"Resilience cannot be the reason we expect people to make do with less." A conference on climate disaster and emergency management explored northern challenges.
Everything Except the Wildfires
Cabin Radio's coverage of all non-wildfire news.
Investigators have now recovered the remaining pieces of aircraft from a fatal June plane crash near Fort Simpson, the Transportation Safety Board said.
The Office of the Auditor General has begun a review of emergency management in the Northwest Territories. It's expected to report back next year.
Fallen trees that caused power chaos in Fort Smith on Saturday may have been weakened by drought and wildfire, the NWT Power Corporation said.
A Fort Smith couple lost their alpacas while fleeing 2023's wildfire. Three years later, the Flat World Alpaca farm is welcoming a new herd.
Yet again, the NWT is recording one of its most severe wildfire seasons on record. Since 2023, there has been no let-up.
Ollie Williams and Alice Twa·
"Carney took probably half our platform." Conservative shadow cabinet members touring the NWT this month are focused on whether the Liberal government delivers.
Crews made progress on a controlled burn near a wildfire north of Behchokǫ̀ before changing weather halted work. Here's an update on the NWT fire situation.
A fire burning since July is now 13 km north of Behchokǫ̀ after moving 15 km on Wednesday. While it isn't a threat, NWT Fire said, a controlled burn is planned.
The NWT is responsible for more than a quarter of Canadian wildfire burn area so far this summer. Here's the forecast for the weeks ahead.
How does Ottawa work with the territory to prepare for emergencies like wildfires? How does Ottawa support communities? We asked the federal minister in charge.
A report from World Weather Attribution says climate change is making the month of fire weather leading up to this year's NWT fire season far more likely.
Wrigley residents have been told they can come home after an evacuation over a nearby wildfire that began a month ago.
As Fort Simpson residents settle back home following a wildfire, some are thinking about what might be done differently if they faced another evacuation.
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.
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.
Everything Except the Wildfires
Cabin Radio's coverage of all non-wildfire news. (Be warned, occasional wildfire coverage may appear if the article's primary focus is something else or if it's incorrectly categorized!)
Big Blue, the sinking Yellowknife houseboat, all but entirely disappeared as a windy Thanksgiving weekend blew most of its remnants into Yellowknife Bay.
Two NWT schools received $34,000 for music programming, new instruments and other equipment – and they told us the impact is already being felt.
"There's a lot of work to finish." If re-elected, Ryan Fequet wants to focus on how Yellowknife values its services and thinks about development.
A national strategy to end energy poverty is being proposed, while $2 billion was announced for heat pumps – though they remain "challenging" to use in the NWT.
The YWCA NWT set a new date for an annual general meeting that was hastily postponed late last month, days after the group's executive director was removed.
“Lots of super important work left to do.” Rob Foote wants to make strides on community safety, housing, and responsible infrastructure growth if re-elected.
It's mid-October and holiday season is upon us. The first holiday craft markets are already taking place and we're compiling a big list of them on this page.
"Almost all communities will see an improved service." NWT RCMP have a new Pilatus PC-24 twin-engine jet that flies faster and higher than their previous plane.
Six university women's basketball teams are in Yellowknife for a tournament unlike anything the territorial capital has seen before. Watch the games live here.
Elections NWT says a by-election has been scheduled for November 24 to fill the Inuvik Twin Lakes seat in the territorial legislature vacated by Lesa Semmler.
"The end of production should not mean the end of opportunity." As Norman Wells moves on from oil production, leaders are looking to the town's future.
Police in the NWT say they're planning "increased patrols as well as additional check stops" throughout the territory over the Thanksgiving long weekend.
"They are running it for us. That has to stop." Dene chiefs appear united over calls to take control over child and family services. Here's how that could work.
Yellowknife's Kira Young is among 15 plaintiffs heading to court this month to argue that Canada's climate policies violate their charter rights.
Cold Fusion's members blend jazz, funk and soul. Their Friday show at Yellowknife's Top Knight, titled Altered State, is "improvisation with the reins on."
