{"id":26901,"date":"2025-07-27T03:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T03:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/26901\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T03:00:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T03:00:28","slug":"wildfire-smoke-causing-montreal-to-have-the-worlds-worst-air-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/26901\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildfire smoke causing Montreal to have the world\u2019s worst air quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted July 26, 2025 12:00 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Smoke from <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/?s=wildfires\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wildfires<\/a> in the Canadian Prairies has led to <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11287424\/wildfire-smoke-central-canada-manitoba\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">air quality warnings<\/a> across southern Quebec.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753129028_943_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Swiss company IQAir this morning ranked Montreal as having the worst air quality in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753128969_722_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>Environment Canada has issued warnings that recommend limiting time spent outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>It says people with existing health conditions, seniors, pregnant women, infants, and young children should avoid strenuous outdoor activities this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11304246\/used-cars-buy-or-sell-2025\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Used-cars.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tIs now the time to buy or sell a used car? As new sales dip, what to know\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11304015\/american-tourists-nova-scotia-new-brunswick\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753585228_457_NB-border-town-photo-e1744316401703.png\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tTourism is booming in the Maritimes thanks to both Canadians and Americans\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11292091\/heat-warnings-remain-effect-from-ontario-to-newfoundland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Heat warnings<\/a> are also in effect in southern Quebec for Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures are expected to top 30 degrees C during the day and remain above 20 degrees C at night.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Science and Tech<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 26, 2025 12:00 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[21406,49,48,295,1132,44,21405],"class_list":{"0":"post-26901","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-air-quality","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-environment","12":"tag-fire","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-wildfire-smoke"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}