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NWT wildfires: Two cabins damaged in Hay River fire

NWT wildfires: Two cabins damaged in Hay River fire

Two cabins have been damaged by Hay River / Kakisa Wildfire SS052.
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PM reaffirms support for NWT wildfire evacuees

PM reaffirms support for NWT wildfire evacuees

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NWT Premier Caroline Cochrane have agreed to maintain contact as the NWT Wildfire crisis continues.
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NWT wildfires: Great Slave MLA Katrina Nokleby confirms she’s under police investigation

NWT wildfires: Great Slave MLA Katrina Nokleby confirms she’s under police investigation

Great Slave MLA Katrina Nokleby says she is under police investigation for being in Yellowknife.
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NWT wildfires: Yellowknife Mayor Rebecca Alty calls for apology from MLA Katrina Nokleby

NWT wildfires: Yellowknife Mayor Rebecca Alty calls for apology from MLA Katrina Nokleby

Yellowknife Mayor Rebecca Alty has decried Great Slave Katrina Nokleby’s comments to NNSL and is demanding she apologize.
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NWT Wildfire: Planes flying essential workers out of Hay River as firefighters fall back

NWT Wildfire: Planes flying essential workers out of Hay River as firefighters fall back

Firefighters in Hay River are in for a rough night as winds pushed a fire past defences earlier today.
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NWT Fires: GNWT announces $750 relief funding for self-evacuees

NWT Fires: GNWT announces $750 relief funding for self-evacuees

UPDATE: The GNWT now says the Community Government Hosting Evacuees Grant is not being expanded and that was given in error. A correction was issued shortly after 2 p.m. Aug. 27.
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NWT Wildfire: Hay River fire overwhelms defenses, running parallel to highway

NWT Wildfire: Hay River fire overwhelms defenses, running parallel to highway

Hay River/Kakisa Wildfire SS052 has overwhelmed firefighting efforts and is now running parallel to the highway.
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NWT wildfires: Homeless evacuees in Calgary advised to phone ‘311’

NWT wildfires: Homeless evacuees in Calgary advised to phone ‘311’

People who have been kicked out of hotels in Calgary should phone 311 to be directed to a shelter, say Alberta’s provincial political leaders.
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NWT wildfires: Yellowknife school delayed until at least Sept. 6

NWT wildfires: Yellowknife school delayed until at least Sept. 6

School’s out for… September?
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Great Slave MLA Katrina Nokleby returns to Yellowknife as advisor to Ndilo chief; YKDFN says otherwise

Great Slave MLA Katrina Nokleby returns to Yellowknife as advisor to Ndilo chief; YKDFN says otherwise

UPDATE: NNSL has asked Katrina Nokleby for evidence she was working with incoming Dettah Chief Ernest Betsina. She said she stands by her statements and that everything she said was true.
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