While current temperatures are a far cry from a year ago, officials are still warning the public about avoiding the heat
After a cold, slow and wet spring, British Columbia this week started getting summer-like weather. This weekend, temperatures are expected to reach 29 C on Sunday and Monday in Vancouver. In Lytton, the heat is expected to hit 35 C on Tuesday before rain sets in and cools everything down.
, air conditioning is not a common feature of most households in the Lower Mainland. A 2020 BC Hydro survey found only 36 per cent of customers in the region where the majority of heat deaths occurred had some type of air conditioning, such as a central air conditioning system, portable or window air conditioners, or heat pumps.
Still, Seattle and Portland are ahead of British Columbia in terms of ensuring the most vulnerable have access to air conditioning. Magan Reed, public information manager for the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, said the community groups had identified the cooling devices as an emergency response to a crisis that disproportionately impacted elderly and low-income people.
Brian Sarensen, the program’s manager in Washington, said the program has traditionally been used for heating assistance in his state, but that is now changing.
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