New All Time Record Set in B.C. as Heat Wave Grips the West, Slides Into Manitoba

A man cools off in the frigid water of Lynn Creek in North Vancouver on June 28, 2021. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

A record-breaking heat wave could ease over parts of British Columbia, Yukon, and Northwest Territories by Wednesday but any reprieve for the Prairie provinces is further off.

Environment Canada says the “historic” weather system shattered 103 heat records across B.C., Alberta, Yukon, and Northwest Territories on Monday.