Wildfire smoke advisory spanning across much of the province

Much of the province is under a special air quality statement due to wildfire smoke.

According to Environment Canada, numerous regions are currently being impacted or are likely to be impacted by the smoke over the next 24-28 hours.

Affected regions span from the Peace in the Northeast, and down into the Southern Interior.

According to BC’s Air Quality Index, today’s (Monday) forecast is anticipating Prince George, Quesnel, and Williams Lake’s index will be above 10, or very high risk.