Smoke no reason to stay inside — for most of us

When provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall wakes up in the morning these days, he does so with a sore throat and a cough.
It’s an irritating and disconcerting experience by now familiar to many British Columbians who are living among fine particulate matter that has belched into the sky from the scores of wildfires burning forests around the province.
While the heavy smoke has air-quality experts monitoring for signs of trouble and health officials like Kendall advising people to mov