People on bikes are silhouetted at sunset at Burnaby Mountain Park as smoke from wildfires burning in Canada and the U.S. begins to settle over the region, in Burnaby, B.C., on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Forecaster says smoke bad enough for health impacts in B.C.’s Okanagan, Fraser Canyon
Jul 24, 2026 | 11:46 AM
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VANCOUVER — Southeastern British Columbia is covered in air-quality warnings as wildfires burning across the province belch out thick smoke.
Environment Canada has issued yellow and the more severe orange warnings from the U.S. border north to central B.C. and from near Pemberton east to the Alberta boundary.
The worst smoke with the orange rating is polluting the Central Okanagan, Fraser Canyon and Nicola regions and is expected to last until Sunday at least.
The warning says smoke is causing or expected to cause poor air quality and reduced visibility.
