Overview

• Environment Canada reports Lytton reached 41.3 C on Monday, the highest temperature in Canada this year, with 16 daily records set that day after 21 on Sunday across B.C.
• Heat warnings remain for the Fraser Canyon, South Thompson and South Okanagan, plus inland sections of the north and central coasts, with highs of 35–39 C forecast in the Interior.
• The Metro Vancouver Regional District has lifted earlier smog advisories for northeast and southeast Metro Vancouver and for the eastern and central Fraser Valley.
• BC Wildfire Service warns low humidity is increasing ignition potential and notes a slight lightning risk this week, with about 70 active fires and seven burning out of control.
• The Sailor Bar wildfire near Yale is mapped at 111 hectares with minimal overnight growth, and evacuation alerts for the Yale and Spuzzum areas remain in effect.