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Heat Wave
Okanagan restaurants adjusting hours, menus, temporarily closing to beat the heat
With an unprecedented heat wave rolling across B.C., some Okanagan businesses are adjusting their hours,…
Spring heat wave to hit southern Interior this weekend
A spring heat wave expect to begin Friday in the southern Interior has prompted a…
Kamloops urges residents to get ready for forecast heat wave
As the weather warms up ahead of the forecast heat wave this weekend, the City…
Kamloops ‘nuisance’ shelter steps up to support homeless during extreme heat
The Loop resource centre on Kamloops’ North Shore has opened as a cooling centre as…
Heat warning issued for Kamloops, Okanagan and Shuswap
Extreme heat is expected in the southern Interior beginning this weekend. Environment Canada has issued…
Simple solution to keeping BC playgrounds cool under scorching sun
Summer means outdoor activities in the hot sun and protecting children from intense heat during…
How to protect yourself and your family during the southern Interior heat wave
It's hot outside, really hot. But there are ways you can help to protect yourself…
Kelowna’s homeless population struggling to beat the heat
KELOWNA – Leon Avenue has become busier with street people, increasing the pressure on one…
More scorching weather on the way in Southern Interior
It’s going to get hot enough in the Southern Interior this week for Environment Canada…
Hundred year old high temperature records fall in the Southern Interior
Temperature records melted away in all the major cities in the Thompson-Okanagan region yesterday. Environment…
Hot, dry weekend in the Okanagan
OKANAGAN – The high temperatures are sticking around for the weekend in the Okanagan with…
Grab your water bottle, it’s going to get hot — really hot
Weather officials are warning of a long, hot stretch of weather over the coming days.…
Heat wave expected across Interior this weekend
The Interior is going to be hit by a heat wave. Environment Canada has issued…
Scorching heat sizzles high temperature records
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The heat wave blasting the Southern Interior cranked the temperature up a notch Saturday breaking high temperature records in the Thompson-Okanagan. Canada’s hot spot June 27 was Osoyoos where the mercury climbed to 40.9 Celsius, snapping the old high temperature record of 37.7 C recorded on the same day in 2000. Kamloops hit...
Heat wave continues though not as hot has originally forecast
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – While it will still be hot this weekend, it won’t be has hot as first forecast by Environment Canada. The Special Weather Statement issued on Thursday, June 25, for the South and North Thompson, Nicola, Shuswap and Okanagan warning of temperatures as high at 40 Celsius has been ended. Meteorologists are still forecasting...
Forecast heat wave prompts warning for people to be prepared
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Hot desert air moving into the Southern Interior this weekend is behind a Special Weather Statement warning people to get ready. Record breaking high temperatures of 40 Celsius are forecast for Saturday, June 27, and Sunday, June 28, in the South Thompson, Nicola and South Okanagan. In the statement, issued today, June 25,...