Records tumble and heat warnings expand across B.C., as bad

A series of temperature warnings and special weather statements has been expanded as a heat wave that has already broken more than 20 daily heat records settles in over British Columbia.

But the Metro Vancouver Regional District says air-quality warnings associated with the hot weather, combined with wildfire smoke and local emissions, have now ended.

The district says the smog warnings have been lifted for northeast and southeast Metro Vancouver, as well as the eastern and central Fraser Valley.

Environment Canada heat warnings are meanwhile in place for the Fraser Canyon, the South Okanagan and the South Thompson, which are all expecting temperatures into the high 30s to continue, as well as inland sections of the north and central coasts, with temperatures up to 29 Celsius expected.