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Yellowknife firefighters douse fuel truck fire at airport
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoFirefighters in Yellowknife quickly brought a blaze under control near the airport after a fuel...
Canada's fire chiefs to press Ottawa for money after worst-ever wildfire season
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoFire chiefs from across the country will be in Ottawa this week to warn the federal government that...
Air Canada caps Yellowknife flight prices as crews battle wildfires
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months ago(Reuters) -Air Canada said it is capping fares and adding flights on Thursday from Yellowknife, a...
Canada to deploy military in British Columbia to tackle fast-spreading fires
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoREVELSTOKE, British Columbia (Reuters) -Canada is sending the military to tackle fast-spreading...
Documents reveal questions and confusion among officials during Yellowknife's 2023 wildfire...
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 3 weeks agoOn Aug. 16, 2023, about 40 minutes before the N.W.T. government issued an evacuation order for...
Yellowknife fires: Evacuees will need culturally specific support services
The Conversation Canada via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoOn the evening of Aug. 16, due to rapidly moving wildfires, an evacuation order was issued for the entire city of Yellowknife. The goal was for as many people as possible to flee one of the ...
Canada Day will look — and sound — different this year amid air quality warnings, budget cuts
Yahoo News Canada· 1 year agoCanada Day celebrations might look and sound a little different in places across the country, as...
Residents flee, airlifts begin as wildfire approaches capital of Canada's Northwest Territories
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoThousands of residents fled the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories ahead of an approaching...
Canada wildfire evacuees turned away from flights as pictures show mass exodus from major city
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoThousands of residents escaping the path of raging wildfires in Canada’s Northwest Territories...
Smoke from southern fires blankets Yellowknife and other N.W.T. communities
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoPeople in many N.W.T. communities awoke Saturday to orange skies as south winds brought thick smoke...