Smoke, haze and air quality warnings are affecting parts of Alberta, B.C., Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories as wildfires like the one burning the historic resort town of Jasper tear through swaths of Western Canada and the U.S.

In Alberta Thursday morning, the Environment Canada Air Quality Health Index was forecast 10+, or "very high risk," for nearly the entire province, including: Airdrie, Calgary, Cold Lake, Drayton Valley,  Edmonton, Edson, Fort Chipewyan, Fort McKay, Fo…