BC Heat Dome

• It has been 5 years since B.C.’s deadly heat dome when more than 600 died

  'It was the largest weather disaster in Canada's history,' New Westminster Mayor Patrick Johnstone said. Thirty-three people in New Westminster died during the heat dome.

  Weather

  Jun 25
  
• 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
  
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• British Columbians asked to check on the vulnerable amid heat wave ‘blanket’

  Health authorities and governments are urging caution as a sweltering heat wave has now prompted 41 warnings or special weather statements across the province.

  Weather

  Aug 14, 2023
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• With high heat incoming, fewer than 400 of B.C.’s free air conditioners have been installed

  Some 2,000 applications have been processed, however, BC Hydro told Global News ahead of a heat event in the forecast for next week.

  Health

  Aug 11, 2023
• Vancouver residents asked to track, report hot indoor temperatures

  To date, some 6,000 Vancouver residents have submitted results. The municipality said this year's survey is expected to be the last.

  Environment

  Jul 24, 2023
• Cost of future extreme heat events high for humans and the B.C. economy: report

  The report by the Canadian Climate Institute broke down the costs of the 2021 B.C. heat dome, during which more than 600 people died and hundreds more were sent to hospital.

  Environment

  Jul 7, 2023
• B.C. to spend $10 million on air conditioners for the vulnerable over next 3 years

  The B.C. announcement comes more than two years after an unprecedented 'heat dome' killed more than 600 people in the province between June 25 and July 1, 2021.

  Weather

  Jun 27, 2023
• Lytton, B.C., sues CN, CP rail and Transport Canada over 2021 fire that razed village

  Lawyers allege Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways continued to operate in late June 2021, despite record-setting heat and an extreme wildfire danger.

  Fire

  Jun 22, 2023
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• B.C. woman on a mission to ensure air conditioning to vulnerable seniors

  When Willy Marten put up a Facebook post asking for volunteers to help donate or deliver units, one of her neighbours didn't hesitate.

  Weather

  May 28, 2023
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• 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