Heat Dome Deaths

• B.C. advocates call for heat limit regulations in rental housing

  Ravi Kahlon said Monday that this fall the province is going to be updating the building code for all new housing, which includes a higher level of code for cooling.

  Health

  Aug 14, 2023
  
• People with schizophrenia at higher risk of death during extreme heat, B.C. study finds

  "The risk for people with schizophrenia tripled during the heat dome compared to those typical summer periods," said Michael Lee, an environmental epidemiologist with the BCCDC.

  Health

  Mar 16, 2023
  
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• 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