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Hundreds of community members have safely evacuated from Liidlii Kue First Nation, Fort Simpson and Wrigley since evacuation orders were issued Sunday night and Monday morning. A shelter in place order was issued Monday evening for those who remain behind in Liidlii Kue First Nation / Fort Simpson including emergency personnel as wildfire FS016 has expanded and FS014 has impacted Hwy 1.

The Yellowknife Fire Division says they responded to a structure fire at a residential building on 47th Street in the early hours of Sunday, June 28.

Due to ongoing hot and dry conditions, the City of Yellowknife has implemented a fire ban, effective today, June 29 at 12:00 pm.

At 10:50 am an evacuation order was issued for the community of Wrigley due to wildfire encroaching on the community. 

NWT Fire has released a new update on wildfire FS016 that caused the evacuation of Fort Simpson.

The City of Yellowknife is inviting everybody to put on their red and white and join in for the Canada Day celebrations being held at Somba K'e Park this Wednesday.

With an evacuation order issued for Liidlii Kue / Fort Simpson, the local Health Centre has shifted to emergency on-call services only. Health and Social Services staff are on site at the Multiplex in Yellowknife as well as through the primary care health services in the city. Mail service has also temporarily paused for the community.

With Canada co-hosting the FIFA games and as buzz picks up speed with Sunday's big win as the month of July begins, the Yellowknife Rotary Club is celebrating their July 1 parade in a unique way with soccer. The parade will also see the return of its latest traditions bringing out bike aficionados on bedazzling bikes and the “Canada Day mile.”

Evacuees from the Liidlii Kue (Fort Simpson) are heading to Yellowknife after a wildfire spotted close to the airport Friday spread. An evacuation order was issued Sunday night. An evacuation order was issued Sunday night. In a message on Sunday, Yellowknife city officials said the Multiplex has been activated as a reception and lodging centre for evacuees and will be closed to the public until further notice.