Wildfire smoke from the Prairies has prompted a special air-quality statement over much of northern Ontario Saturday.

Notably, there are also fire weather concerns for parts of Hawaii, specifically the leeward portions of all Hawaiian Islands and interior sections of the Big Island as dry weather, as well as wind gusts between 35 and 50 mph, will persist through the weekend with conditions improving by late Sunday for the Hawaiian Islands.

Out with the heat, in with the smoke.Just as Toronto's fifth heat warning this year was lifted, Environment Canada issued a special air quality statement for the city Wednesday night.The statement is the result of smoke from forest fires over the Prairies drifting into southern Ontario,