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Kamloops woman helping homeless people sees impact of extreme heat
An intense heat wave in the Thompson-Okanagan region is making life even more difficult for…
Heat, heavy smoke, wind and dry lightning expected today throughout the Southern Interior
Wildfire smoke with health risks off the scale is expected in Kamloops and the Okanagan…
Heat records broken in Kelowna and other parts of the Thompson-Okanagan
A high temperature of 37.8 Celsius in Kelowna yesterday, Aug. 14, broke the area’s record…
CLIMATE CHANGE: Okanagan has steadily heated up over the last few decades
If you think it’s getting hotter every summer in the Okanagan, you’re right. The Okanagan…
Heat records broken in the Okanagan but not Kamloops
Kamloops recorded a high temperature of 33 Celsius yesterday, May 14. That was hotter than…
After long cool spring, heat is on the way for Kamloops, Okanagan
Temperatures are forecast to hit as high as 30 Celsius in Kamloops by next weekend,…
Unseasonably warm fall snaps heat record in Vernon
Despite unseasonably high temperatures in the Thompson-Okanagan for much of September the region hasn't broken…
Heatwave caused six Interior B.C. deaths
The B.C. Coroners Service reports six people died in the Interior region during the heatwave…
As heat warnings lift, wildfire smoke moves into Okanagan, Kamloops
The heat warnings that have persisted in much of B.C. for the past week have…
Heat warning continues through the weekend in Kamloops, Okanagan
The hottest day of this summer’s heat wave should be today, July 28, in Kamloops,…
Kelowna man delivering water, popsicles to homeless people as mercury soars
A Kelowna man has been busy helping street entrenched folks stay hydrated and cool as…
Cool damp week to turn sunny, hot in Kamloops, Okanagan by weekend
A “cold low” is moving into the Southern Interior this week that will drop temperatures…
Small Okanagan grape harvest may be due to more than the heat dome
The record-breaking heat dome that hammered the Okanagan last June was a major factor in…
Kamloops, Okanagan cities expected to take brunt of increasing heat waves: study
Kelowna is expected to get the longest and hottest heat waves in the country within…
PST hike on gas-fuelled home heating appliances leaves B.C. Interior out in the cold
B.C. plans to raise the provincial sales tax on home heating appliances powered by fossil…
‘Get out and breathe deep’: Heat and smoke forecast to return this week in Thompson-Okanagan
Instead of the typical warnings about heat and smoke, Environment Canada meteorologist Doug Lundquist had…
Here comes another heat wave for the Okanagan and Kamloops
While it won’t get as hot as the record-breaking June heat dome that fried much…
Heat returning to Okanagan, Kamloops this weekend
After some cooler temperatures, get ready for the heat to return by the weekend in…
Kamloops dips below 30 C for first time in 26 days
Today is the first time temperatures in Kamloops have dropped below 30 C in 26…
26K lightning strikes in Southern Interior, but heat remains top concern
Thunderstorms and rain was scattered throughout B.C.'s Southern Interior last night, but heat remains the…
Heat wave is boosting business at Kamloops and Okanagan hotels
With so many people now working from home they’re discovering it's not really feasible when…
One more day of the heat wave pushes Okanagan and Canadian records even higher
Lytton fell just short of the 50 C mark as it set another Canadian high…
Heat-related deaths spike in B.C.: coroners service
The number of deaths reported to the B.C. Coroners Service jumped by 100 in the…
All-time heat records shattered again for Kamloops, Okanagan and Canada
All-time high temperature records in B.C. often last decades. But, as expected, the record-breaking temperatures…