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‘They were trying to figure out how to stay alive’: Disability advocates slam heatwave response

Brishti Basu - Capital Daily, June 7 2022

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B.C. government review into providing ACs during heat wave still incomplete — 3 months past its deadline

Akshay Kulkarni - CBC News, March 5 2023

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Two years after deadly heat dome, B.C. still has no program to provide air conditioners to those in need

Gordon Hoekstra - Vancouver Sun, May 17 2023

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Statement by Gabrielle Peters at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) on November 5, 2021

Gabrielle Peters - November 5, 2021

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Alone In The Dome: Disabled People, Many Poor, Struggled to Survive B.C.’s Fatal Heat Wave

Gabrielle Peters - The Maple, September 5 2021

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B.C.’s extreme heat is here to stay. Critics say government’s plan to deal with it is dangerously weak

Ainslie Cruickshank - The Narwhal, August 24 2021

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Summer now means fear for some, as study shows poverty brought biggest risk of death in B.C. heat dome

Bethany Lindsay - CBC News, June 29 2023

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Heat resilience is a social justice issue

Adesuwa Okoyomon - Science World, Oct 6 2021

People with schizophrenia were especially at risk during 2021 heat dome, BCCDC finds

Ian Holliday - CTV News Vancouver, March 19 2023

Vancouver approves motion to plan for future heat waves after criticism

Akshay Kulkarni - CBC News, July 23 2021

U.S. neighbours to distribute 23,000 air conditioners to vulnerable residents by this year, while B.C. has no plan

Gordon Hoekstra - Vancouver Sun, May 18 2023

B.C. response to summer heat dome put people with disabilities, elderly at risk, Human Rights Watch finds

Michelle Ghoussoub - CBC News, Oct 5 2021

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