Canada Day celebrations postponed in P.A. over air quality
Prince Albert’s Canada Day celebrations have been postponed due to the thick smoke from northern wildfires blanketing the city.
The City met with the Prince Albert Multicultural Council and the local Royal Canadian Legion branch on Tuesday morning to discuss the current situation. The annual Canada Day event was scheduled to go ahead on Wednesday in Kinsmen Park.
But with the air quality currently at 12 on the index – and seven to 10 being rated as ‘high’ in the range – the City is pulling its workers inside. The air quality forecast is supposed to be “high risk”, according to city manager Jim Toye.
“We take into consideration not only the safety of our employees, but the safety of our citizens and all the people who would come to Canada Day,” Toye said.