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 ...

YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories (AP) — Residents in the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories rushed to beat a noon Friday deadline to evacuate their homes as one of hundreds of wildfires ...

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(CNN) — Thousands of residents are rushing to evacuate the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as more than 200 fires burn, leaving many to face dangerous road conditions or stand in line for ...

YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories (AP) -- Thousands of residents fled the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories ahead of an approaching wildfire Thursday, some driving hundreds of miles to safety ...

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Residents heeded warnings to evacuate the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as a large wildfire burned just outside the city of 20,000 Friday, while ...

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 ...