The Latest Breaking News from Lytton

Refinery owner reaps profit boost from Middle East war

Ampol, which supplies about 10 per cent of the nation's fuel supplies, has seen a big jump in margins on the back of the war in the Middle East.

AAP · Apr 22

Weather tracker: British Columbia breaks Canada’s September heat record

Temperatures climb above 40C, while a powerful hailstorm in the US lashes Kansas and Oklahoma

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2025

Remembering Lytton, the Town Wiped Out by Wildfire

“My history is here, on these streets, buried in this ground”

The Walrus · Aug 23, 2024

Canadian village entirely destroyed by wildfire in 2021 evacuated due to wildfire

The village of Lytton and Lytton First Nation are under evacuation orders as a fire spreads nearby

The Guardian - US · Jul 15, 2022

Small green spaces can help keep cities cool during heat waves

A recent World Meteorological Organization report called heat waves the “deadliest meteorological hazard” from 2015 to 2019, affecting people living on all continents, and setting new national heat records in many regions. Canada’s top weather event in 2021 was British Columbia’s record-breaking heat, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada.…

The Conversation · Jun 8, 2022

Extreme heat waves threaten honeybee fertility and trigger sudden death

Temperatures soared above 42 C for days in Western Canada in June 2021, with Lytton, B.C., registering 49.6 C, the hottest temperature ever recorded in Canada. Wildfires scorched the province, sparking a 56-day state of emergency and nearly 600 additional sudden deaths compared to the same time in 2020.

The Conversation · Apr 26, 2022