616  
WOCN20 CWTO 091537  
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT  
FOR ONTARIO  
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AND THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO  
AT 11:37 A.M. EDT WEDNESDAY 9 JULY 2025.  
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SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT FOR:  
RED LAKE - WOODLAND CARIBOU PARK  
SUMMER BEAVER - WUNNUMMIN LAKE - KINGFISHER LAKE  
BIG TROUT LAKE - SACHIGO LAKE  
FORT SEVERN.  
 
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT ENDED FOR:  
SANDY LAKE - PIKANGIKUM.  
 
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==DISCUSSION==  
 
SMOKE IS CAUSING OR EXPECTED TO CAUSE POOR AIR QUALITY AND REDUCED  
VISIBILITY.  
 
SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES IN THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST TODAY.  
 
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT IN SANDY LAKE - PIKANGIKUM HAS BEEN  
UPGRADED TO AN AIR QUALITY WARNING.  
 
AS SMOKE LEVELS INCREASE, HEALTH RISKS INCREASE. LIMIT TIME  
OUTDOORS. CONSIDER REDUCING OR RESCHEDULING OUTDOOR SPORTS,  
ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS.  
 
YOU MAY EXPERIENCE MILD AND COMMON SYMPTOMS SUCH AS EYE, NOSE AND  
THROAT IRRITATION, HEADACHES OR A MILD COUGH. MORE SERIOUS BUT LESS  
COMMON SYMPTOMS INCLUDE WHEEZING, CHEST PAINS OR SEVERE COUGH. IF  
YOU THINK YOU ARE HAVING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL  
ASSISTANCE.  
 
PEOPLE MORE LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED BY OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION,  
INCLUDING PEOPLE AGED 65 AND OLDER, PREGNANT PEOPLE, INFANTS AND  
YOUNG CHILDREN, PEOPLE WITH AN EXISTING ILLNESS OR CHRONIC HEALTH  
CONDITION, AND PEOPLE WHO WORK OUTDOORS, SHOULD REDUCE OR RESCHEDULE  
STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES OUTDOORS AND SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IF  
EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS.  
 
WHEN INDOORS, KEEP WINDOWS AND DOORS CLOSED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.  
WHEN THERE IS AN EXTREME HEAT EVENT OCCURRING WITH POOR AIR QUALITY,  
PRIORITIZE KEEPING COOL.  
 
PROTECT YOUR INDOOR AIR FROM WILDFIRE SMOKE. ACTIONS CAN INCLUDE  
USING A CLEAN, GOOD QUALITY AIR FILTER IN YOUR VENTILATION SYSTEM  
AND/OR A CERTIFIED PORTABLE AIR CLEANER THAT CAN FILTER FINE  
PARTICLES.  
 
IF YOU MUST SPEND TIME OUTDOORS, A WELL-CONSTRUCTED, WELL-FITTING  
AND PROPERLY WORN RESPIRATOR TYPE MASK (SUCH AS A NIOSH-CERTIFIED  
N95 OR EQUIVALENT RESPIRATOR) CAN REDUCE YOUR EXPOSURE TO THE FINE  
PARTICLES IN THE SMOKE. EVEN THOUGH EXPOSURE MAY BE REDUCED, THERE  
CAN STILL BE RISKS TO HEALTH.  
 
CHECK IN ON OTHERS WHO ARE IN YOUR CARE OR LIVE NEARBY WHO MAY BE  
MORE LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED BY OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION.  
 
ALWAYS FOLLOW GUIDANCE FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES.  
 
LEARN MORE AT HTTPS://WWW.CANADA.CA/WILDFIRE-SMOKE.  
 
VISIT HTTP://WWW.AIRHEALTH.CA FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO REDUCE YOUR  
HEALTH RISK AND YOUR PERSONAL CONTRIBUTION TO POLLUTION LEVELS, AS  
WELL AS FOR CURRENT AND FORECAST AQHI VALUES.  
 
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY  
ENVIRONMENT CANADA.  
 
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA  
 
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