Tag Archives: Environment
'Most of the people are now gone': Yellowknife nearly emptied as fire fight continues
YELLOWKNIFE - A wildfire that forced the evacuation of most of Yellowknife remained about 15 kilometres from the capital of the Northwest Territories on Saturday after some help from the weather. Wild...
Aug 19, 2023
B.C. orders fire-zone travel bans as evacuations soar
KELOWNA - British Columbia imposed bans on travel to wildfire zones on Saturday after evacuee numbers doubled to 30,000 or more, marking another day of dramatic developments in the province's desperat...
Aug 19, 2023
A look at wildfires and evacuations in N.W.T. and B.C.
YELLOWKNIFE - Some 20,000 people from Yellowknife and thousands more from other communities in the Northwest Territories have been ordered to leave due to nearby wildfires. Meanwhile, a significant nu...
Aug 18, 2023
The latest news on the wildfires in British Columbia
KELOWNA, B.C. - A state of emergency has been declared in British Columbia, as threatening wildfires force thousands to evacuate from homes in the Okanagan in the southern Interior and elsewhere. Here...
Aug 18, 2023
Hydro-Québec workers, vulnerable Cree community members evacuated due to wildfires
MONTREAL - Much-needed rain fell in parts of northwestern Quebec on Friday, where high-intensity forest fires have forced the partial evacuation of a Cree community and employees of the province's hyd...
Aug 18, 2023
The latest news on the wildfires in the Northwest Territories
YELLOWKNIFE - Thousands of people have fled the Northwest Territories' capital and some neighbouring communities under the threat of encroaching wildfires. Here are the latest developments (all times ...
Aug 18, 2023
Northwest Territories under threat by wildfires — and lack of local news
Residents of the Northwest Territories are feeling the effect of the news vacuum on Facebook as they flee communities that are under threat by wildfires. But industry observers say the regional media ...
Aug 18, 2023
'Ghost town': 19,000 out of N.W.T. capital as dangerous wildfire looms
YELLOWKNIFE - More than 19,000 people left Yellowknife in less than 48 hours as one of the largest firefighting mobilizations in the history of the Northwest Territories continued to protect the city ...
Aug 18, 2023
B.C. declares wildfire emergency amid desperate battle to save West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA - Homes were ablaze on Friday in West Kelowna, B.C., with firefighters locked in a pitched battle against a rampaging wildfire that helped trigger a provincewide state of emergency. Briti...
Aug 18, 2023
Reaction to wildfires forcing evacuation of Yellowknife, other N.W.T. communities
YELLOWKNIFE - Wildfires have forced the evacuation of the Northwest Territories capital, home to some 20,000 residents, as well as thousands of others from communities to the south. Here are some comm...
Aug 17, 2023