KSTP FORECAST FIRST ALERT TODAY FOR TWIN CITIES/WESTERN WISCONSIN BECAUSE OF CANADIAN WILDFIRE SMOKE PRODUCING UNHEALTHY LEVELS OF SMOKE: Northwest Winds blowing over Minnesota and Wisconsin Today will bring significant amounts of Smoke from Canada Wildfires – people with Respiratory Illness should avoid long periods of time outdoors Today through Sunday morning and even Healthy

Air quality will become unhealthy for some beginning Sunday through Monday morning. Canadian wildfire smoke returns which will create hazy skies as well.

Smoke and haze could arrive in parts of the Bay Area on Friday thanks to wildfires in the northern portion of the state. The Bay Area Air District issued an air quality advisory on Thursday due to smoke from fires in the Sacramento Valley, which is expected to drift into the region, reaching all the way to the Santa Clara Valley.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Reduced air quality continues and triple-digit heat returns.

Six Republican Congress members callously urged Canada to take “proper action” to mitigate smoke wafting into the U.S.

As smoke billowing from wildfires continues to fill the air in much of Manitoba, a number of events in and around Winnipeg have been cancelled due to concerns about outdoor conditions Environment Canada warns can be dangerous.

Six members of Congress from Wisconsin and Minnesota have asked Canada to say how it plans to tackle the blazes and reduce the haze billowing south.

Wildfire smoke from Canada will be moving into Michigan from Saturday to Monday, creating poor air quality across the state.

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has issued an Air Quality Alert statewide Sunday until noon Monday.

Last year, researchers said they had identified a link between wildfire smoke and increased risk of dementia. Now, they're retracting the study, published last November in the journal JAMA Neurology, after discovering a mistake in how they coded the data.