N.W.T. evacuees talk traditional knowledge in fire management and mental health from land
As Yellowknife residents started returning home on Sept. 6, the future of South Slave region…
As Yellowknife residents started returning home on Sept. 6, the future of South Slave region…
Wildfires disrupt the lives of people in the N.W.T., some are desperate to return home
Yellowknife evacuations are complete and people are waiting for news of when they can return home
The evacuation order issued Wednesday night applies to the city of Yellowknife and neighbouring First Nations communities of Ndilo and Dettah.
By Wednesday evening, all of Yellowknife, Ndılǫ and Dettah were told to evacuate by noon Friday.
Multiple wildfires have been burning throughout the northern territory threatening communities and the highways that connect them.
Evacuations have been ordered for Fort Smith, Enterprise, Jean Marie River and Hay River. People displaced by the fires are relocating to temporary shelters set up as far south as Calgary.
More than 20,000 square kilometres have burned, an area almost four times the size of Prince Edward Island.
Climate crisis hitting First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities hardest says Health Canada report.