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Yellowknife residents won’t have to wait much longer to re-enter the territorial capital that was evacuated more than two weeks ago due to wildfires threatening the city. On Friday, the City of Yellowknife and Yellowknives Dene First Nation announced dates for re-entry have been plotted out. Personnel essential for critical …

While wildfire season and evacuation alerts have become par for the course for many communities across Canada, for Indigenous people its far too frequent. “It’s a really disproportionate impact when Indigenous people only make up 5 per cent of the population in Canada but 42 per cent of wildfire evacuation …

As Ontario’s forest fire season drags on, a sense of mutiny is brewing on the front lines. Crews of firefighters, who have long warned of understaffing and inexperience, are burning out. Some are quitting. Others plan not to return and a few remaining veterans are on the brink of retirement. …

When the evacuation order came down for the city of Yellowknife, Tony Brushett knew there were people who would need extra help to get out. “We got a call from the territorial government stating that the most vulnerable, those with mental health and addictions issues were going to charter a …

Wildfire misinformation on social media platforms has created confusion and panic for evacuees and tourists in the Northwest Territories and B.C., some say. Adam Archibald is a Yellowknife resident who was evacuated last week due to wildfires threatening the city. He said he was at a mine in a remote …

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 17, 2023 11:54 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to convene an urgent meeting with ministers and senior officials today as residents of the capital of Northwest Territories are ordered to evacuate the area …

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 …

Team Rubicon has returned to Nova Scotia to help with the recovery from last month’s devastating floods. This marks the third time in a year that volunteers with the veteran-led organization have descended on the province to provide disaster relief. Since September 2022, they’ve assisted with the cleanup after post-tropical …

The fingerprints of climate change are all over the supercharged weather witnessed this year in Nova Scotia — and the rest of the country — from raging wildfires to devastating flooding. A series of punishing thunderstorms dumped up to 250 millimetres of rain on Nova Scotia this weekend, killing at …

Questions still linger in a Nova Scotia neighbourhood ravaged by a wildfire nearly two months ago. That was evident Thursday evening at a community meeting in Hammonds Plains that was organized to help connect residents with the agencies responsible for recovery. More than 16,000 were evacuated from their homes in late …