{"id":819031,"date":"2026-07-22T17:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819031\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T17:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:23:11","slug":"edmonton-extends-poor-air-quality-response-due-to-wildfire-smoke-activates-heat-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819031\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton extends poor air quality response due to wildfire smoke, activates heat response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Edmonton is putting measures in place to respond to the heat and poor air quality in the city.<\/p>\n<p>The poor air quality response, which was activated Monday, has been extended until Thursday at 9 a.m. \u201cbased on updated weather forecasts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton\u2019s Air Quality Health Index is hovering around six and seven, with wildfire smoke from northern Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories drifting into Alberta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPoor air quality and reduced visibility in wildfire smoke continues,\u201d Environment Canada wrote in its yellow-coded warning. \u201cThere will be improvement in the smoky conditions today or Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAir quality and visibility due to wildfire smoke can change rapidly over short distances and from hour to hour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs smoke levels increase, health risks increase. Limit time outdoors. Consider reducing or rescheduling outdoor sports, activities and events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The response aims to keep vulnerable people safe during periods of high-risk conditions. City facilities like libraries will be open to provide a space for people to escape from the smoky conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the City of Edmonton also activated its extreme heat weather response. It\u2019s expected to end Saturday at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>During the extreme heat response, access to 29 water stations attached to fire hydrants across the city will be available 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, all peace officers will carry water bottles for distribution to vulnerable people; and anyone needing a break from the heat can use city facilities like libraries, pools and recreation centres.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton activates its extreme heat response when the forecast is anticipated to have daytime temperatures of 29 degrees Celsius or higher for at least three days in a row.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Edmonton 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=edmonton.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\/05\/1778178555_824_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":"The City of Edmonton is putting measures in place to respond to the heat and poor air quality&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-819031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819031","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=819031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}