Hundreds of vehicles began streaming out of the NWT's capital after residents in Yellowknife, Ndılǫ and Dettah were told to leave by noon on Friday.

A Hay River shelter dog is on her way to becoming a movie star. So far, Lexi has acted in four Hallmark movies and two episodes of Supernatural.

A rainbow appeared over Yellowknife. Virtually everyone left in the city took it as a sign from the gods – and sent us a photo.

The Yellowknife Women's Society chartered its own plane to get people out of harm's way as evacuation flights out of the city failed to meet demand on Thursday.

Read Thursday's updates as 20,000 people leave the NWT's capital, Yellowknife, following an evacuation order in the face of an oncoming wildfire.

Here's what we know about resources for NWT residents continuing to evacuate by air and road.

A mercy flight taking Yellowknife hospital patients to safety was cancelled, leaving nurses unsure how they'll safely leave in the face of an oncoming wildfire.

This is an important read: Everything you need to know about how we're going to continue covering the NWT wildfires and help evacuees over the weeks ahead.

The two highways connecting the NWT to BC and Alberta closed on Friday because of wildfires. Video showed flames being driven across one highway by the wind.

Two men reported missing after failing to come home on time from a Great Slave Lake fishing trip are back in Yellowknife after being rescued on Saturday night.

These Yellowknifers created extraordinary meals from anything left in stores and gardens to feed firefighters defending the evacuated city. Here's their story.

The NWT government believes more than 19,000 people have successfully fled Yellowknife and the surrounding area as a wildfire draws closer.

One of Canada's most toxic sites is a former gold mine right next to Yellowknife. With a wildfire on the way, we asked about safety concerns.

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh outlined his party's northern priorities to Cabin Radio. Housing is number one. Also on the list: internet, food, climate, addictions.

A wildfire south of Hay River has been blown within 10 kilometres of the town but did not close any further on Wednesday, despite forecasts of a worse outcome.

A fire west of Yellowknife is now 16 km from the city having moved four kilometres closer on Tuesday. "Meaningful progression east" is expected on Wednesday.

Cabin Radio has been shortlisted twice at the Canadian Association of Journalists' national awards, including for daily excellence in its wildfire reporting.

The author of a comprehensive study of the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire sees "echoes" in Yellowknife. He's worried. Here's the full interview.

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With a wildfire threatening Yellowknife, Alberta residents drove trailers for 18 hours to get horses safely out of danger. Here's their story.

The Northwest Territories is closing its borders to most people from Saturday, the territorial government announced in a news release late on Friday evening.

Multiple evacuees from wildfires in the NWT found themselves locked down at the massive West Edmonton Mall amid reports of gunfire.

This page carried daily updates on major Northwest Territories wildfires throughout the summer of 2023. It is no longer being updated.

A wildfire threatening Kakisa has triggered an evacuation order, plunging the NWT further into a fire-driven crisis of extraordinary scale.

As it happened: our coverage as the NWT declared a state of emergency and some areas of Yellowknife were issued an evacuation alert.

Internet and phone service is back in Hay River, Fort Smith, Enterprise and Fort Resolution after Northwestel repaired fibre-line damage caused by wildfires.

Taking a break from helping to build wildfire defences, our general manager filmed a lap of Yellowknife's empty streets.

As if you're not already going to click on this headline, this article also involves snakes on a plane.

Search and rescue technicians have dropped from a Hercules aircraft to reach the passengers of a downed Air Tindi flight 300 km northeast of Yellowknife.

Read Friday's minute-by-minute updates from a critical 24 hours in the NWT's race to evacuate Yellowknife before a wildfire could reach the city.

RCMP in Yellowknife have told non-essential civilian staff and the families of members that they should "pre-emptively evacuate" on Wednesday morning.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and the Green Party of Canada are urging Ottawa to provide financial assistance to NWT residents who fled wildfires.

Anyone living along a large stretch of Highway 3 right up to the edge of Yellowknife is now being told to evacuate.

"The need is very big." Edmonton's Pakistani community is at the heart of a food drive providing hundreds of meals to NWT evacuees each day.

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.

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.

We now have more images of the sheer devastation in Enterprise, through which wildfire SS052 burned on Sunday.

NWT Fire says the wildfire that prompted an evacuation order for Yellowknife, Ndılǫ, and Dettah is not expected to move "much closer" to the city on Thursday.

Stephen Richardson, of Yellowknife’s École St Joseph School, was named Canada's MusiCounts Teacher of the Year at the Juno Awards.

Search and rescue technicians have dropped from a Hercules aircraft to reach the passengers of a downed Air Tindi flight 300 km northeast of Yellowknife.

Many people have stepped up as the NWT faces a wildfire crisis. Here's a collection of words of praise from NWT residents.

From the moment residents began evacuating Yellowknife, they've been sharing pictures of the trip with us. Here's how it looks.

People carrying signs and Palestinian flags gathered outside Yellowknife City Hall then marched downtown to demand a ceasefire in Gaza.

Air Tindi's boss said those on the plane that came down last week were "very lucky" as new details emerged, including video of rescuers jumping from a Hercules.

Photos are beginning to emerge of gutted buildings in Enterprise, NWT, which appeared to sustain a direct hit from a wildfire on Sunday.

Chris Hadfield shared first place in Yellowknife's 2020 snow carving contest – though he probably doesn't know it yet. See all six finished sculptures.

The NWT's finance minister says more financial supports are coming for evacuees who organized their own travel, accommodation or both.

So many Northwest Territories pets now call Edmonton home that the city has built a dog park purely for evacuee animals.

At a snow sculpting championship in Minnesota, an NWT team carved caribou leaping through a river as a means of symbolizing last year's environmental drama.

You've heard about the shelter-in-community plan for Yellowknife. Here are some of the key details if any part of the city ends up under an evacuation order.

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.

A year after saying no, Canada's radio regulator said it will hold a fresh process to re-examine Cabin Radio's bid for an FM licence to serve Yellowknife.

A Yellowknife-based organization that supports unhoused youth evacuated to an oil and gas work camp in Alberta. Life there is "opening our eyes," staff said.

As it happened: Yellowknife's 20,000-plus residents were ordered to leave by Friday at noon, with some told to go almost immediately.

The biggest rescue operation in NWT history continued into the night as airlifts plucked stranded residents from Hay River and Fort Smith with wildfires nearby.

Yellowknife residents can return to the evacuated city from the afternoon of Wednesday, September 6, the city announced – conditions permitting.

The City of Yellowknife has issued an evacuation alert for Kam Lake, Grace Lake and the Engle Business District.

Monfwi MLA Jane Weyallon Armstrong wants to change territorial legislation so Indigenous governments must be consulted during emergencies.

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.

Risk to Yellowknife from a wildfire west of the city is increasing, NWT Fire said, but the fire is not expected to reach the city in the coming days.

Communications are still disrupted across the NWT and highways are still closed. Fort Liard remains on evacuation notice. Get the latest on the situation.

Hay River residents have been ordered to evacuate after a wildfire jumped the river from the Kátł’odeeche First Nation late on Sunday evening.

Fort Smith, like other communities, told residents to expect a weeks-long wait to be home. Fire activity could grow significantly on Sunday, an official said.

Read Friday's updates as a wildfire moved toward Hay River from the west, hours after all personnel except firefighters were airlifted to safety.

Indigenous leaders are worried for people "falling through the cracks" in an evacuation that they say took place without their involvement.

After decades amplifying Indigenous voices in the North, Yellowknife's Gail Cyr becomes a Member of the Order of Canada.

If an evacuation order falls in a cut-off forest, does anyone hear it? Kakisa residents were told to leave, but it's not clear if or when they actually knew.

His name is Shëth la Mod Kodakin-Gahdële, part of which means "top of the mountain," and he's bringing joy to his Tulita and Łútsël K'é family.

The Canadian Armed Forces have increasingly played a role in the NWT's wildfire crisis. Here are photos from the operation throughout the week.

The NWT government says it is placing the reopening of Yellowknife on hold because of wildfire risk along the territory's highways in the coming days.

Our reporter spent weeks struggling to write about the mental health effects of this wildfire season – till she realized all the effects were happening to her.

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.

United Way NWT, which has received more than $715K for northern evacuees since May, hopes more territorial organizations reach out for funds.

NWT Fire says a wildfire burning to the west of Yellowknife did not move closer to the city over Tuesday night but winds could push it up to five kilometres east on Wednesday.

Multiple vehicles have gone through the ice near Yellowknife Bay's Mosher Island. Diver Jeremy MacDonald says people need to know the spring melt is here early.

"We will get through this." The senior administrator of Enterprise says around 80 percent of structures in the hamlet have been levelled by a wildfire.

Want to see how Yellowknife's fire breaks, sprinkler systems and water cannon lines are looking, and meet the people doing the work? Take a look.

Police in Yellowknife say a six-year-old reported missing on Monday afternoon has been located and is safe.

Everyone involved in a Twin Otter accident on remote NWT tundra is safe. Passengers and crew were brought to a nearby diamond mine then taken to Yellowknife.