As summer fires raged in Canada, forcing tens of thousands from their homes and threatening cities such as Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, information was meagre on measures and responses from the authorities.

Source: https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/09/defriending-canada-natural-disasters-and-facebooks-information-scrub/

Avalon is also working to develop its Nechalacho rare earths and zirconium project located in the Northwest Territories.

Source: https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/AVALON-ADVANCED-MATERIALS-1409109/news/Avalon-Reaffirms-Commitment-to-Responsible-Critical-Minerals-Development-with-12th-Annual-Sustainabi-45611808/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20231220

Environment ministers from Saskatchewan, B.C., Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Northwest Territories attended the meeting.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-news/provinces-territories-agree-to-help-feds-in-30-by-30-goal-to-halt-land-water-loss-7055779

Fires continue to burn close to several communities in the Northwest Territories where evacuation orders remain in effect.

Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/at-least-50-buildings-burned-by-wildfire-in-west-kelowna-b-c-officials-say-1.6528036

Fortunately, the Northwest Territories was very accommodating and Hay River was very accommodating.

Source: https://www.nnsl.com/arts/cold-road-suspense-film-gets-warm-reception-at-yellowknife-film-festival/

Four firefighters have died this summer fighting wildfires in B.C., Alberta, and the Northwest Territories.

Source: https://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/national/federal-officials-to-provide-wildfire-update-amid-devastating-season/article_85615042-c50f-5a65-9871-7952a3b2581b.html

He acknowledged it’s not limited to just the PRRD – 20,000 people have been ordered to evacuate Yellowknife in the wake of 240 fires burning in the Northwest Territories.

Source: https://energeticcity.ca/2023/08/18/climate-change-fuelled-spring-wildfires-prrd-report/

Her own feelings about the wildfires in B.C., the Northwest Territories and around the world are a jumble.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/climate-anxiety-wildfires-teens-1.6944352?cmp=rss

In 2021, the Northwest Territories Teachers' Association signed an agreement with the territory to create a new type of leave for teachers sick with COVID-19.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-sick-leave-covid-government-court-1.6713946?cmp=rss

In the Northwest Territories alone, have already burned more than 21,000 square kilometers (8,100 square miles).

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/world-news/2023/08/residents-in-the-capital-of-canadas-northwest-territories-ordered-to-evacuate-as-wildfires-near/

NASA has released new photos taken from space showing what the wildfires in the Northwest Territories look like from up above.

Source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/here-s-what-wildfires-in-the-northwest-territories-look-like-from-outer-space-1.6522522

Nineteen students from across the Northwest Territories took to the floor of the N.W.T. Legislative Assembly this week to step into their MLA's shoes.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-youth-parliament-addictions-1.6818784?cmp=rss

Northwest Territories wildfire information officer Mike Westwick says there is a plan to fight the fires as they approach the city, saying, "this is a very serious situation."

Source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/n-w-t-officials-order-phased-evacuation-of-yellowknife-as-wildfire-approaches-city-1.6522623

Nunavut and the Northwest Territories host some of the world’s richest mineral deposits.

Source: https://investingnews.com/strategx-advances-energy-transition-metals-discovery-at-depth-extending-over-2km-at-nagvaak-and-appoints-vp-of-exploration/

On Saturday evening, officials from the Northwest Territories said that a variety of factors, including some light rain, had stalled the fire about 15 kilometers, just over nine miles, from Yellowknife’s city limits.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/19/world/canada/canada-wildfires-british-columbia-kelowna.html

People who have been affected by the wildfires in the Northwest Territories are being encouraged to register with the Canadian Red Cross.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-news/the-latest-news-on-the-wildfires-in-the-northwest-territories-7423575

Perhaps the spinoff benefits could come from targeting raw minerals, which are plentiful in the Northwest Territories.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/vulcan-county-oil-booms-middle-skilled-jobs-1.6788797?cmp=rss

Residents forced to flee wildfires in the Northwest Territories without their cats, dogs, rabbits and snakes will be reunited with their pets Monday, according to a non-profit that has been caring for animals since the evacuations.

Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/volunteers-working-to-reunite-n-w-t-wildfire-evacuees-with-pets-1.6528228

The larger Charles Camsell hospital in Edmonton served Indigenous people from Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories.

Source: https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/columnists/doug-cuthand-first-nations-right-to-health-care-is-being-compromised

What I can do is work on the wait list that we do have throughout the Northwest Territories and the significant need for housing across the North.”

Source: https://theturtleislandnews.com/index.php/2023/02/09/pressure-mounts-for-action-on-unfit-housing-in-the-n-w-t/