(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. About 20,000 ...

Residents of Yellowknife, home to about 20,000, were ordered to evacuate their homes by noon on Friday Kirsty Hatcher is an Associate Editor on the People.com Morning Team. She has been working at ...

Residents fled the capital city of Canada’s Northwest Territories on Thursday, after officials ordered an evacuation because of approaching wildfires. The people of Yellowknife, with a population of ...

Firefighters worked to keep open the only route out of the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as a wildfire moved closer to the city of 20,000 and residents rushed to beat a noon Friday ...

YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories — Residents of the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories began fleeing an approaching wildfire Thursday in long convoys while air evacuations were underway for ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. More than 230 fires are burning in the Northwest Territories of Canada, scorching ...

"Unprecedented" wildfires closing in on the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories prompted citywide evacuations by land and sky Thursday, officials said. Officials instructed residents of the ...

YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories — Residents in the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories were ordered to evacuate Wednesday night as wildfires neared the city of 20,000 people. People in the ...

In Canada, the Minister of National Defense Bill Blair on Tuesday mobilized the Canadian Armed Forces to provide firefighting personnel, airlift resources, and logistical support to the Northwest ...