WOCN23 CWWG 090107
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT
FOR SASKATCHEWAN
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 7:07 P.M. CST THURSDAY 8 MAY 2025.
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SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT FOR:
=NEW= KAMSACK - CANORA - PREECEVILLE
=NEW= R.M. OF ST PETER INCLUDING MUENSTER AND LAKE LENORE
=NEW= R.M. OF SPALDING INCLUDING SPALDING
=NEW= R.M. OF PONASS LAKE INCLUDING ROSE VALLEY FOSSTON AND NORA
=NEW= R.M. OF LAKESIDE INCLUDING WATSON AND QUILL LAKE
=NEW= R.M. OF LAKEVIEW INCLUDING WADENA AND CLAIR
=NEW= R.M. OF ELFROS INCLUDING ELFROS LESLIE AND MOZART
=NEW= R.M. OF KELVINGTON INCLUDING YELLOWQUILL RES.
=NEW= R.M. OF SASMAN INCLUDING MARGO KYLEMORE AND NUT MOUNTAIN
=NEW= R.M. OF FOAM LAKE INCLUDING FOAM LAKE AND FISHING LAKE RES.
=NEW= MELFORT - TISDALE - NIPAWIN - CARROT RIVER
=NEW= HUDSON BAY - PORCUPINE PLAIN.

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==DISCUSSION==

SMOKE IS CAUSING OR EXPECTED TO CAUSE POOR AIR QUALITY AND REDUCED 
VISIBILITY.

POOR AIR QUALITY WILL OCCUR AT TIMES DUE TO THE SMOKE PLUME FROM 
WILDFIRES IN NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN.

AS SMOKE LEVELS INCREASE, HEALTH RISKS INCREASE. LIMIT TIME 
OUTDOORS. CONSIDER REDUCING OR RESCHEDULING OUTDOOR SPORTS, 
ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS. 

YOU MAY EXPERIENCE MILD AND COMMON SYMPTOMS SUCH AS EYE, NOSE AND 
THROAT IRRITATION, HEADACHES OR A MILD COUGH. MORE SERIOUS BUT LESS 
COMMON SYMPTOMS INCLUDE WHEEZING, CHEST PAINS OR SEVERE COUGH. IF 
YOU THINK YOU ARE HAVING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL 
ASSISTANCE. 

PEOPLE MORE LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED BY OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION, 
INCLUDING PEOPLE AGED 65 AND OLDER, PREGNANT PEOPLE, INFANTS AND 
YOUNG CHILDREN, PEOPLE WITH AN EXISTING ILLNESS OR CHRONIC HEALTH 
CONDITION, AND PEOPLE WHO WORK OUTDOORS, SHOULD REDUCE OR RESCHEDULE 
STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES OUTDOORS AND SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IF 
EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS. 

WHEN INDOORS, KEEP WINDOWS AND DOORS CLOSED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
WHEN THERE IS AN EXTREME HEAT EVENT OCCURRING WITH POOR AIR QUALITY, 
PRIORITIZE KEEPING COOL. 

PROTECT YOUR INDOOR AIR FROM WILDFIRE SMOKE. ACTIONS CAN INCLUDE 
USING A CLEAN, GOOD QUALITY AIR FILTER IN YOUR VENTILATION SYSTEM 
AND/OR A CERTIFIED PORTABLE AIR CLEANER THAT CAN FILTER FINE 
PARTICLES. 

IF YOU MUST SPEND TIME OUTDOORS, A WELL-CONSTRUCTED, WELL-FITTING 
AND PROPERLY WORN RESPIRATOR TYPE MASK (SUCH AS A NIOSH-CERTIFIED 
N95 OR EQUIVALENT RESPIRATOR) CAN REDUCE YOUR EXPOSURE TO THE FINE 
PARTICLES IN THE SMOKE. EVEN THOUGH EXPOSURE MAY BE REDUCED, THERE 
CAN STILL BE RISKS TO HEALTH. 

CHECK IN ON OTHERS WHO ARE IN YOUR CARE OR LIVE NEARBY WHO MAY BE 
MORE LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED BY OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION. 

ALWAYS FOLLOW GUIDANCE FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 

LEARN MORE AT HTTPS://WWW.CANADA.CA/WILDFIRE-SMOKE. 

PLEASE CALL HEALTHLINE 811 FOR ADVICE ON HEALTH RISKS, SYMPTOMS AND 
PRECAUTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH AIR QUALITY. 

VISIT HTTP://WWW.AIRHEALTH.CA FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO REDUCE YOUR 
HEALTH RISK AND YOUR PERSONAL CONTRIBUTION TO POLLUTION LEVELS, AS 
WELL AS FOR CURRENT AND FORECAST AQHI VALUES. 

PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY 
ENVIRONMENT CANADA.

HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA

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