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Canada's record-breaking heatwave kills 54

Many of the victims of a week-long heatwave in Canada were living in vulnerable conditions without air conditioning.

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The death toll in a week-long eastern Canadian heat wave has reached 54, officials said on Friday.

Most of the victims linked to the "overwhelming heat" were in the Montreal area, which recorded 28 fatalities, metropolitan health authorities told AFP in an email.

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