British Columbia town sets new high temperature for Canada

As the U.S. Pacific Northwest sweltered to the south, a heat warning was in effect for most of western Canada.

The village of Lytton in the interior of southern British Columbia sizzled under a new all-time high temperature for Canada on Sunday, reaching 46.1 degrees Celsius. The reading by Environment Canada in Lytton surpassed the previous national high of 45 C, which was set in Saskatchewan in 1937. As the U.S. Pacific Northwest sweltered to the south, a heat warning also was in effect for most of western Canada, and the weather agency said numerous daily temperature records had been broken across British Columbia.