Environment Canada says temperature records have been broken in some parts of British Columbia by hot weather that's expected to stick around through the weekend.
Nelson saw the temperature hit 38.2 Celsius yesterday, breaking a record set back in 1938.
Elsewhere, temperature records were set in McKenzie, Nakusp, Richmond and Smithers.
Heat warnings are in place for the Okanagan, Thompson and Boundary regions.
R-C-M-P assistant commissioner Brian Edwards says anyone with knowledge of the murder should come forward as witnesses. Nijjar was accused of terrorism and conspiracy to murder in India, but there's no indication yet of a motive for the murder.
Locke said Farnworth has been "a bully all the way through" the city council process that ultimately determined it would revert to the RCMP, well into the transition to an independent municipal force. A representative of Farnworth's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Locke's claims.
Dix was in Nanaimo today for an opening ceremony for the unit that will replace what he says is an outdated and undersized ICU, a10-bed facility built in 1970. He says the new $41.6-million unit includes larger single-patient rooms, overhead patient lifts and a family consulting room.
The fire, which is burning south of Fort Nelson in northeastern B.C., is now estimated at more than 5,343 square kilometres in size. It surpasses the Plateau fire that charred 5,210 square kilometres northwest of Williams Lake in 2017 and was previously considered the province's largest fire.
Independent Investigations Office of B-C says it is investigating a car crash in Surrey. Surrey R-C-M-P say officers attended the scene of the collision Sunday morning.
Environment Canada has issued a warning about potential snowfall on the Coquihalla and other Interior highways. It says wet snow or a mixture of rain and snow may create slippery conditions on highway passes in the region.