On the anniversary of BCs deadly Heat Dome, the case is clear for a Universal Heat Pump Program across Canada [Video]

It was my husband’s idea to tape tin foil on our windows. We found it reflected some of the heat that had effectively turned our 550 sq foot Vancouver apartment into an oven. That week, there were times we gave up on the apartment entirely and headed to the beach, hoping a dip in the ocean water would offer some much-needed relief.

We didn’t realize then that we were living through the deadliest extreme weather event in Canadian history. A high pressure system had formed in the atmosphere trapping heat close to the Earth’s surface the same way a lid traps heat in a pot and driving temperatures to new extremes for days on end. We would remember that time, June 25 to July 1, as the 2021 Heat Dome.

At its peak, temperatures hit 20 degrees C above normal, soaring into the mid-40 range across Western Canada. Heat-related illnesses …