BC Coroners Service Reports 36 Outdoor Deaths Since Start of Year, 5 in One Day

BC Coroners Service Reports 36 Outdoor Deaths Since Start of Year, 5 in One Day
A person looks out to a partially frozen False Creek during a snowstorm in Vancouver on Jan. 17, 2024. The Canadian Press/Ethan Cairns
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British Columbia’s Coroners Service is reporting the outdoor deaths of 36 people during the early days of January when the province was in the grip of a record-breaking cold snap.

Coroners Service data for the days from Jan. 1 to 16 show the highest number of people dying on Jan. 12, a day when numerous low temperature records were broken across B.C.