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Opinion: People with schizophrenia were hit hard by B.C.'s deadly 2021 heat dome

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25.09.2025

In June 2021, British Columbia experienced an extreme climate event. A heat dome trapped hot air over the province, pushing temperatures to record highs for several days, killing more than 600 people.

A closer look at the numbers revealed something even more startling: people with schizophrenia — just one per cent of the population — made up 15.7 per cent of the deaths. This statistic underscores a troubling truth: climate change does not affect everyone equally.

Research by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control found that during the........

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