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.

Weekend wildfire smoke produced some of the worst air pollution ever recorded in MN originally appeared on Bring Me The News. The smoke from Canadian wildfires produced some of the worst fine particle pollution on record in Minnesota over the weekend.

Wildfire smoke posed a very high health risk to residents of Steinbach on Tuesday morning. That is according to the Air Quality Health Index or AQHI. According to the Manitoba Lung Association, the AQHI is based on the combined levels of three different air pollutants.

Manitoba is looking to expand the infrastructure it has to monitor air quality, a step experts say is important to better map pollution and its long-term health effects worsened by smoke billowing from wildfires.

While wildfire smoke continues to shroud much of Manitoba and suppress extreme temperatures in farm regions, agricultural leaders say the benefits to crops come with deep concern for families and communities being driven from their homes.

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.

Manitoba's premier shot back on Thursday at six U.S. lawmakers who recently complained about Canadian wildfire smoke travelling south, which they said was making it difficult for some Americans to enjoy their summer.