VANCOUVER — British Columbia closed schools and universities on Monday due to extreme heat which pushed temperature in the western Canadian province to a national record over the weekend, in a country that is widely known for its brutal winter and snows.
Lytton, a town in central British Columbia roughly 200km (124 miles) north of Vancouver, reported a temperature of 46.6C (115.88F) on Sunday. Prior to the weekend, the historical high in Canada was 45C, set in Saskatchewan in 1937, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Monday was forecast to be even hotter, as much of western Canada set local temperature records, pushing people to ta…
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