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In Yellowknife, a taxidermy monument captures the diversity of the Arctic’s wildlife
Jessie Olson, Greg Robertson and Dean Robertson at Nature’s North Wildlife Gallery in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
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After tour of fire devastation in N.W.T., Trudeau promises new homes for Yellowknife
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, tours Chaal Cadieux's devastated property from the wildfire in Enterprise, Northwest Territories on Wednesday, October 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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N.W.T. Premier Caroline Cochrane says she won’t run for re-election in upcoming vote
Premier Caroline Cochrane of the Northwest Territories has announced she won't be running for re-election in November. Cochrane speaks about the wildfire situation after visiting evacuees in Edmonton, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
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Smoke prevents Yellowknife from holding welcome home celebration
Heavy smoke from wildfires in northern Alberta and British Columbia fill the air at 9am Mountain Daylight Time in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023.
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As wildfires closed in on Yellowknife, these firefighters held the line
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Pre-registration for re-entry flights set to begin for some N.W.T. communities
It remains unclear when residents in the Northwest Territories' South Slave region will be allowed to return home, but officials are set to open pre-registration for re-entry flights in anticipation. Wildfire smoke fills the air over Yellowknife, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Braden
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Patients evacuated from Yellowknife hospital may wait weeks before returning
Smoke plumes over Stanton Territorial Hospital, after a state of emergency was declared, in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada August 15, 2023. REUTERS/Pat Kane REFILE- CORRECTING THE DAY WHEN THE STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED
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Thousands of residents return to Yellowknife, but many still out in other communities
Photo courtesy of Patty Olexin-Lang, who is volunteering to pick up people at the airport and drive them to their homes.
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Yellowknife residents begin to return home after wildfires forced evacuation
Photo courtesy of Patty Olexin-Lang, who is volunteering to pick up people at the airport and drive them to their homes.
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Evacuation order lifted for Yellowknife after three weeks of wildfire danger
Photo courtesy of Patty Olexin-Lang, who is volunteering to pick up people at the airport and drive them to their homes.
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‘A very long wait’: Yellowknife prepares for people to return home
<div>Yellowknife residents are crossing their fingers that tomorrow's scheduled lifting of a general evacuation order will go ahead as planned and they'll be allowed to return home. Wildfire smoke fills the air over Yellowknife on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Braden</div>
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Essential workers head back early to Yellowknife to be ready for everyone else
<div>Officials in Yellowknife, as well as staff with the Northwest Territories, are getting ready for the start of a mass migration home of wildfire evacuees that's still on track for Wednesday. Wildfire smoke fills the air over Yellowknife, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Braden</div>
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Essential workers returning to Yellowknife ahead of residents to reopen critical services
Evacuees from Yellowknife make their way along Highway 3 at the edge of a burned forest on their way into Fort Providence, N.W.T., Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Wildfire officials in the Northwest Territories say a community that's been evacuated for weeks due to a wildfire has received significant rain this weekend. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Braden
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NWT officials say Yellowknife residents can start planning for lifting of wildfire evacuation orders
Heavy smoke from nearby wildfires fills the sky in Yellowknife on Tuesday, August 15, 2023. Residents of Yellowknife and a nearby First Nation have been told they'll be allowed home as early as Sept. 6, barring any increase in wildfire risk. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Angela Gzowski
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Yellowknife says residents may return as early as Sept. 6 after wildfire evacuations
Fire activity along a key Northwest Territories highway is expected to kick up in the coming days, while Mounties say they'll stop a potentially large group from trying to re-enter when an evacuation order is still in effect. Evacuees from Yellowknife, territorial capital of the Northwest Territories, make their way along highway 3, at the edge of a burned forest, on their way into Ft. Providence, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Braden
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NWT extends state of emergency as wildfires continue to burn near Yellowknife
A state of emergency in the Northwest Territories has been extended until Sept. 11. The road is closed north to Yellowknife from Fort Providence, N.W.T., Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Northwest Territories starts plans to lift evacuation as wildfire battle sees shift
Vehicles line up for fuel at Fort Providence, N.W.T., on the only road south from Yellowknife, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Fire-weary Northwest Territories is preparing for tens of thousands of people to return home after a much-needed win in the battle against a blaze that was threatening Yellowknife. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Wildfires that forced Yellowknife evacuation ‘being held,’ but area not safe for people to return
Evacuees from Hay River, Northwest Territories wildfires arrive on board a Royal Canadian Air Force C-130J Hercules aircraft at Edmonton International Airport, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada August 25, 2023. MCpl Paul McCahon/Canadian Forces/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Elections NWT says legislature has delayed election over wildfires
A wildfire burns south of Enterprise, N.W.T., Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023.&nbsp;The mayor of an evacuated community in the Northwest Territories says her community is "in much better condition" than anyone could have imagined only a day earlier, when high winds and hot temperatures propelled a wildfire closer and forced fire crews and other non-essential workers to retreat. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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NWT premier says infrastructure funding from Ottawa is inadequate, responsible for dangerous evacuation conditions
Yellowknife resident Yvonne Pokiak-Asher, right, is comforted by Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane during a media briefing in Calgary on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dave Chidley
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The awful fires in the Northwest Territories can light the way to a better, healthier future
Courtney Howard, Nicole Redvers and Sarah Cook
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Officials in NWT turning away Yellowknife residents trying to return home
Smoke billows on the road beside the highway near the town of Enterprise, Northwest Territories, Canada, on August 20, 2023. Enterprise and Hay River were put on evacuation orders prior to the city of Yellowknife. The town of Enterprise, Northwest Territories, was burned to the ground by forest fires. Residents of Yellowknife in Canada's far north raced on August 18 to evacuate ahead of a midday deadline as wildfires bear down on the remote city and other parts of the vast country. (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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NWT mulls financial aid for wildfire evacuees who arranged their own way out
A makeshift evacuee service centre set up for wildfire evacuees from Yellowknife and the Northwest Territories in Calgary on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Evacuees began arriving mid-afternoon today and have until the end of Friday. (Photo by Jude Brocke/The Globe and Mail)
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Crews continue battling NWT wildfires, blaze remains 15 km from Yellowknife
An aerial view shows charred remains on the side of the road beside the highway in Enterprise, Northwest Territories, Canada, on August 20, 2023. Enterprise and Hay River were put on evacuation orders prior to the city of Yellowknife. The town of Enterprise, Northwest Territories, was burned to the ground by forest fires. Residents of Yellowknife in Canada's far north raced on August 18 to evacuate ahead of a midday deadline as wildfires bear down on the remote city and other parts of the vast country. (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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NWT Premier Caroline Cochrane recounts search for homeless during Yellowknife evacuation
Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane listens during a news conference after a meeting of Western Premiers in Whistler, B.C. on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Cochrane was a social worker before entering politics, so when the territory's capital ordered everyone to leave last week due to encroaching wildfires, she said she checked to make sure homeless people weren't forgotten. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Firefighters take stock of NWT. fires as cooler, wet weather expected to end
Heavy smoke from nearby wildfires fills the sky in Yellowknife on Tuesday, August 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Angela Gzowski
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Wildfires force ranchers with large animals to make tough decisions on whether to stay or evacuate
Deer cross a road in a neighborhood filled with smoke due to a nearby wildfire in the Glenmore Highlands area of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, August 19, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Yellowknife fires not expected to reach city this weekend as weather helps fight blazes
Evacuees from Yellowknife, territorial capital of the Northwest Territories, make their way along highway 3, at the edge of a burned forest, on their way into Ft. Providence, N.W.T., Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023.
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Yellowknife veterinarian helps pets flee fires, supports animals left behind
Veterinarians Without Borders sent crates from across Canada to Yellowknife to help people take their pets on evacuation flights as a fire approached the Northwest Territories capital city. A dog named Thor looks on from in a vehicle in Yellowknife as workers set up evacuation centres, in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Veterinarians Without Borders, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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B.C. evacuation orders soar; Yellowknife fires not expected to reach city this weekend
A helicopter equipped to respond to wildfires flies past homes in the Wilden neighbourhood near Knox Mountain after RCMP officers enforced a new evacuation order, in Kelowna, B.C., Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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The summer the sun turned red: Canadians wake up to the reality of climate change under a veil of smoke
The City of Kelowna, B.C., declared a state of emergency, as fire crews responded to spot fires coming across Okanagan Lake from the McDougall Creek wildfire. An evacuation order has been issued for the Clifton Road North and McKinley neighbourhoods
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Dozens remain in Yellowknife hospital as evacuation stretches past deadline
Sprinklers protect a home next to Grace Lake as wildfires threatened the Northwest Territories town of Yellowknife, Canada, August 18, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
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Northwest Territories residents reflect on evacuations in Peace River
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Evening Update: Homes burn in Kelowna as thousands flee wildfires; more Yellowknife evacuation flights added
The McDougall Creek wildfire burns in the hills West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, on August 17, 2023, as seen from Kelowna. Evacuation orders were put in place for areas near Kelowna, as the fire threatened the city of around 150,000. Canada is experiencing a record-setting wildfire season, with official estimates of over 13.7 million hectares (33.9 million acres) already scorched. Four people have died so far. (Photo by Darren HULL / AFP) (Photo by DARREN HULL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Thousands continue to flee Yellowknife as wildfires loom
Vehicles line-up for fuel at Fort Providence, N.W.T., on the only road south from Yellowknife, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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A wait-and-see approach won’t cut it for today’s intense wildfires
John Vaillant