Opinion: Wake up and smell the smoke

Vancouver is famous for its beautiful summers. On a typical day, the North Shore Mountains gleam across Burrard Inlet as sailboats and kayaks ply its blue waters. City dwellers brave months of rain and gloom for these few brilliant months.
Last year those mountains vanished. Air quality advisories hit a record on 19 days between July and September as blowing smoke from wildfires in the Interior and unusually hot weather stirred the coastal air into an opaque chemical soup.
 Urban doctors&rs