Northwest Territories News
Thanks, now please leave, Yellowknife tells volunteers
The City of Yellowknife sent a letter to many volunteers who stayed after last week's evacuation, telling them their work is done - and asking them to leave.
The post Thanks, now please leave, Yellowknife tells volunteers first appeared on Cabin Radio.‘We’re going to provide the support that’s needed,’ says MP McLeod
We asked the NWT's MP what he has been doing to help ease the territory's wildfire crisis and support evacuees.
The post ‘We’re going to provide the support that’s needed,’ says MP McLeod first appeared on Cabin Radio.NWT evacuee accommodation: What you say and what governments say
"Some people were thrown to the wolves." We asked NWT evacuees to tell us how their attempts to stay safely sheltered are going. Experiences vary widely.
The post NWT evacuee accommodation: What you say and what governments say first appeared on Cabin Radio.Watch: Hay River ‘in better condition than we imagined’
Watch footage from the burn area to the west of Hay River as the mayor says the town appears mostly undamaged by a wildfire that drew close on Friday night.
The post Watch: Hay River ‘in better condition than we imagined’ first appeared on Cabin Radio.‘It’s all love.’ Yellowknife performer brings live music to evacuees in Edmonton
Yellowknife musician Layne Rybchinski is hosting jam nights in Edmonton to bring northern evacuees together.
The post ‘It’s all love.’ Yellowknife performer brings live music to evacuees in Edmonton first appeared on Cabin Radio.As it happened: Saturday updates on Hay River fire, YK volunteers
As it happened: Updates from Saturday as a fire menaced the western edge of Hay River and Yellowknife asked some volunteers to leave.
The post As it happened: Saturday updates on Hay River fire, YK volunteers first appeared on Cabin Radio.Hay River town centre undamaged but fire ‘very close’ overnight
NWT Fire said a wildfire had not hit Hay River's downtown as of midnight but was "very close," with "likely structure loss" to the west of the town.
The post Hay River town centre undamaged but fire ‘very close’ overnight first appeared on Cabin Radio.MLA Nokleby ‘incredibly disrespectful’ after return to YK, says mayor
Yellowknife's mayor said comments by MLA Katrina Nokleby, who has controversially returned to the city, were "incredibly disrespectful."
The post MLA Nokleby ‘incredibly disrespectful’ after return to YK, says mayor first appeared on Cabin Radio.GNWT offers up to $750 to people who drove themselves to safety
You'll get $750 from the GNWT if you drove from the NWT to a southern jurisdiction under an evacuation order, and $400 if you drove elsewhere in the NWT.
The post GNWT offers up to $750 to people who drove themselves to safety first appeared on Cabin Radio.What you need to know about online fire maps
Satellite wildfire maps are in massive demand from NWT evacuees. They can be useful, but they also have limitations. Here's a guide.
The post What you need to know about online fire maps first appeared on Cabin Radio.‘We’re alone.’ Tłı̨chǫ Grand Chief says community resupply has broken down
Tłı̨chǫ Grand Chief Jackson Lafferty says his government may need help from the south after the Yellowknife supply chain to smaller communities broke down.
The post ‘We’re alone.’ Tłı̨chǫ Grand Chief says community resupply has broken down first appeared on Cabin Radio.NWT health authority launches support page for evacuees
The NWT health and social service authority has launched a new page with service updates as the majority of the NWT remains evacuated.
The post NWT health authority launches support page for evacuees first appeared on Cabin Radio.Police now posted to roadblocks outside evacuated NWT communities
RCMP in the NWT say officers have now joined Department of Infrastructure staff at checkpoints near Enterprise and Yellowknife.
The post Police now posted to roadblocks outside evacuated NWT communities first appeared on Cabin Radio.How is Yellowknife planning to bring everyone home?
When the time comes, how is Yellowknife going to bring everyone back home again? We asked the mayor and city manager about the plan.
The post How is Yellowknife planning to bring everyone home? first appeared on Cabin Radio.As it happened: Wildfire bears down on Hay River from the west
Read Friday's updates as a wildfire moved toward Hay River from the west, hours after all personnel except firefighters were airlifted to safety.
The post As it happened: Wildfire bears down on Hay River from the west first appeared on Cabin Radio.CKLB connects evacuees with stories of resilience and silver linings
"If there’s something CKLB has always done and leaned into, it's communities." Here's how the NWT's Indigenous-owned radio station covered August's evacuations.
The post CKLB connects evacuees with stories of resilience and silver linings first appeared on Cabin Radio.Yellowknifers at Northview will pay prorated rent
The North's dominant landlord said it would prorate August and September rent for Yellowknife evacuees, some already in their second week away from home.
The post Yellowknifers at Northview will pay prorated rent first appeared on Cabin Radio.Evacuation order lifted for Jean Marie River
Residents of Jean Marie River are being allowed to return home as an evacuation order for the community has been downgraded to an evacuation alert.
The post Evacuation order lifted for Jean Marie River first appeared on Cabin Radio.Here’s what’s happening with mail for evacuees
Letter mail and parcels for several communities in the NWT and Nunavut are being held in Edmonton.
The post Here’s what’s happening with mail for evacuees first appeared on Cabin Radio.Telecommunications down in Kakisa and Jean Marie River, again
Just a few hours after getting online again, service is once again down in Kakisa. A few other communities are also affected.
The post Telecommunications down in Kakisa and Jean Marie River, again first appeared on Cabin Radio.