After more than a month away from home, members of the general public are returning to Fort Smith today. Essential workers returned to the community last week. But today is the first day the general public has been allowed back in. An evacuation order for the town was first issued…
As essential workers return to Hay River, the territory’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change warns residents they may need to get used to living with wildfire for the foreseeable future. That’s according to updates shared in a press conference on Thursday afternoon. “It’s very likely these fires will need…
Five youth have been arrested and one charged in Fort Simpson in connection with a string of break-ins and thefts spanning two weeks, according to the RCMP. Police in the community were able to link three break and enters, three thefts from property, and one “mischief to a vehicle” to…
Hay River’s essential workers are scheduled to return to the community starting today after the Town triggered the first phase of its re-entry plan yesterday evening. The Town announced the return of essential workers after a consultation with the Department of Environment and Climate change yesterday evening. The general public…
Pre-registration is now available for return flights to evacuated South Slave communities, while Hay River still has not announced return dates for its residents. That’s according to updates shared by the GNWT and by the Town of Hay River on Tuesday. Pre-registration for South Slave return flights opened at 8:00…
Residents of Fort Smith now have a tentative timeline for when they can return home. On Monday morning, the town’s council unanimously approved a re-entry plan for the community: According to this plan, essential workers will return, and essential services will be returned to operation, from Sept. 12 to 17….
The Town Council of Hay River has approved a re-entry plan for the community. Mayor Kandis Jameson announced the approval of the plan during a media availability on Friday afternoon. Similar to Yellowknife’s re-entry plan, essential workers will return first, followed by members of the general public without health complications….
Last updated Friday, Sept. 8 at 8:45 p.m. As evacuated North Slave residents returned home, 676 vehicles, including commercial vehicles, crossed the Deh Cho Bridge on Wednesday, while 268 residents returned on repatriation flights. That’s according to updates shared at a GNWT press conference on Thursday evening. As residents return,…
Yellowknifers began to return home today after three weeks away from the city. On Wednesday morning, the evacuation order for Yellowknife, Dettah and Ndilǫ was downgraded to an evacuation alert. It was not immediately clear how many had made the trip either by road or by air on Wednesday. As…
As residents of Yellowknife, Dettah, Ndilǫ, and the Ingraham Trail prepare to return home tomorrow, in the South Slave the situation is different. That’s according to updates shared by the GNWT on Tuesday. The South Slave in particular is experiencing severe drought conditions: Around the Wood Buffalo Complex near Fort…