She'd had a busy couple of years - in the space between applying and getting accepted she went through a marriage breakdown, did a tester course on what police life would be like and worked part-time to support her two young children. However, after waiting for about two years to get a place, she says she was told just days before she was due to start training in Wellington that she couldn't attend. Nicole Grey first dreamed of becoming a cop as a teenager, and, at age 24, she thought it would finally become a reality. Photo / SuppliedĪ Whanganui woman says she was left in the lurch after police revoked her entry into officer training due to the medication she uses to treat her ADHD. More details about the air quality statement in Manitoba can be found online.Nicole Grey with her two children visiting police museum at the college while she waited for her diagnosis. 'Take a break from the smoke at a location in your community where you can find clean, cool air,' the statement reads.

It says if you feel unwell, stop the activity you are doing, drink lots of water, head inside and keep the doors and windows closed. 'Everyone can take action to reduce their exposure to wildfire smoke,' the statement reads.ĮCCC said people with lung disease such as asthma, heart disease, older people, children or pregnant people are at a higher risk. However, it warns wildfire smoke can be harmful even at low concentrations. This time of poor air quality is expected to be relatively brief, according to ECCC. 'As this front slumps southwards on Monday, it will drag a band of thicker smoke southwards through the Flin Flon and The Pas regions.' 'A cold front slumping southwards through Manitoba is concentrating forest fire smoke from wildfires over the northern Prairies along it,' ECCC said in its statement. Air quality in parts of northern Manitoba including Flin Flon and The Pas are expected to deteriorate Monday morning, and improve later in the afternoon. Smoke from wildfires is drifting over central and northern parts of Manitoba, prompting a special air quality statement from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC).ĮCCC warns wildfire smoke is expected to cause very poor air quality and reduced visibility at times on Monday.

Draw the Line by Nicole Grey