{"id":770881,"date":"2026-06-30T11:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/770881\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T11:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:01:15","slug":"calgary-under-air-quality-advisory-due-to-smoky-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/770881\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary under air quality advisory due to smoky skies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calgary is under an air quality advisory after smoke moved into the city Monday afternoon. <\/p>\n<p>Environment Canada says conditions may worsen as the smoke lingers over Alberta for the next couple of days.<\/p>\n<p>The smoke is being pushed south by the same system that brought heavy rain to the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe very same low-pressure centre that drove in <a href=\"https:\/\/calgary.citynews.ca\/2026\/06\/29\/flood-warnings-calgary-rivers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">a large amount of rain<\/a> is now curling smoke from north Saskatchewan right on top of us,\u201d says 660 NewsRadio meteorologist Kevin Stanfield.<\/p>\n<p>Stanfield says some northwest Calgary neighbourhoods are seeing particulate levels above 100 ppm, equivalent to an air quality index rating of 10 plus.<\/p>\n<p>The air quality advisory stretches west of Calgary and north through Edmonton to Fort McMurray.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary\u2019s current Air Quality Health Index sits at six, a moderate risk, but forecasters expect conditions to deteriorate later tonight and into Tuesday. People with respiratory issues are urged to reconsider outdoor activities.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Calgary as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=calgary.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782746833_947_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Calgary is under an air quality advisory after smoke moved into the city Monday afternoon. Environment Canada says&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":770882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-770881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770881","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=770881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}