As wildfire season looms, N.W.T. businesses brace for another bad year
Conference planned for Yellowknife already postponed, as organizers cite ‘high risk of drought and wildfire’ Tourism operators and other small
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Media’s role a balancing act as N.W.T.’s next fire season looms
Most of Yellowknife’s media covered last year’s firefighting efforts from outside the evacuation zone What is the N.W.T. media’s role
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N.W.T. Indigenous governments get $15M to deal with 2023 wildfires’ impact
The federal government is giving money to 27 Indigenous governments and organizations in the N.W.T. to help deal with the
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In the Northwest Territories, an approaching wildfire season is fuelling anxiety
‘The community, the whole village and the whole Northwest Territories is just recovering from it’ As early signs of the wildfire
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N.W.T. minister urges emergency preparedness ahead of ‘high-risk’ wildfire season
Two gov’t departments reviewing 2023 wildfire season to improve future response The N.W.T.’s Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA)
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Insured evacuation costs, wildfire damages total $60M for Hay River wildfires
The N.W.T. government encouraged residents to use private insurance to cover evacuation costs Wildfires that displaced thousands from the N.W.T.’s
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Yukon government to review this summer’s wildfire evacuations in Mayo, Old Crow
Review will determine what went right, and what needs improvement for any future events The Yukon government wants to analyze
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Fort Smith residents gather to thank those who kept the town safe from wildfires
By Carla Ulrich, CBC News ‘I’m just grateful for what we have in this town,’ said one resident At a
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Norway launches Wildland Fires Initiative as part of Arctic Council chairship
With multiple northern nations experiencing a surge in wildfires in recent years, Norway has introduced a Wildland Fires Initiative as
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Leaders and residents calling for public inquiry into N.W.T. wildfire response
By Carla Ulrich · CBC News People want answers and change after an unprecedented fire season Calls for an inquiry into the
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Trudeau visits Hay River, Enterprise Wednesday to discuss wildfires, meet leaders
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press Tour begins in wildfire-ravaged Enterprise Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was set to visit
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Effects of 2023 N.W.T. wildfire smoke will take years to study
By Rachel Maclean · CBC News As air quality improves, the focus now moves to preparing for the future. As smoke lingered
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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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