Saskatoon and areas to the east and northeast are under an air quality alert because of smoke from forest fires burning near Hudson Bay. Terri Lang, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, said winds are pushing smoke from the fires through the northern grain belt this afternoon and evening. "The fires in the Hudson Bay area came back to life and they're spewing out quite a bit of smoke," Lang said. "Because of the direction of the upper winds, that's bringing the smoke back into the central areas of the province and it's drifting over the Saskatoon area now." The sun had trouble shining through the smoke in Saskatoon Monday afternoon.

Source: CBC News October 04, 2021 20:40 UTC