National

Warm weekend melts temperature records in B.C.

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 11 May, 2020 06:58 PM

British Columbia enjoyed record-breaking heat over the weekend.
Environment Canada says preliminary data shows 17 heat records were set in B.C. on Sunday, including a temperature of 29.1 C in White Rock, smashing the old record of 26.7 C set 79 years ago.

The Hope-area, east of Vancouver, edged Squamish as B.C.'s hot spot for May 10, breaking a record set last year of 30.2 degrees, beating Squamish by one-tenth of one degree.

Many of the records were set around Greater Victoria and in other Vancouver Island communities of Comox, Courtenay and Port Hardy, with some of the old marks standing since 1968. Other records fell in Abbotsford, Bella Bella, Prince Rupert and Sandspit on Haida Gwaii.

Yukon also notched one heat record as the temperature in Haines Junction, about 150 kilometres west of Whitehorse, reached 23 C, breaking the old record of 22.8 C set in 1975.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Arrests Made, Tires Slashed On Patrol Cars In Northern B.C.: RCMP

VANCOUVER - First Nation leaders were among dozens of people arrested as police enforced injunctions against protesters across the province late Monday and Tuesday.

Arrests Made, Tires Slashed On Patrol Cars In Northern B.C.: RCMP

Halifax Council Studies Quiet Fireworks Displays To Avoid Alarming Veterans

A Nova Scotia city councillor is pushing for quiet fireworks in Halifax out of concern the noise is alarming veterans and people on the autism spectrum.

Halifax Council Studies Quiet Fireworks Displays To Avoid Alarming Veterans

Acquittal Quashed: Homeowner Who Gunned Down Car Thief To Be Tried Anew

TORONTO - A homeowner who gunned down a would-be car thief seconds after a driveway confrontation will again have to stand trial on second-degree murder, Ontario's top court ruled on Wednesday.

Acquittal Quashed: Homeowner Who Gunned Down Car Thief To Be Tried Anew

Prepare For New Coronavirus Like An Emergency, Health Minister Advises

OTTAWA - Health Minister Patty Hajdu is encouraging Canadians to stockpile food and medication in their homes in case they or a loved one falls ill with the novel coronavirus.

Prepare For New Coronavirus Like An Emergency, Health Minister Advises

Ontario Confirms New Case Of Coronavirus, Patient Had Travelled To Iran

TORONTO - A woman in her 60s who recently travelled to Iran has become the fifth person to contract the novel coronavirus in Ontario, as the province's monitoring of the virus widens.

Ontario Confirms New Case Of Coronavirus, Patient Had Travelled To Iran

Assisted Dying Bill Gets Mixed Reviews, Raises Fears Of More Restrictions

Bill C-7, introduced Monday, would remove a provision in the four-year-old assisted dying law that restricted the procedure to those whose natural death is "reasonably foreseeable" — a restriction that was struck down as unconstitutional by a Quebec court last fall.