Hundreds of wildfires burning in Canada’s Northwest Territories have prompted emergency declarations and the evacuation of the capital city of Yellowknife by road and air.. About 20,000 ...

The Northwest Territories capital Yellowknife – home to about 20,000 – and several other Northwest Territories communities have been ordered to evacuate as crews battle 236 active wildfires, ...

Residents have heeded warnings to evacuate the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as a wildfire burns just miles outside the city of 20,000. Meanwhile, a wildfire set homes ablaze in a ...

In the Northwest Territories alone, 268 wildfires have already burned more than 8,100 square miles. 7 People waiting in line to get flown out of Yellowknife to Calgary, Alberta on August 17, 2023.

“The decision to declare a territory-wide State of Emergency allows the Government of the Northwest Territories and our partners to access and deploy resources so that we can continue our work ...

Canadian Armed Forces personnel were poised to deploy to the Northwest Territories on Tuesday, responding to the threat posed by wildfires that are endangering local communities.

Decades of gold mining at Giant Mine in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, has left a toxic legacy: 237,000 tons of arsenic ...

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The president of the national Inuit organization says he's been given reassurances that Prime Minister Mark Carney's plan to ...

Since April, a German man has been biking from the Atlantic Coast in Newfoundland across the country before heading north to ...

Yellowknife is the capital of the Northwest Territories, an area twice the size of Texas, although its population — 45,000 — could fit into a Houston neighborhood.

The Northwest Territories offer on average 240 nights of Aurora-viewing opportunities a year thanks ...More to crystal-clear nights, ultra-low humidity, and a perfect location directly beneath the ...