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It will likely be next week before wildfire evacuees from Hay River, N.W.T., learn when they can return home.

A wildfire official says the town of Hay River will be at risk over the next few days with strong winds and high temperatures making a dangerous situation even worse.

The territory’s government said late Friday night that neither Hay River’s town centre nor any of the most populated residential neighborhoods have been damaged

For Reegan Jungkind, it's the panic rather than smoky air that's making it difficult to take full breaths. She's suddenly started getting headaches and her hands have been shaking for what she thinks has been at least a year.Jungkind, 21, says what she used to think of as "eco-anxiety" is now more like eco-panic."It's something that is soul-crushing, like, I just feel the entire weight of the world on my shoulders all the time," she said. Originally from H...

The government of the Northwest Territories ordered everyone in town, including essential workers, to go to the Hay River Merlyn Carter Airport and await further instructions. "Anyone who remains in Hay River is doing so at their own risk," the Northwest Territories government said in an alert posted at 3:23 p.m. local time on Friday. Canada is experiencing its worst wildfire season on record and in the past week more than 50,000 people, including the entire population of the Northwe...

The territory's government said late Friday night that neither Hay River's town centre nor any of the most populated residential neighborhoods have been damaged

Northwest Territories officials are using roadblocks to turn back Yellowknife residents who are attempting to return home despite the city still being under a state of emergency.

Thousands of residents are rushing to evacuate the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as more than 200 fires burn across the region, leaving many to face dangerous road conditions or stand in line for hours for desperately needed emergency flights.

YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories (Reuters) -Canadian officials ordered the evacuation of the Northwest Territories' capital of Yellowknife and several smaller communities on Wednesday as a massive wildfire threatened the town of Hay River overnight. Teams were working to evacuate Hay River, a community of some 3,000 on Great Slave Lake, by bus or plane on Wednesday night as the fire approached. "Hay River saw the fire south of their community increase, get closer to the city today,...

(CNN) — 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.