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Wildfire smoke forecaster available

There's now a way to know ahead of time if smoke from a forest fire is going to descend on the city. The provincial environment ministry's air quality branch has established a website, www.bcairquality.

There's now a way to know ahead of time if smoke from a forest fire is going to descend on the city.

The provincial environment ministry's air quality branch has established a website, www.bcairquality.com/bluesky/, where visitors can watch an animation that provides an hour-by-hour forecast of smoke from forest fires in B.C. and Alberta up to 48 hours in the future.