After weeks of air quality warnings, Manitobans can breathe a sigh of relief.

“We have finally cleared our air quality alerts for not only the Winnipeg area, but for Manitoba and Saskatchewan, which has not been the case for quite some time,” said Christy Climenhaga, a scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada.

“We’ve finally seen some rain in parts of central Saskatchewan and central Manitoba, expecting a little bit more. And looking at our air quality, our current values are pretty good.”

As of Wednesday afternoon, Winnipeg’s air quality risk was at level three — meaning low risk — dropping from moderate risk Tuesday night.

There have been warnings and alerts in Manitoba for about the last month, excepting a few short periods, said Climenhaga.

There is some remaining smok

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