wildfire smoke

Heavy smoke blankets Okanagan; the rest of southern B.C. gets smoke haze

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Smoke from the huge forest fires burning in Washington State pumped into the southern Interior yesterday evening has been trapped in the valleys by a temperature inversion. The Okanagan is getting the worst of the smoke with visibility down to less to a kilometre in some areas this morning, Aug. 23. Environment Canada,...

Forest fire generated smoke haze from B.C. and U.S. blazes

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Depending where you live and which way the wind is blowing, the smoke haze you see could be from B.C. forest fires — or wildfires burning south of the border in Washington State. Environment Canada has added a chance of smoke haze to it's forecasts throughout the Thompson-Okanagan today, Aug. 2. “The local...