Environment Canada Issues Widespread Warnings as Intense Heatwave Settles Over BC

A woman paddles a specially adapted paddleboard on False Creek as a person sits in a wheelchair in Vancouver, on July 3, 2024. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

VANCOUVER—More than two dozen regions in British Columbia are under warnings this morning as a heatwave expected to push temperatures into the low 40s in the coming days settles over much of the province.

Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for more than two dozen regions, noting the worst of the heat wave is expected to start Sunday and last into next week.