Heat Death

• 2021 heat dome linked to climate change, could become once-in-10-year event: study

  The heat dome, which hit western Canada and the U.S. at the end of June and beginning of July is believed to be responsible for more than 600 deaths.

  Weather

  Nov 30, 2022
  
• Heat wave: More than 800 died in B.C. in a single week, four times more than normal

  The coroners service has yet to directly attributed any of the individual deaths to the heat, but has said it's believed to be a significant contributing factor.

  Health

  Jul 16, 2021
  
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• ‘He died waiting for the paramedics’: B.C. family grieves father’s heat wave death

  Gian Goel, 71, died of suspected heat stroke on Sunday, June 27, while waiting for an ambulance.

  Health

  Jul 8, 2021
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• B.C. heat wave saw 719 people die in one week, says B.C. coroner

  The coroners service said at least 719 people died in a six-day period, three times as many as would have normally been expected to die over the same number of days.

  Health

  Jul 2, 2021