But overall, the smoke was becoming less intense in the U.S. These maps show the smoke forecast for Friday and Saturday. The Canadian wildfire smoke forecast for Friday, June 6, 2025, at 9 a.m. ET ...

Smoke from hundreds of wildfires in Canada has spread over 5,000 miles across the Atlantic over the last week — reaching as far as parts of Russia. Western Greenland and the Arctic Archipelago ...

As of Thursday, the areas of Canada with the most fires include British Columbia with 67 and Alberta with 50, according to the CIFFC. Last week, the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba declared ...

Most of the active Canadian wildfires, 74, are in British Columbia, followed by 56 in Alberta, 25 in Manitoba, between 16 and 19 each in Ontario and Saskatchewan, and a handful more spread across ...

Smoke from wildfires burning in three Canadian provinces covered about a third of the U.S. on Wednesday, forecasters said, but had little effect on air quality except in New England and parts of ...

The very strong economic performance in specific resource-intensive jurisdictions in Canada, especially Alberta and Saskatchewan, are mainly responsible for Canada’s comparatively strong overall ...

That is what maps showed Friday for some other parts of the Midwest. Any smoke from the Canadian wildfires may run into scattered thunderstorms forecast for Friday evening in the Chicago area.

Scattered strong storms, Canadian wildfire smoke coming for Chicago Friday 02:44. Wildfire smoke from Canada is expected to move over the U.S., impacting air quality for millions of people on ...