Highway 1 will close between the Alberta border and the Kakisa access road at 7pm on Friday, the NWT's Department of Infrastructure says.
South Slave
What is the NWT government's disaster assistance policy, and when should you make a claim? Here's a quick guide.
Updates from Friday as Yellowknife announced a return date for residents and fire crews worked against high winds in the South Slave.
With Hay River fire crews steeled for more days of high wind, NWT Fire sought to reassure worried residents that winter's onset isn't the only way this ends.
Fort Smith leaders and residents expressed disappointment as the GNWT backtracked on evacuation payment amounts, but the local MLA saw it differently.
Someone, somewhere, told some NWT evacuees they're going home on September 11. It isn't true – there's no confirmed return date for any community yet.