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Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, is an isolated mining town built on gold and now sustained by diamonds—an outpost of civilization surrounded by a vast, austere landscape ...
The winter road from Fort McMurray ... and the administrative center of the Northwest Territories until 1967. The town is a mix of mostly Chipewyan, Métis, and nonaboriginal people.
Last winter the Salvation Army in the city was regularly at twice its capacity, with people sleeping on mats in hallways.
We had nothing." He is one of more than 6,500 people who have been ordered to evacuate in parts of the Northwest Territories due to 236 active wildfires in the region. On Tuesday, the government ...