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NWT Wildfires: What you need to know as of 11 a.m. Aug. 24

NWT Wildfires: What you need to know as of 11 a.m. Aug. 24

Authors note: To ensure you only have to look at one place to get all the information you need, Im including earlier points in each update. Older information will be dated to avoid potential confusion.
Its total mayhem; senior care worker describes evacuation of patients during wildfire

Its total mayhem; senior care worker describes evacuation of patients during wildfire

A Fort Smith senior care worker has shared details about the chaotic few days she and fellow staff members spent evacuating their patients as an unprecedented fire season impacts the territory.
NWT Wildfires: Hay River fires held at bay for another night

NWT Wildfires: Hay River fires held at bay for another night

Wildfires around Hay River are holding but officials warn weather can change quickly.
NWT Wildfires: Wood Buffalo Complex creeps closer to Fort Fitzgerald

NWT Wildfires: Wood Buffalo Complex creeps closer to Fort Fitzgerald

Wildfires on the NWT-Alberta border have crept further south, but the risk to NWT communities remain the same.
GNWT asks NWT Wildfire stragglers to please evacuate

GNWT asks NWT Wildfire stragglers to please evacuate

Officials are still asking people who havent evacuated Yellowknife to please leave, but will not be arresting or fining people who do not follow the evacuation order.
NWT Wildfires: What you need to know as of 10 a.m. Aug. 23

NWT Wildfires: What you need to know as of 10 a.m. Aug. 23

Authors note: To ensure you only have to look at one place to get all the information you need, Im including earlier points in each update. Older information will be dated to avoid potential confusion.
Hay River mayor confident in fire response; reinforcements arriving from Saskatchewan, Manitoba

Hay River mayor confident in fire response; reinforcements arriving from Saskatchewan, Manitoba

Wildfires continue to burn around Hay River, but the mayor is confident the blazes will be held at bay.
Wood Buffalo fire rages on as Fort Smith deputy mayor asks residents to stay away

Wood Buffalo fire rages on as Fort Smith deputy mayor asks residents to stay away

A huge wildfire on the Alberta-NWT border has held, but warm temperatures continue to pose a challenge for first responders.
Yellowknife mayor calls for more financial support to recover from NWT wildfires

Yellowknife mayor calls for more financial support to recover from NWT wildfires

Yellowknife Mayor Rebecca Alty is joining the call for more disaster relief funding for Yellowknife.
We certainly wont leave anybody behind Finance Minister asks NWT Wildfire evacuees to be patient

We certainly wont leave anybody behind Finance Minister asks NWT Wildfire evacuees to be patient

Finance minister Caroline Wawzonek is asking evacuees to be patient with the GNWT as it figures out the next steps in the process.