas-Bowsman, including Renwer.
• Municipality of Norfolk Treherne.
• Municipality of North Cypress-Langford, including Neepawa and Carberry.
• Municipality of North Norfolk, including MacGregor, Sidney and Austin.
• Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa, including Carroll.
• Municipality of Pembina, including Manitou, La Rivière and Snowflake.
• Municipality of Rhineland, including Altona, Plum Coulee and Gretna.
• Municipality of Roblin, including Makaroff, Shortdale and Bield.
• Municipality of Russell-Binscarth, including Gambler Reserve.
• Municipality of Souris-Glenwood.
• Municipality of Ste. Rose, including Laurier.
• Municipality of Swan Valley West, including Benito.
• Municipality of Two Borders, including Melita, Coulter and Tilston.
• Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone, including Plumas and Langruth.
• Nelson House.
• Nopiming Provincial Park.
• North and South Moose Lake, including Mosakahiken Cree Nation.
• Norway House.
• Oxford House and Gods Lake.
• Peguis and Fisher River Cree Nation.
• Pelican Rapids and Shoal River First Nations.
• Poplar River.
• Porcupine Provincial Forest.
• Prairie View municipality, including Birdtail Sioux First Nation.
• Pukatawagan.
• Rural municipality of Alexander, including Powerview-Pine Falls.
• Rural municipality of Alonsa, including Ebb and Flow Reserve and Sandy Bay Reserve.
• Rural municipality of Argyle, including Baldur, Glenora and Greenway.
• Rural municipality of Armstrong, including Chatfield, Inwood and Narcisse.
• Rural municipality of Brokenhead, including Beausejour and Garson.
• Rural municipality of Cartier, including Elie, St. Eustache and Springstein.
• Rural municipality of Coldwell, including Lundar and Clarkleigh.
• Rural municipality of Cornwallis west of Shilo, including Chater.
• Rural municipality of Dauphin, including Sifton and Valley River.
• Rural municipality of Dufferin, including Carman, Roseisle and Homewood.
• Rural municipality of East St. Paul, including Birds Hill.
• Rural municipality of Ellice-Archie, including St-Lazare, McAuley and Manson.
• Rural municipality of Elton, including Forrest.
• Rural municipality of Fisher, including Poplarfield.
• Rural municipality of Gimli, including Winnipeg Beach and Arnes.
• Rural municipality of Grahamdale, including Gypsumville, Moosehorn and Camper.
• Rural municipality of Grey, including St. Claude, Elm Creek and Fannystelle.
• Rural municipality of Headingley. 
• Rural municipality of Lakeshore, including Ochre River and Makinak.
• Rural municipality of Lakeshore, including Rorketon and Toutes Aides.
• Rural municipality of Macdonald, including Brunkild, Starbuck and La Salle.
• Rural municipality of Minto-Odanah, including Minnedosa and Moore Park.
• Rural municipality of Montcalm, including St. Jean Baptiste.
• Rural municipality of Morris, including Rosenort and Aubigny.
• Rural municipality of Mountain, including Cowan and Camperville.
• Rural municipality of Mountain, including Mafeking and Birch River.
• Rural municipality of Oakview, including Oak River and Rapid City.
• Rural municipality of Pipestone, including Oak Lake Reserve.
• Rural municipality of Portage la Prairie, including St. Ambroise.
• Rural municipality of Prairie Lakes, including Margaret, Ninette and Belmont.
• Rural municipality of Riding Mountain West, including Asessippi Provincial Park.
• Rural municipality of Rockwood, including Teulon, Stonewall and Stony Mountain.
• Rural municipality of Roland, including Jordan and Myrtle.
• Rural municipality of Rosedale, including Eden and Kelwood.
• Rural municipality of Rosser, including Meadows.
• Rural municipality of Sifton, including Oak Lake and Deleau.
• Rural municipality of Springfield, including Anola and Birds Hill Provincial Park.
• Rural municipality of St. Andrews, including Selkirk, Lockport and Ponemah.
• Rural municipality of St. Clements, including Grand Beach, Brokenhead and Libau.
• Rural municipality of St. François Xavier.
• Rural municipality of St. Laurent, including Oak Point.
• Rural municipality of Stanley, including Winkler and Morden.
• Rural municipality of Thompson, including Miami, Rosebank and Deerwood.
• Rural municipality of Victoria Beach.
• Rural municipality of Victoria, including Holland and Cypress River.
• Rural municipality of Wallace-Woodworth, including Virden, Elkhorn and Kenton.
• Rural municipality of West Interlake, including Eriksdale and Ashern.
• Rural municipality of West St. Paul, including Middlechurch and Rivercrest.
• Rural municipality of Whitehead, including Alexander and Beresford.
• Rural municipality of Woodlands, including Warren and Lake Francis.
• Rural municipality of Yellowhead, including Shoal Lake and Elphinstone.
• Red Sucker Lake.
• Riding Mountain National Park.
• Riverdale municipality, including Rivers and Wheatland.
• Rossburn municipality, including Waywayseecappo.
• Shamattawa.
• Snow Lake and Herb Lake Landing.
• South Indian Lake and Amisk Provincial Park.
• Split Lake and York Landing.
• The Pas, Cormorant, Westray and Wanless.
• Thompson, Thicket Portage and Pikwitonei.
• Wabowden.
• Waterhen, Meadow Portage and Skownan.
• Westgate, Red Deer Lake and Barrows York.

Air quality and visibility due to wildfire smoke can fluctuate over short distances and vary considerably from hour to hour, the alert said.

During those kinds of heavy smoke conditions, everyone is at risk regardless of age or health, the weather agency said. The fine particles in wildfire smoke pose the main risk to people’s health.

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