People living in many parts of British Columbia woke again Saturday morning to a thick blanket of smoke from wildfires burning on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border.

In downtown Vancouver, the ships on English Bay were barely visible through the haze on Saturday morning, while in the Fraser Valley and B.C. Interior, conditions were forecast to worsen throughout the day.

In some areas around the Thompson-Okanagan region, the air quality health index was forecast to reach the “very high risk” category.

Special air quality statements issued by Environment Canada earlier in the week remain in place for much of the province. Environment Canada warns that they are expected to last until there is a change in the weather.

Global BC meteorologist Yvonne Schalle said the high-risk areas in

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