Pehdzéh Kı̨ First Nation Chief Jamie Moses says he hopes strong winds anticipated in Wrigley on Friday will bring some rain to help firefighting efforts.
Everything Except the Wildfires
Cabin Radio's coverage of all non-wildfire news.
A "carefully planned" intentional fire was set north of Wrigley on Tuesday in a bid to protect the Dehcho community from a wildfire five kilometres away.
Yellowknife-area tour operator Aurora Village said a Saturday fire destroyed a "small maintenance structure" but otherwise left its facilities undamaged.
We spent time this week on the fire line outside Fort Simpson. Meet five wildland firefighters from across Canada who have helped to protect the village.
Alice Twa and Ollie Williams·
The wildfire north of Wrigley continues to edge closer to the community, NWT Fire said on Monday evening, and a hot, dry day is expected on Tuesday.
As Fort Simpson residents return home, Dehcho Grand Chief Herb Norwegian showed us how the land has been altered and offered his perspective on the change.
The NWT's wildfire agency says fire FS015 outside Wrigley is now five kilometres from the community after making a significant move to the south-southeast on Sunday.
How does it feel to come home to a village that faced a three-week battle with a wildfire? We joined Fort Simpson residents who made the return journey.
NWT Fire says air tankers and crews have made rapid progress to halt the spread of a wildfire near Aurora Village and Cassidy Point, northeast of Yellowknife.
People who chose to remain in Wrigley after an evacuation order late last month are being told to leave after fire FS015 flared up on Saturday.
Fort Simpson residents can return home – the evacuation order has lifted. Yellowknife's multiplex, which hosted evacuees, will stay closed for the time being.
Whitehorse band Cows Go Moo took Yellowknife by storm at Folk on the Rocks 2024. Now, they’re back and ready to rock the Beer Garden Stage once more.
A wildfire north of Wrigley has moved about a kilometre closer, NWT Fire said on Thursday, as extreme fire weather returned to many parts of the territory.
Fort Simpson published its re-entry plan, containing no firm dates but establishing the sequence by which residents will eventually come home after a wildfire.
Here's the wildfire situation in Fort Simpson and Wrigley as the Dehcho communities enter their third week under evacuation orders.
Fire bans are lifted at a range of territorial parks in the North Slave and South Slave, the GNWT announced on Friday after broader region-wide bans ended.
With Fort Simpson soon entering its third week since evacuating because of a wildfire nearby, the Dene Nation postponed its planned assembly in the community.
Rain has had a big impact on the wildfire threatening Fort Simpson but that doesn't mean a return home is imminent, officials cautioned on Thursday.
Fort Simpson will look a lot different when residents eventually get to come home. A Fort McMurray resident walked us through coping with that.
Rain began in Fort Simpson, village officials said, a minor and temporary reprieve in the broader battle against a wildfire established in the community.
The Yellowknives Dene First Nation says it is opening the Wıìlıìdeh site near Yellowknife River to evacuees from Fort Simpson. Here's an update on Dehcho fires.
Environment Canada issued an orange air quality warning for Yellowknife on Monday. The smoky air is supposed to improve by Tuesday.
For the first time, a home was confirmed lost to the wildfire burning in and around the Fort Simpson area.
Parts of Wood Buffalo National Park received as much as 40 mm of rain on Sunday, helping firefighters working on the Bear Creek complex near Highway 5.
Ollie Williams and Kai Wilson·
A spot fire on Fort Simpson's island is out and fire FS016 hasn't affected the airport or ferry landing. The village demanded that remaining residents leave.
While the fire responsible for Wrigley's evacuation hasn't come closer in days, NWT Fire says winds from the north this weekend could mean difficult conditions.
The fire burning next to Fort Simpson was pushed south by the wind on Saturday to the edge of the village airfield. No homes are confirmed lost, NWT Fire said.
Firefighters' work through the night "prevented a catastrophe," Fort Simpson leaders said as they reported no primary residences lost to wildfire FS016 so far.
NWT Fire is preparing to demobilize some crews in the Sahtu and send them elsewhere after weeks of work on the Canol fire complex southwest of Norman Wells.
Crews spent Friday facing flames extending 50 feet above treetops as FS016 closed in on Fort Simpson. The battle to protect buildings will go into the night.
Some Fort Simpson evacuees in Yellowknife say initial problems are being solved. Others are finding it hard. Here's how people are navigating the evacuation.
A witness described residents rushing to quickly extinguish a wildfire on the Ndılǫ peninsula on Thursday morning. The cause is not clear.
Ollie Williams and Kai Wilson·
NWT Fire provided the first detailed assessment of where fire FS016 outside Fort Simpson has burned to date.
Fort Simpson evacuees must be ready for an extended stay away from the community, village officials said, stressing "danger from the fire is still very high."
Yellowknife teenagers helped quickly extinguish a brush fire near the city on Canada Day. Witnesses said a raven touched power lines, caught fire and fell.
Alice Twa and Kai Wilson·
"Everybody being displaced wore heavy on my heart." Gracyn Tanche is coordinating a group of volunteers helping Fort Simpson evacuees in Yellowknife.
Parks Canada says its staff are preparing in case wildfire smoke begins to severely affect visibility along Highway 5 from Fort Smith to Hay River.
Open fires have been banned on almost all public and private land across the North Slave and South Slave – a rare region-wide step for the NWT.
Helicopters and ground crews returned to action against Fort Simpson's wildfire on Tuesday, while new satellite images showed the Wrigley fire's burn area.
"A challenging situation we'll be managing for the long term." Rain has bought fire crews north of Wrigley some time to work out how to handle wildfire FS015.
Though fire FS016 burned almost up to Fort Simpson's doorstep on Monday, that turns out to present some big opportunities to fire crews. Here's their plan.
Ollie Williams and Alice Twa·
Fort Simpson's mayor described wildfire FS016 outside the village as "resting" on Tuesday morning after completing a lap of the community to find it untouched.
Fort Smith residents endured one of the NWT's longest evacuations of 2023. Now the town is welcoming evacuees from Wrigley and glad to put on a Canada Day show.
Alice Twa and Kai Wilson·
When Fort Simpson was evacuated because of a nearby wildfire, Diedra Villeneuve and Derek Mckillop stayed to feed the pets residents had to leave behind.
Alice Twa and Kai Wilson·
Plenty of evacuees faced challenges leaving Fort Simpson and finding accommodation. Berni Leader, who uses a wheelchair, described the process at its best.
An investigation into last week's fatal plane crash near Fort Simpson is continuing but has been hampered by fires and evacuations. Here's the progress to date.
Ollie Williams and Alice Twa·
Wrigley became the second Dehcho community under an evacuation order as fire FS016 closed in on Fort Simpson. Here's what happened on Monday.
Ollie Williams and Alice Twa·
Wrigley residents were told to head for Fort Smith as wildfires triggered an evacuation order. The only highway to the community has closed.
NWT Fire set out how it expects the wind to behave later on Monday, in what could be key hours for the development of a wildfire outside Fort Simpson.
Ollie Williams and Alice Twa·
Wildfire FS016 did not reach the village of Fort Simpson during its peak burning period on Monday but officials said winds could drive further change overnight.
Fort Simpson was ordered to evacuate because winds could push a nearby wildfire toward the village in the coming days, an official said. Here's the detail.
Ollie Williams and Alice Twa·
Fort Simpson is being evacuated because of the threat of a nearby wildfire, with Yellowknife the primary host community. Here's how Sunday unfolded.
A wildfire to the north of Wrigley is burning under extreme fire weather conditions. Wind is pushing the fire away from the community for now, NWT Fire said.
A wave of lightning-caused wildfires pushed the NWT beyond 70 active fires on Saturday, including new fires in the broad vicinity of Fort Good Hope and Kakisa.
The Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation's chief says favourable winds are helping and more firefighters are on the way as Fort Simpson remains on evacuation alert.
Fort Simpson was placed on evacuation alert over a fast-growing wildfire south of the village. Crews were "responding aggressively," NWT Fire said.
Authorities say no survivors have been found after an aircraft helping to fight wildfires came down with three people aboard about 50 km from Fort Simpson.
The NWT's wildfire agency said one of its aircraft had been involved in a "serious incident" while working on a fire near Fort Simpson.
As a warm week develops across the NWT, the territory's wildfire agency reported nine new fires while Parks Canada is tackling a fire north of Highway 5.
Environment Canada issued an orange-level warning for Norman Wells and Tulita as smoke from nearby wildfires affected air quality.
Everything Except the Wildfires
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The Yellowknife Housing Authority began a pilot project seeking to better support social housing tenants. Results will be studied by Queen's University.
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The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation says Chair Erwin Elias is taking leave "while an allegation that predates his election is independently investigated."
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Six days after allowing residents to return home, the Village of Fort Simpson on Friday afternoon lifted the evacuation alert that had remained as a precaution.
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