Hay River Hub

Wildfires on the NWT-Alberta border have crept further south, but the risk to NWT communities remain the same.

Officials are still asking people who haven’t evacuated Yellowknife to please leave, but will not be arresting or fining people who do not follow the evacuation order.

Author’s note: To ensure you only have to look at one place to get all the information you need, I’m including earlier points in each update. Older information will be dated to avoid potential confusion.

Wildfires continue to burn around Hay River, but the mayor is confident the blazes will be held at bay.

A huge wildfire on the Alberta-NWT border has held, but warm temperatures continue to pose a challenge for first responders.

Yellowknife Mayor Rebecca Alty is joining the call for more disaster relief funding for Yellowknife.

Finance minister Caroline Wawzonek is asking evacuees to be patient with the GNWT as it figures out the next steps in the process.

Author’s note: To ensure you only have to look at one place to get all the information you need, I’m including earlier points in each update. Older information will be dated to avoid potential confusion.

Government employees displaced by NWT wildfires are being asked work remotely, if possible.

Families displaced by NWT wildfires may not be sending children to school come Aug. 31.