Canadian heatwave: Montreal death toll rises to 12

Emergency services receiving 1,200 calls a day as weather bureau issues heat warning

Six more people have died in Montreal’s heatwave, bringing to 12 the city’s total death toll from the extreme weather conditions that have gripped central and eastern Canada, health officials said on Wednesday.

Montreal previously raised the city’s response level to “intervention” from “alert” after a spike in heat-related calls to the government’s health information line and emergency services.

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