2 w. ago Lytton, B.C. sets Canada’s 2025 heat record as province bakes

Lytton upheld its reputation as Canada's hot spot, recording the highest temperature across the country this year amid an ongoing heat wave that is scorching much of the province.

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2 w. ago Heat wave: Air quality warning, evacuation alerts in eastern Fraser Valley

The eastern parts of Metro Vancouver and eastern and central Fraser Valley are under an air quality warning

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2 w. ago B.C. heat wave: Air quality warning, evacuation alerts in eastern Fraser Valley

The eastern parts of Metro Vancouver and eastern and central Fraser Valley are under an air quality warning

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2 w. ago Prolonged B.C. heat wave will increase fire danger, wildfire service says

The BC Wildfire Service says a prolonged heat wave across much of the province will increase fire danger in the coming days. 

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2 w. ago BC Wildfire Service warns of increased fire danger during prolonged heat wave

The BC Wildfire Service says a prolonged heat wave across much of the province will increase fire danger in the coming days. The service says hot and dry weather conditions that began late last week are rapidly drying out forest fuels, warning of the increasing risk of new blazes being sparked. It says the province’s […]

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3 w. ago Portugal suffers new wildfire death as Spain beats back blazes

Madrid (AFP) — A fourth Portuguese firefighter died of injuries sustained battling a wildfire Saturday as Spain slowly got the upper hand over fires that have scorched vast swathes of territory. Eight people have now died in the two countries that have been gripped by a summer of fires fuelled by heatwaves, tinderbox conditions and […]

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3 w. ago Spain battles one of its most destructive fire seasons even as its heat wave eases

MADRID — Spain tackled several major wildfires on Tuesday in one of the country’s most destructive fire seasons in recent decades, despite temperatures dropping across the Iberian Peninsula. Thousands of firefighters aided by soldiers and water-bombing aircraft fought fires tearing through parched woodland that were especially severe in northwestern Spain, where the country’s weather agency […]

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3 w. ago Could extreme heat stress the power grid enough to throw Canadians into the dark?

Researchers say they are seeing rising summer demand for energy, straining infrastructure and, in some cases, leading to blackouts

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4 w. ago As European heat wave persists, some countries continue wildfire battle

Spain is fighting 14 major fires, while almost 4,000 firefighters in Portugal are battling blazes and Greece's Fire Service is on alert outside Athens.

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