Air quality in the Twin Cities may be poor Wednesday morning and into the afternoon as winds carry smoke from Canada into Minnesota.

The return of wildfire smoke from fires burning in Canada has sparked another air quality alert in Minnesota, which will be in effect through Tuesday. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has placed the northern two-thirds of the state in the red alert zone, which means "unhealthy" for all residents, through 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Wildfire smoke returns to Minnesota on Sunday, sweeping in from the northwest to the southeast.