Air quality statement issued for Calgary: ECCC

An air quality statement was issued for Calgary Sunday morning. (Stephen Hunt, CTV News)

An air quality statement was issued for Calgary Sunday morning as wildfire smoke rolled into the region.

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) posted on its website at 8:06 a.m. that “wildfire smoke is causing poor air quality and reduced visibility in some areas."

It said that conditions were expected to improve later in the day Sunday.

The air quality index Sunday at 9:23 a.m. was 7, or “high-risk.”

For more information about wildfire smoke and its impact on your health, go here.