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Watch: How the NWT’s 2023 wildfires spread, day by day

Ollie Williams·November 10, 2023

Newly published videos use satellite hotspot timelapses to show how the NWT's record-breaking 2023 wildfire season evolved, day by day.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits a burn area in the South Slave in October 2023. Adam Scotti/PMO

The prime minister visited Hay River and Enterprise. Now what?

Aastha Sethi and Ollie Williams·October 23, 2023

Was Justin Trudeau's trip to wildfire-hit Hay River and Enterprise a photo op or the precursor to meaningful change in how Canada helps?

A firefighter working on the Fort Smith fire. Photo: Wood Buffalo National Park

Fort Smith has timber problem after wildfire defence work

Aastha Sethi·October 20, 2023

So many trees were cut down in an effort to protect Fort Smith from wildfires that the town now has huge timber piles and a tight timeline to deal with them.

An air tanker flies over an area of forest threatened by a wildfire near Behchokǫ̀ on August 2, 2023. Photo: GNWT

Tłı̨chǫ Government signs deal to plant one million trees

Ollie Williams·October 19, 2023

A million trees will be planted on Tłı̨chǫ land over the next three years in a deal with a tree-planting company and a national non-profit.

A wildfire approaches Enterprise on August 13, 2023. Photo: GNWT

When a fire came for the NWT’s first Firesmart community

Simona Rosenfield·October 19, 2023

Six years ago, Enterprise was celebrated as a leader in work to protect itself from wildfires. This summer, the hamlet burned. What lessons can leaders learn?

Fort Smith announces evacuation welcome-home event

Ollie Williams·October 18, 2023

"Fort Smith Rekindled," on Saturday afternoon this week, will give residents the event many wanted: a chance to thank those who saved their town.

Rebuilding isn’t straightforward for this Enterprise family

NWT fire map: latest burn areas and hot-spots

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