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The Northwest Territories extended the state of emergency this week, but has announced Yellowknife residents will begin to be permitted to return home next week. Wildfires continue to burn in proximity to Yellowknife. How have evacuees from Yellowknife and elsewhere in the NWT been faring away from their homes and their work/careers? Many have lost salaries and worry about jobs being available on return.
Guest: Donna-Lynn Baskin who with her daughter drove from Yellowknife to Calgary two weeks ago and through the night-time flames encroaching on the one highway linking the NWT southward.
Kelsey from Hay River, a call-in guest awaiting word on when she can return to her community.
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By Global News / Curiouscast4.5
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The Northwest Territories extended the state of emergency this week, but has announced Yellowknife residents will begin to be permitted to return home next week. Wildfires continue to burn in proximity to Yellowknife. How have evacuees from Yellowknife and elsewhere in the NWT been faring away from their homes and their work/careers? Many have lost salaries and worry about jobs being available on return.
Guest: Donna-Lynn Baskin who with her daughter drove from Yellowknife to Calgary two weeks ago and through the night-time flames encroaching on the one highway linking the NWT southward.
Kelsey from Hay River, a call-in guest awaiting word on when she can return to her community.
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