A Hazardous Weather Outlook is also in effect across the region. The National Weather Service issued the outlook because of smoke blanketing Wisconsin amid Canadian wildfires in Manitoba and Ontario. The smoke is being transported south by wind patterns, leading to air quality alerts and advisories across the state.

Canada is facing another dangerous wildfire season, with burning forests sending smoke plumes across the provinces and into the U.S. again. The pace of the 2025 fires is reminiscent of the record-breaking 2023 wildfire season,

As wildfires plague Manitoba, the city’s leaders say they are happy to help but complain that Canada’s national government doesn’t consult them when contracting area hotels to provide emergency housing.

It’s not uncommon for nasty winter and summer weather to disrupt flight schedules and other operations at Canada’s biggest and busiest airport, but officials at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga say a relatively new threat has also emerged.

Wildfire smoke degrades air quality in swaths of Ontario, with Toronto ranking among the worst in the world on Monday.

The baseless arson claims continue to gain traction, even with lawmakers from the United States. Multiple Republican lawmakers from Wisconsin and Minnesota recently continued the arson blame game and accused Canada of having poor forest management, saying their constituents are suffering because of it. The letter made no mention of climate change.

Considering wildfires, and prevailing winds blowing from Canada, are expected to become more frequent, the impact on crops will remain an area of study.

The blazes have destroyed nearly 15 million acres of land, and the fire season is expected to go into September. With it comes the threat of smoky days in Minnesota and North Dakota.