Scattering sunlight, disrupting bees, damaging plant tissue - farmers can’t always offset the effects of smoky days

As thousands more people are airlifted out of northern Manitoba communities because of wildfires, smoke is causing a haze in much of the province, making the air dangerous to breathe.

Six members of Congress from Wisconsin and Minnesota have asked Canada to say how it plans to tackle the blazes and reduce the haze billowing south.

Six Republican Congress members callously urged Canada to take “proper action” to mitigate smoke wafting into the U.S.

Canadian wildfire smoke is travelling south and making it difficult for some Americans to enjoy their summer, according to a letter from six members of Congress to Canada's ambassador in Washington."We write to you today on behalf of our constituents who have had to deal with suffocating Canadian wildfire smoke filling the air to begin the summer,

The Dragon Bravo Fire has destroyed dozens of structures and a water treatment facility, and the White Sage Fire, located in Kaibab National Forest, has forced hundreds to evacuate.