Organizers of the Edmonton Marathon will decide at 10 a.m. Saturday whether the race will go ahead as smoke from wildfires burning in B.C. Eskimos continue to plan for Saturday kickoffThe Edmonton Eskimos football team is scheduled to play the Montreal Alouettes at Commonwealth Stadium Saturday night. As with the marathon, the statement from the team noted that the forecast for cooler temperatures "has prompted us to be cautiously optimistic." 0:27Hospital emergency departments in Edmonton and Calgary have not seen a marked increase in the number of people with respiratory concerns, said Dr. Jasmine Hasselback, Edmonton zone medical officer of health with Alberta Health Services. Smoke from webcams in Central-West Alberta south of Grande Prairie.

Source: CBC News August 17, 2018 23:32 UTC