Newsletter: May 2023
Wildfire smoke can impact your health. WCAS has been keeping an eye on the forecasts and ensuring we have the ability to report the data and AQHI to our members…
Clean Air Webinar — Connecting Air Quality across Canada
Excessive vehicle idling can increase air pollution. Watch the recording of our January 19 webinar where we spoke with representatives from the City of St. Albert, the City of Edmonton, and the Alberta Motor Association about their efforts and initiatives to reduce idling.
Newsletter: April 2023
As an Airshed, our primary responsibility is to monitor, analyze, and report on air quality in West Central Alberta but we also play important roles supporting our members and engaging…
Newsletter: March 2023
Welcome to beautiful Brazeau County, WCAS’ newest member! WCAS is monitoring air quality throughout Brazeau County with continuous monitoring stations located in Drayton Valley and Breton , and a particulate…
Newsletter: February 2023
With Parks Canada announcing it will be launching reservations for the 2023 visitor season next month, it’s important to remember that smoke from wood-burning fires is hard on healthy lungs and…
Newsletter: January 2023
“Levels of air pollution well below national and international air quality guidelines are associated with an increased risk of death, according to a new Canada-wide study led by researchers at…
Clean Air Webinar — Air Quality Considerations: Reducing Needless Idling
Excessive vehicle idling can increase air pollution. Watch the recording of our January 19 webinar where we spoke with representatives from the City of St. Albert, the City of Edmonton, and the Alberta Motor Association about their efforts and initiatives to reduce idling.
Clean Air Webinar: Reduced Transportation from COVID—Impacts on Air Quality
Watch the recording and view the presentations from our October 27 webinar on a recent report on how COVID-19 impacted emissions from transportation and air quality, and what lessons we can take from these findings.
Newsletter: September 2022
This Fall, Think Wildfire Prevention After a busy wildfire season, filled with AQHI alerts, we here at WCAS want to help you protect your community. Wildfires can still happen in…
Hillcrest Grand Opening
Hinton Hillcrest Air Quality Monitoring Station — Grand Opening on September 29, 2022 We are adding a new air quality monitoring station to the WCAS family. Hinton Hillcrest will be…