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Air quality advisory lifted for Vancouver

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 16 May, 2023 03:34 PM
  • Air quality advisory lifted for Vancouver

An air quality advisory has been lifted for Metro Vancouver, impacting the city's northeast along with the central and eastern Fraser Valley.

The regional district had issued the advisory yesterday in response to high concentrations of ground-level ozone.

The district says ground-level ozone is formed when pollution from burning fossil fuels reacts with sunlight.

Smoke from a wildfire burning near Mission also contributed to the hazy conditions.

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