Live updates on the US and Canada heatwave
Social media posts show price gougers have attempted to take advantage of the current heatwave in the Pacific Northwest by selling fans and air conditioning units for more than double their market value.
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Dozens dead as Canada ‘heat dome’ causes historic high of almost 50CCanada heatwave: Dozens dead as ‘heat dome’ causes historic high of almost 50C
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Canada roasted by record 46.6C temperatures as experts warn of 'dangerous' heatA 'heat dome' is behind the unusually high temperatures that have hit the US Pacific north west. Lytton in British Columbia broke an 84-year-old record with the new high
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Canada heatwave: dozens dead as searing plus-40C temperatures grip westPolice say a spate of sudden fatalities in normally temperate Vancouver is being caused by the unprecedentedly hot weather
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Canada: two more Catholic churches on First Nations reserves destroyed by fireInvestigators treating fires in British Columbia as suspicious as anger grows over church’s historical role in campaign of forced assimilation
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Watch: Canada baking in dangerous record-smashing heatwaveWestern Canada is roasting in an unprecedented heatwave, filling hospitals with cases of heat exhaustion and forcing schools and businesses to close.Lytton in British Columbia soared to 47 degrees Celsius – smashing the all-time Canadian heat record.Vancouver residents tell broadcaster CBC that they’re struggling to breathe and sleep through the night. Only 40 per cent of homes have air conditioners, which are flying off shelves as shops fail to meet the demand.The “heat dome” – static high pressure acting like a lid on a saucepan – is also engulfing western US states and has been linked to dozens of deaths.
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Calls to cancel Canada Day after graves found: ‘Indigenous people paid with their lives’Two grim discoveries on the grounds of former residential schools have shifted country’s mood as national day looms
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