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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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 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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Giant helicopter helps fight fires in Fort Smith, N.W.T.
By Carla Ulrich · CBC News · ‘It can drop more water with a shorter turnaround’ The Northwest Territories is deep into a
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Old Crow, Yukon, residents asked to pack for possible evacuation
The nearest fire is about 12 kilometres away, north of Old Crow at Berry Hill The Vuntut Gwitchin Government says
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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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Wildfire expected to affect visibility on the N.W.T.’s Highway 3
There are 84 active fires in territory on Friday, including 3 new ones in past 24 hours Drivers between Yellowknife
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Fire bans in force across large parts of Sweden
The risk of wildfires is now high, very high or extremely high across nearly all of Sweden. Hot weather and
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4000 sq km burned near Sambaa K’e. What does that mean for fish?
As other communities have seen, wildfires can bring big and small changes After a wildfire tore through the forest around
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Kátł’odeeche couple recovering from wildfire ‘one day at a time’
‘It wasn’t the same reserve that I had seen on the 13th of May’ James and Carol Dixon’s home is
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Sambaa K’e burn could fit Yellowknife 24 times, part of ‘alarming’ wildfire season
With months still to go in this fire season, N.W.T. well on way to hitting 10-year average for area burned
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Evacuation order issued for wildfire-threatened Sambaa K’e, N.W.T.
The wildfire had consumed nearly 50,000 hectares of land in the N.W.T. An evacuation order has been issued in Sambaa
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