Air Quality

How air quality affects wildfire evacuees returning home
VICTORIA – A result of the wildfires in British Columbia is tens of thousands of…

iN PHOTOS: Deteriorating air quality in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Have you ever seen it this bad? Smoke has blanketed the city of…

Air quality falling in Kamloops, Shuswap thanks to wildfire smoke
KAMLOOPS – The area covered by a smoky skies bulletin has expaned into the South…

VIDEO: Kamloops ‘unrecognizable’ due to wildfire smoke
KAMLOOPS – Communities across the province are being scorched by devastating wildfires, but the impact…

Lingering wildfires blow poor air quality across Southern Interior
Health authorities are warning anyone with breathing difficulties to stay inside following a smoky skies…

Spike in 2016 smell complaints at Kamloops pulp mill
KAMLOOPS – Hopefully the family dog isn’t getting the blame — it might have been…

More dust advisories in Vernon in past two months than last five years combined
VERNON – If it seems like there’s been more dust advisories than normal in Vernon…
UPDATE: Fourth Vernon dust advisory comes to end
UPDATE: 1:16 p.m., Tuesday, March 21, 2017 VERNON – The air quality advisory issued yesterday,…

Another dust advisory issued in Vernon
VERNON – Just a couple days after lifting a dust advisory for the Vernon area,…

KAMLOOPS AIR QUALITY: What living close to big industry means for citizens
KAMLOOPS – The unmistakable smell of the pulp mill processing plant is often right on…

Domtar power failure behind pungent Kamloops air
KAMLOOPS – An unplanned power outage at the Domtar pulp mill was behind the pungent…

Possible causes of poor air quality under investigation in Lavington
LAVINGTON – Environment officials are looking for possible causes of poor air quality in Lavington,…

VIDEO: Interior air quality an island of low risk amid smoky B.C. skies
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Yes there is a slight haze in the air and we can expect…

Lavington pellet plant emissions questioned
VERNON – No one knows for sure what’s being emitted from a new pellet plant…

Welcome to Domtar: An inside look at what’s behind that smell in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – Dan Wudrick has lived in Kamloops for about 40 years and vividly remembers…