heat dome

The Parliament we elect Sept. 20 will hold our climate fate in its hands, writes columnist Seth Klein.

Two groups focused on environmental issues are calling on the British Columbia government to come up with a plan to track "heat dome injuries" following record-setting temperatures that are also linked with 570 deaths in the province over a one-week period.

Horticulturalists recommend 10 drought-resistant plants for your garden that will be able to survive the hotter summers on the horizon.

Researchers in Quebec have developed a new warning system for heat waves that they say is more precise and better adapted to climate change.

Blistering temperatures are redefining what's considered "really hot."

Record temperatures across North America have already killed hundreds. Here’s what actually happens when overheating turns fatal.

The extreme heat in Western Canada is a brutal reminder that climate-driven fatalities are going to be an even bigger part of our lives going forward, writes columnist Max Fawcett. We need to be taking bounds, not steps, if we’re going to get ahead of this slow-motion disaster. 

A minimum of 486 sudden deaths occurred over the past five days after dangerously high temperatures gripped coastal and Lower Mainland communities in an unprecedented heat wave this week, the BC Coroners Service reports.