Why Is BC So Hot

• Lytton, B.C. sets all-time Canadian heat record for third day in a row

  According to Environment Canada, Lytton recorded temperatures in excess of 49 C on Tuesday afternoon after reaching 47.5 C on Monday and 46.6 C Sunday.

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  Jun 29, 2021
  
• ‘We’ve never seen anything like it’: Vancouver police respond to dozens of heat-related deaths

  Police said officers have responded to more than 65 sudden deaths since the heat wave began on Friday and 20 sudden deaths as of 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday alone.

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  Jun 29, 2021
  
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• What is it like to live in the hottest place in Canada?

  The small B.C. community of Lytton has the unenviable title of being the hottest place ever recorded in Canada.

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  Jun 29, 2021
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• Most of B.C. remains under extreme heat warning but cooler temperatures on the way

  Students in many Metro Vancouver schools are also back in the classroom Tuesday after being kept home by the extreme heat on Monday.

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  Jun 29, 2021
• Lytton B.C. sets a new all-time Canadian heat record for the second day in a row

  Before Sunday, the previous record of 45 C was documented in Yellow Grass and in Midale, Sask., on July 5, 1937. The previous B.C. record of 44.4 C was set in Lytton in 1941.

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  Jun 28, 2021
• For the first time ever, dozens of B.C. schools had to close due to extreme heat wave

  Districts in Vancouver, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Coquitlam, Abbotsford, Langley, Richmond, Delta and Mission suspended instruction.

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  Jun 28, 2021