A blistering heat wave is moving across Western Canada, pushing record temperatures and the threat of wildfires into Saskatchewan today.

Environment Canada meteorologist Jennifer Smith says a ridge of high pressure from Northern California crept into British Columbia on the weekend before invading the Northwest Territories and Alberta on Monday.

She says the heat will travel into Manitoba by Wednesday and may reach the edge of the northwestern Ontario border before it moves south into the United States again.

A blistering heat wave is moving across Western Canada, pushing record temperatures and the threat of wildfires into Saskatchewan today.{ai:summary}<p>As a scorching heat wave sweeps through Western Canada, record temperatures and wildfires loom over Saskatchewan. Meteorologist Jennifer Smith warns of high pressure from Northern California expanding into British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Alberta, Manitoba, and possibly northwestern Ontario. The heat shows no signs of relenting as it threatens to move south into the United States. #weather</p>

Western Canada heat wave to stretch into Saskatchewan, then Manitoba

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