Western Canada Heat Wave to Stretch Into Saskatchewan, Then Manitoba

A blistering heat wave is moving across Western Canada, pushing record temperatures and the threat of wildfires into Saskatchewan on July 9. Environment Canada meteorologist Jennifer Smith says a ridge of high pressure from Northern California crept into British Columbia on the weekend before invading the Northwest Territories and Alberta on July 8. She says the heat will travel into Manitoba by July 10 and may reach the edge of the northwestern Ontario border before it moves south into the United States again. Ms. Smith says they’re watching for things that lead to wildfires: hot and dry conditions, wind and lightning without rain, something that is in the forecast already for parts of B.C....