Smoke conditions ease, but conditions could worsen

Residents in the Capital region woke up Saturday to relatively fresh air conditions. Article content

Don’t get used to it, Environment Canada said in an early update. Article content

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“There may be a brief improvement in air quality (Saturday) morning,” the forecast says.

But “high levels of air pollution due to smoke from forest fires are expected to continue into Sunday morning.”

Early measurements showed local wildfire smoke levels were 4, or moderate.

But smoke levels are expected to climb to level 7, or high risk by Saturday afternoon and through the night.

By early Sunday, Environment Canada says the levels should be at about 4, “moderate,” and reach “low risk” levels of 3 Sunday evening.

Residents were still advised to reduce or reschedul