Smoke From Wildfires Prompts Air Quality Concerns in Ontario

A boat navigates the Hudson River as the New York City skyline is covered with haze and smoke from Canada wildfires in Weehawken, N.J. on June 7, 2023.Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images

Smoke from wildfires in northern Quebec and Ontario is blanketing big cities like Toronto and going as far south as New York.

The smoky haze has triggered air quality statements in parts of southern Ontario and the United States. There are dozens of such statements stretching across southern Ontario.