{"id":795948,"date":"2026-07-11T23:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/795948\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T23:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:18:14","slug":"air-quality-warning-issued-for-ottawa-gatineau-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/795948\/","title":{"rendered":"Air quality warning issued for Ottawa-Gatineau region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>Environment Canada has issued an air quality warning for Ottawa-Gatineau and parts of the surrounding area due to smoke from Quebec forest fires.<\/p>\n<p>Wildfire smoke is expected to cause poor air quality and reduced visibility in and around the national capital, the weather agency said in a yellow-level alert Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>People should limit time outside and consider rescheduling outdoor activities, Environment Canada said.<\/p>\n<p>Smoke can cause minor symptoms like headaches, a mild cough and ear, nose and throat irritation. <\/p>\n<p>More serious symptoms include wheezing, chest pains and severe coughing, Environment Canada said. <\/p>\n<p>As of 5:45 p.m., Environment Canada had also issued a yellow-level warning for communities to the south and west of Ottawa like Perth, Renfrew and Sharbot Lake.<\/p>\n<p>The alert was also in place for communities to the north of Gatineau, including Chelsea, Val-des-Monts, Maniwaki and Mont-Laurier.<\/p>\n<p>The air quality in Ottawa is expected to improve by Sunday morning, Environment Canada said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":795949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-795948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795948","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=795948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}