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Repair work underway on fibre link damaged by NWT wildfires

Repair work underway on fibre link damaged by NWT wildfires

NorthwesTel reports that technicians have begun working on fibre optic lines damaged by the NWT wildfire along Highway 1, but customers further North along the Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link will have to wait until conditions improve.
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260+ N.W.T. wildfire evacuees head to Fort McMurray

260+ N.W.T. wildfire evacuees head to Fort McMurray

Yellowknife on evacuation order; all residents to be out by Friday at noon
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Diavik donates $250,000 to United Way NWT’s wildfire response efforts

Diavik donates $250,000 to United Way NWT’s wildfire response efforts

Diavik Diamond Mine has announced a donation of $250,000 to the United Way NWT to support that organization’s emergency efforts for evacuees.
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Convoys, airport lineups: Yellowknife residents leave city as fire creeps closer

Convoys, airport lineups: Yellowknife residents leave city as fire creeps closer

Convoys organized amid concerns flames could push toward Highway 3, the main evacuation route
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N.W.T. sending 55 hospital patients, care home residents to B.C.

N.W.T. sending 55 hospital patients, care home residents to B.C.

They are set to arrive through Vancouver International Airport
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Inuvialuit beneficiaries eligible for $1,000 in NWT Wildfire evacuation relief

Inuvialuit beneficiaries eligible for $1,000 in NWT Wildfire evacuation relief

Beneficiaries of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation who are displaced by the NWT Wildfires are eligible for $1,000 each in relief funding.
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Baker Lake woman fundraises to get parents out of Yellowknife as wildfires rage

Baker Lake woman fundraises to get parents out of Yellowknife as wildfires rage

Darlene Nukik worried for mother Marjorie Sibbald and step-father Frank Landry
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NWT Wildfire evacuation relief available from the Gwich’in Tribal Council

NWT Wildfire evacuation relief available from the Gwich’in Tribal Council

Gwich’in Tribal Council is offering support for participants displaced by the wildfires in Yellowknife as well as the North and South Slave and Dehcho regions.
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Yellowknife wildfire evacuation plan underway for Avens

Yellowknife wildfire evacuation plan underway for Avens

Residents of Avens — A Community for Seniors are being airlifted to Edmonton as part of the wildfire evacuation of Yellowknife.
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RCMP bulk up presence to prevent looting after Yellowknifers flee wildfires

RCMP bulk up presence to prevent looting after Yellowknifers flee wildfires

Additional police officers hit the streets in Yellowknife
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