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NWT Wildfires: Fort Smith aiming for Sept. 18 return date

NWT Wildfires: Fort Smith aiming for Sept. 18 return date

Fort Smith is shooting for a re-entry date of Sept. 18, but the community’s evacuation order is extended well past that.
NWT Wildfires: GNWT maintains budget surplus of $5 million

NWT Wildfires: GNWT maintains budget surplus of $5 million

Cost of the NWT wildfires and evacuation are extensive, but won’t break the bank for the GNWT.
NWT Wildfires: Bordertown re-entry plan in development

NWT Wildfires: Bordertown re-entry plan in development

A re-entry plan for Bordertown is underway.
NWT Wildfires: KFN, Hay River and Fort Smith returners asked to drain water tanks, flush lines

NWT Wildfires: KFN, Hay River and Fort Smith returners asked to drain water tanks, flush lines

Essential workers — and anyone who follows — are being advised to drain their water tanks and flush their lines when arriving in Hay River and surrounding area, K’atl’odeeche First Nation, or Fort Smith.
NWT Wildfires: Evacuated expecting mothers being contacted by NTHSSA

NWT Wildfires: Evacuated expecting mothers being contacted by NTHSSA

Stanton’s Territorial Hospital says it is reaching out to pregnant women 34 weeks or prior to discuss repatriation.
NWT Wildfires: “Significant” hotspots still burning in Enterprise

NWT Wildfires: “Significant” hotspots still burning in Enterprise

Enterprise still has a great deal of hot spots within the community.
NWT Wildfires: Essential workers return to Hay River, Fort Smith

NWT Wildfires: Essential workers return to Hay River, Fort Smith

Essential workers have begun returning to Hay River and Fort Smith.
NWT Wildfires: Fort Smith publishes re-entry plan, no return date set yet

NWT Wildfires: Fort Smith publishes re-entry plan, no return date set yet

Fort Smith has released its re-entry plan, but no specific date has been announced yet.
NWT Wildfires: Territorial State of Emergency extended to Sept. 18

NWT Wildfires: Territorial State of Emergency extended to Sept. 18

A Territorial State of Emergency has been renewed by Municipal and Community Affairs minister Shane Thompson.
NWT Wildfires: Perimeters near Fort Smith and Fort Fitzgerald under control

NWT Wildfires: Perimeters near Fort Smith and Fort Fitzgerald under control

A portion of the Wood Buffalo Complex wildfire has been brought under control.