Calgary event organizers keep close eye on wildfire smoke conditions

On Thursday, nan Calgary Folk Music Festival said it’s business arsenic accustomed for now, but organizers are keeping tabs connected nan aerial value pinch wildfire fume blanketing nan city.

“It is simply a reality of summers successful Alberta now,”said Calgary Folk Music Festival executive head Sarah Leishman. “What we’re doing is really conscionable watching things arsenic we would watch immoderate upwind pattern.

Leishman said group pinch wellness concerns should cheque successful pinch their wellness attraction providers and much group whitethorn take to deterioration masks astatine nan show grounds.

“We’re making decisions based connected nan champion accusation that we person astatine immoderate fixed infinitesimal and past making judge we pass that to our volunteers and to nan public,” she said.

Environment Canada issued an air value advisory connected Thursday, informing wildfire fume is expected to origin very mediocre aerial value and reduced visibility.

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“During dense fume conditions, everyone is astatine consequence sloppy of their property aliases health,” nan connection read.  “The good particles successful wildfire fume airs nan main wellness risk.”

Meanwhile, officials pinch nan CPKC Women’s Open successful Calgary said that precautions were being taken.

“We person procured masks for players and volunteers who person requested them,” Golf Canada’s Mike Masaro said successful an email to Global News.

“The LPGA Tour has their ain argumentation for suspending play owed to aerial value but play began connected schedule (Thursday) morning.”