122553 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/smoke-rainfall-environment-canada-1.6887871?cmp=rssHeavy rainfall and high levels of air pollution due to wildfire smoke are coming to the Ottawa area Saturday afternoon and evening, Environment Canada says. The national weather agency issued two statements for the Ottawa area Saturday. A special air quality statement forecasted high levels of air....2023-06-25T00:04+0200CBC-939f999ecf410a964172562562b9484120230625000400https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/forest-fires-update-quebec-air-quality-1.6887818?cmp=rssCurrent weather conditions could worsen forest fires in Quebec and spark new ones, the Minister of Public Security announced Saturday morning. The flammability index — or risk of burning — varies between "very high" and "extreme" in several parts of the province, the ministry said in a statement.2023-06-24T23:39+0200CBC-6bf502a06b4605147cf43c7ddb7774a520230624233900https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/smoky-skies-to-blanket-ottawa-this-weekend-1.6454643Smoke from forest fires burning in Quebec will hang over the national capital region the next couple of days. Environment Canada has issued a special air quality statement for Ottawa, warning of high levels of air pollution due to smoke. "Smoke plumes from forest fires in Quebec will move into the....2023-06-24T22:58+0200barrie-4512505fc1eb75594c780a44644f8de820230624225800https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/public-security-ministry-warns-quebec-forest-fires-could-worsenArticle content. Citizens residing in certain sectors of the city of Val-d’Or, in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, have also been evacuated since Tuesday. All these municipalities are impatiently awaiting the return of the rain, but very little precipitation is expected in the regions by Sunday, or even Monday or Tuesday in the west of the province.2023-06-24T19:32+0200montrealgazette-ba7d78ef2210e1920e84332af2ad80f720230624193200