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Essential workers head back early to Yellowknife to be ready for return of wildfire evacuees

Officials in Yellowknife, as well as staff with the Northwest Territories, are getting ready for the start of a mass migration home of wildfire evacuees that’s still on track for Wednesday. Yellowknife city manager Sheila Bassi-Kellett said workers in grocery stores, pharmacies, home-heating providers, and even some taxi drivers and …

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City of Calgary announces support for wildfire displaced Northwest Territories evacuees – Calgary

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The City of Calgary is rolling out their plans for supporting evacuees from the Northwest Territories wildfires, including the opening of a reception centre at the Calgary International Airport. At the request of the Alberta Emergency Management Agency , the City of …

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After summer storms bring torrential rain, evacuees start heading home in Quebec

Descrease article font size Increase article font size After hard and heavy rain over the past few days in southern and central Quebec, some evacuees were given the green light to return home Wednesday. In Sherbrooke, 150 kilometres east of Montreal, officials said residents could head home after they were …

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Community rallies around residents displaced by massive apartment fire – Winnipeg

Just down the street from where fire tore through an apartment building on Friday night, volunteers are sorting through bags upon bags of donations. The room set up in the common area in another building in the apartment complex on Quail Ridge Road is filling up with piles of clothes, …

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Hudson’s hopeful: Northern B.C. wildfire evacuees find support from neighbours

Diana Jewan was celebrating her grandson’s birthday on Saturday as ash fell from an eerie, orange sky.  The Battleship Mountain wildfire, ignited about 50 kilometres west of Hudson’s Hope, B.C., was drawing near.  Shortly after the party, an evacuation order was issued, forcing hundreds of residents to leave the area …

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Saguenay, Que., evacuees promised $20 a day, a place to stay as experts assess if homes can be saved

The City of Saguenay and the Quebec government have put in place new measures to help the 187 residents forced from their homes Sunday due to the threat of more landslides. A total of 79 residences were evacuated in the La Baie borough of Saguenay, about 240 kilometres north of …

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