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Checkpoints to block return attempts, NWT official warns wildfire evacuees

Checkpoints to block return attempts, NWT official warns wildfire evacuees

Emergency management has concerns about people attempting to return to Fort Smith
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NWT wildfires: Virtual learning ‘not feasible’ for student evacuees, says deputy minister

NWT wildfires: Virtual learning ‘not feasible’ for student evacuees, says deputy minister

Families displaced by NWT wildfires may not be sending children to school come Aug. 31.
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NWT Wildfire evacuation could last weeks

NWT Wildfire evacuation could last weeks

Wildfires surrounding Yellowknife are highly unlikely to reach the outskirts of the city over the next three days, but officials warn they are looking at weeks before it’s safe to return.
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NWT wildfires: Hay River, KFN and Fort Smith face 'difficult days ahead'

NWT wildfires: Hay River, KFN and Fort Smith face 'difficult days ahead'

Wildfires are bearing down on the Town of Fort Smith.
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Wildfire fight switches from defence to offence near Yellowknife

Wildfire fight switches from defence to offence near Yellowknife

Teams putting out fire right on perimeter as fight continues near capital of Northwest Territories
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NWT Wildfires close Highway 1 intermittently overnight near Hay River

NWT Wildfires close Highway 1 intermittently overnight near Hay River

Highway 1 was closed intermittently overnight because of the NWT Wildfires near Hay River and winds of up to 50 kilometres per hour are expected in the next day.
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NWT wildfires: What you need to know as of 12 p.m. Aug. 21

NWT wildfires: What you need to know as of 12 p.m. Aug. 21

If you have been displaced by the NWT Wildfire evacuations, here’s what you need to know as of 12:00 p.m., Aug. 21:
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NWT wildfires: GNWT now says school could be delayed instead of remote learning

NWT wildfires: GNWT now says school could be delayed instead of remote learning

Students currently under evacuation order from the NWT Wildfires will not be learning remotely in September.
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Singh pressures federal government to give financial assistance to NWT evacuees

Singh pressures federal government to give financial assistance to NWT evacuees

NWT residents who have been forced to evacuate due to wildfires should be receiving financial assistance from the federal government, federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh said on Monday.
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Another company of soldiers deployed to NWT to help with wildfire fight

Another company of soldiers deployed to NWT to help with wildfire fight

Company being deployed to Hay River, bringing to 400 total number helping fight NWT blazes
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