‘Heartbreaking’ destruction of Chinese-Canadian heritage, as heatwave inferno consumes museum

By Ian Young

For three consecutive days last week, amid a baking heatwave in British Columbia, the inland township of Lytton shattered Canada’s temperature record, topping out at 49.6 degrees Celsius (121.3 degrees Fahrenheit).

On the fourth day, June 30, the village burned to the ground.

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