Smoke from widespread wildfires in Canada prompted air quality alerts across several Midwest and Northeast U.S. states this week.

Summer smoke from Canadian wildfires is once again hazing out Minnesota skies — just in time for your long-awaited Northwoods vacation. Not the pristine, fresh pine-forest air you were hoping for. “It’s not really better or worse up here than the Twin Cities right now,

Every air quality monitor in Minnesota is reporting red or unhealthy conditions for everyone, an official said.