Lillooet, British Columbia has broken its own heat record so many times, locals keep losing count. In 2021, this small river town hit 43.1°C — hotter than Las Vegas — while its neighbor Lytton set the all-time Canadian record at 49.6°C. In this episode, we explore why one remote valley behind BC's Coast Mountains behaves nothing like the "Canada" the world imagines: a rain-shadow desert of sagebrush and bunchgrass, where Indigenous pit-houses, sun-dried salmon, and today's award-winning vineyards all trace back to the same extreme climate. Part travel story, part climate geography, part 8,000-year history lesson — this is the town that keeps making Canada's weather headlines for all the wrong reasons.

🎙️ Canuckly S02E11 — "The Town That Keeps Breaking Canada's Heat Records"

• Cold Open — The 43.1°C Record
• Lytton's 49.6°C a ...