<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">In Canada, the number of deaths due to </span>heatwave<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> in Quebec has risen from 54 to 70. A Health Ministry official said, thirty-four of the fatalities were reported from Montreal.</span></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The heatwave hit eastern Canada early this month but only Quebec has recorded a rise in deaths. In 2010, around 100 people had lost their lives in Montreal due to stifling heat.</div>''<div class="yj6qo" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>