As bills come in for Yellowknife’s wildfire response, city needs help
City looking to hire help to deal with ‘high volume of complex invoices’ It was a massive effort, involving city
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N.W.T. gov’t warns Enterprise mayor not to use hamlet funds for new homes
‘We are not in a position to help people. That’s what we were told, basically,’ says Mayor Michael St Amour
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Severe wildfires will have long-lasting impact on N.W.T.’s boreal forest
By Taylor Holmes · CBC News More than 4 million hectares of forest have burned in the N.W.T. during the 2023 wildfire
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Hay River, N.W.T., seeks more territorial and federal gov’t support post-wildfire
‘I challenge everybody to shop locally for Christmas and help these guys out’ Leaders in Hay River, N.W.T., say they’ll
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Poor visibility to greet returning Hay River workers Wednesday
Weather conditions will make for a smoky day in parts of the Northwest Territories on Wednesday. An atmospheric inversion is
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Some N.W.T. evacuees consider staying put after wildfire crisis
By Robert Holden, CBC News ‘It feels like we’re in a boat that’s sinking, and all we have is cups
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No highway fire risk expected as public prepares Yellowknife return
By Luke Carroll, Liny Lamberink · CBC News · Officials also fielded questions about evacuees forced to re-locate in Calgary Wildfires are not expected
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N.W.T. projected to spend $100M on fighting wildfires — 5 times more than budgeted
By Francis Tessier-Burns · CBC News ‘Roughly spending about $10 million a week right now,’ says MLA The N.W.T. is actively fighting
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N.W.T. reveals phased return plan for wildfire evacuees
Nearly 70% of N.W.T. residents have been displaced by wildfires Firefighting efforts have halted the spread of a wildfire near
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MLAs in N.W.T. postpone upcoming election, add $75M to wildfire budget
General election now set for Nov. 14, as recommended by chief electoral officer N.W.T. MLAs have voted to postpone the
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MLAs in N.W.T. look to postpone election amid wildfires, evacuations
Inuvik hall to sub in as assembly site on Monday while capital remains under evacuation order MLAs in the N.W.T.
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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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N.W.T. premier says PM committed to ‘accelerating’ territorial infrastructure
Caroline Cochrane says she hopes Trudeau will visit the N.W.T. after the wildfires, his first visit in years N.W.T. Premier
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N.W.T. will step up enforcement to prevent people from entering evacuated communities
RCMP say they will use enforcement at checkpoints RCMP in the Northwest Territories say they’ll be delivering firm deterrence to
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Transport closures empty shelves, leaving some N.W.T. communities without groceries
‘People are people and they bought out the store in about two days,’ says Łútselk’e Co-op manager Shelf-stable milk and
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