welcome to whether world. what do mexico, estonia, republic of congo have in common? they are all countries that set new temperature record since we were last on here in april. it is what happened in canada, and a week of extreme heat and then fire that took the eyes of the world to a small village in british columbia. for three straight days injune this place recorded canada's highest temperature on record, reaching 49.6 celsius, just before fire swept through it, burning nearly everything. it was an historic heatwave across western canada and the north—west usa as a so—called high—pressure heat dome grew over the area both trapping and building the heat day on day.