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Canadian wildfire smoke is back

By Evan Dawson,
Megan Mack, Julie Williams
Published June 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM EDT
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The past week has seen the return of wildfire smoke, turning blue skies hazy and turning sunsets purple. But the air quality concerns are also back.

We discuss what’s causing the smoke, and what it means for outdoor activity.

Our guests:

  • Eric Snitil, chief meteorologist for WROC
  • Daniel Croft, M.D., pulmonologist and researcher at URMC
  • Tom Proietti, resident media scholar at St. John Fisher University, and local resident who suffers from asthma 

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Evan Dawson
Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
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Megan Mack
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
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Julie Williams
Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson" and is also the office administrator for radio, news and technology and operations. She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.
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