A woman paddles a kayak on False Creek as smoke from wildfires burning in B.C. and the United States hangs in the air, in Vancouver, B.C., on Sept. 3, 2025. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
British Columbia’s forests minister is warning that a thickening curtain of wildfire smoke around Metro Vancouver and other areas of B.C. will worsen in the coming days.
Heavy smoke in the air will continue to be a “major factor” in Vancouver and other areas of the province for the next two to four days, according to Minister of Forests Ravi Parmar, who made the remarks Sept. 3 at a press conference in Victoria, B.C., held in conjunction with Sarah Henderson, the scientific director for environmental health services with the BC Centre for Disease Control.
