N.W.T. fires have released 97 megatonnes of carbon, says European agency
Territory on track to beat 2014 record for how much land has burned Wildfires in the N.W.T have emitted 97
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Environment (Canada)
Climate change puts Arctic cod stocks under threat
Rising temperatures are an increasing threat to Arctic cod and could have a major impact on the distribution of the
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Yellowknife begins evacuation as wildfires approach
Low on data or power? Read a low-bandwidth version of this story here. For more stories, see our CBC North news website. Minister
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Northwest Territories evacuees relive their journeys out of wildfire danger
‘Being evacuated two times in 24 hours is nothing like I have ever experienced’ After two evacuations and hundreds of
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Wildfire threat to Yellowknife deemed serious as parts of city on evacuation alert
By Luke Carroll, Liny Lamberink · CBC News Evacuation alert issued for Kam Lake, Grace Lake and the Engle Business District in Yellowknife
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Enterprise, N.W.T., ’90 per cent gone’ after wildfire ravages community
What you need to know about the N.W.T. wildfires: Evacuation orders issued for communities of Hay River, Kátł’odeeche First Nation,
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Local state of emergency declared for Yellowknife
The City of Yellowknife has declared a local state of emergency due to a wildfire burning between Behchokǫ and Yellowknife.
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Wildfire breach of control lines east of Yellowknife now ‘significant’
Fire officials in the N.W.T. are expecting “serious challenges” Monday battling the wildfires near Yellowknife, with strong winds expected to
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Wildfire burns structures south of Hay River, N.W.T., through Enterprise
The Town of Hay River says wildfires have burned property and structures in the area of Paradise Gardens south through
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Cabins near Duncan Lake, N.W.T., at risk with wildfire burning nearby
The fire has been burning since June 29 and 1 cabin was lost ‘several weeks ago’ N.W.T. Fire says “numerous”
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N.W.T., Yellowknife upping protection as city is surrounded by wildfires
‘I just really want to stress that these are precautionary measures,’ says city manager While winds blowing northwest have slowed
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Nunavik health board issues smoke alert for two communities
The health board in Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec, issued a smoke alert for two communities on Tuesday
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Yellowknife’s emergency plans lacks details, needs testing, says expert
‘If the plan can be written and put aside, it’s not going to cut it,’ says York University professor A
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Hot and dry July saw temperature records topple in the Yukon
Carmacks among several communities that smashed single-day temperature records, hitting 35.5 C on July 7 You weren’t imagining it —
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Yukon’s wildfire season ‘escalated dramatically’ over last week, with 80 new starts
Territory requesting firefighting help from elsewhere, but officials say resources stretched thin everywhere The Yukon’s wildfire season has taken a
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