The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 The record-setting day when global heating surpassed COVID-19 as the existential crisis https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-heat-wave-2021/ Tue, 29 Jun 2021 18:33:11 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=30354 After the last four years of wildfire, we all know what comes next. The good news? There’s literally nothing like an extreme heat wave to galvanize public concern over climate change Arno Kopecky Opinion B.C. climate change COVID-19 Photo: roaming-the-planet / Flickr Vancouver at dusk during B.C. heat wave of June 2021 - Flickr