UBC professor Christopher Carlsten, who is the head of the University's Respiratory Medicine Division, says many outdoor events this summer will likely be cancelled due to wildfire smoke. "Every summer recently, there's been at least one major period of fire smoke and it's predicted to happen again and that's just something to be to be ready for," he said. Haze from wildfire smoke created an eerie red sun in Vancouver on the evening of Sept. 5, 2017. (Christian Amundson/CBC)Fighting WildfiresThere are few people who know more about how to handle wildfire smoke than Belcarra Mayor Neil Belenkie. Downtown Vancouver is blanketed by wildfire smoke on the morning of Monday, Aug. 20, 2018.

Source: CBC News March 27, 2019 12:00 UTC