Environment Canada says B-C broke or tied at least 27 daily heat records Wednesday.
Lytton in the Fraser Canyon was the hottest spot in the province at 42 degrees, shattering the 2009 record of 35.3 degrees.
Temperature records also fell in Vernon, Whistler, Nelson, Kamloops and Port Alberni, with daytime highs passing 35 degrees.
The weather agency says the hot conditions in many parts of the province will continue into next week.
International students will be able to work off-campus for up to 24 hours per week starting in September, Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced Monday.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his Liberal government will do everything it can to make sure most jobs linked to electric vehicle projects in Canada will stay locally.
British Columbia Premier David Eby and other politicians have denounced remarks at a demonstration in Vancouver where protesters chanted "long live Oct. 7," praising that day's attacks by Hamas on Israel.
Pro-Palestinian activists said on Monday they have no intention of dismantling their camp at Montreal's McGill University, as the school said it was discussing its next steps to deal with what it called an illegal encampment.
limate change, not habitat loss, may be the biggest threat to the survival of threatened caribou herds, new research suggests.
The commander of the Canadian Armed Forces Space Division says gaining awareness of what's going on outside our planet is one of his top priorities.