ON JAN. 10, 1962, the sleepy town of Pincher Creek, Alta., tucked 200 kilometers south of Calgary and a stone’s throw north of the Canada-U.S. border, was pencilled into the history books.
On an otherwise unassuming day, its roughly 3,000 residents arose to greet a frost-bitten morning and battle subzero temperatures. As the day rolled on, however, so did a mass of air, which rumbled and rose over the Rocky Mountains only to spill over the downslope and pour toward Pincher Creek. In time, the warm, dry winds reached the town, which was then warding off the chill of a cold that had reached minus-19 Celsius. But as the gusts enveloped the region, the mercury began rising. In one hour, degree by degree, the temperature rose to a suddenly sweltering high…
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