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Featured, News, Weather, Wildfires June 18, 2024

Mainly cloudy today with a chance of rain or thundershowers at Fort Good Hope

Wildfire remains outside the evacuated community’s boundaries; no structures have been confirmed lost as of this morning

Some erratic weather today will see the Fort Good Hope wildfire chanced upon by a thundershower, then pushed by easterly winds, followed by gusts up to 20 km/h, NWT Fire stated this morning. Frank McKay is the Information Officer for the fire, known as VQ001. “Today’s weather forecast calls for…

Environment, Featured, News, Weather, Wildfires June 17, 2024

Second fire diverts some crews from Fort Good Hope wildfire

A human-caused fire outside the main evacuation community of Norman Wells forces more contingency plans

As firefighters and volunteers were desperately fighting to save Fort Good Hope after a campfire wasn’t extinguished, another “human caused” fire outside of Norman Wells drew crews away for a while on Sunday night. In Norman Wells, there are 225 evacuees from Fort Good Hope, whose lives were turned upside…

Featured, News, Weather, Wildfires June 17, 2024

Fort Good Hope evacuees can apply for Emergency Evacuation Funding

At 1,300 hectares, the fire may continue to grow today but away from the community, says NWT Fire

Under a state of emergency, the community of Fort Good Hope was evacuated on Saturday, as a blazingly fast wildfire kicked up after a campfire wasn’t properly extinguished nearby. Fort Good Hope Chief Collin Pierrot posted online throughout the weekend’s ordeal. “We did not lose any structures or buildings or…

Featured, News, Weather, Wildfires June 16, 2024

Fort Good Hope evacuated as wildfire threatens community

An abandoned campfire is blamed for fast-growing wildfire

An abandoned campfire sparked a blaze Saturday that quickly forced the evacuation of Fort Good Hope. As of 10 p.m., NWT Fire described “extreme fire behaviour,” as crews worked to keep fire from the Sahtu community of 500 people. “While the wildfire has not yet reached Fort Good Hope, it…

Featured, News, Wildfires June 10, 2024

No new fires reported over the weekend, 8 still out of control

No new fires have been reported in the territory over the weekend. 13 active fires are currently burning, eight of which are out of control, says NWT Fire. Fire (FS004) between Fort Providence and Highway 7 remains active. Firefighters conducted an ignition operation, which involved setting fires intentionally to remove…

Featured, News, Wildfires May 31, 2024

Hay River lift full fire ban earlier than planned, partial fire ban still in effect

The town of Hay River announced on Facebook this Friday that the full fire ban has been lifted, originally issued on May 26 and effective through June 7. Hay River residents are now allowed to use fire in fire pits under the partial fire ban, but no fire permits will…

Environment, Featured, News, Wildfires May 28, 2024

Flying firefighters spot blaze being sparked

A helicopter crew conducting regular surveillance flights witnessed a lightning strike start the NWT’s newest wildfire, something NWT Fire says is “very rare.” The fire is 0.5 hectares in size and located 34 kilometres southwest of Enterprise and seven kilometres west of Highway 1. Ground crews were dispatched and are…

Featured, News, Politics, Wildfires May 27, 2024

Health-care staff shortage a ‘crisis,’ MLA proposes task force

Health care is in crisis and housing is in peril. And a forest fire is moving north slowly, now 75 kilometres from Fort Resolution. Those were some of the top-of-mind topics raised by Regular MLAs in Oral Questions session today. Shauna Morgan represents the riding of Yellowknife North: “It’s clear…

Featured, News, Wildfires May 27, 2024

Fire ban issued in Hay River, border fire still considered ‘out of control’

The fire ban is effective through June 7, 2024

Two new wildfires were reported in South Slave over the weekend. One of the wildfires (SS010) is located 75 kilometres east of Fort Resolution. It started burning naturally and is 20 hectares in size. Water bombers were used to contain the fire. Structural protections have been set up in the…

Featured, News, Wildfires May 25, 2024

Wildfire crossed the NWT-Alberta border, Highway 1 open with traffic control

'Significant fire activity has been seen due to warm temperatures and high winds,' says NWT Fire

The fire (SS009/HTZ001) has crossed the NWT-Alberta border as of Friday afternoon. Fire crews are setting up structure protections for the 60th Parallel Visitor Information Centre and other buildings near Highway 1. The highway is open with traffic control, according to the Infrastracture Department of the GNWT. “Significant fire activity…