CP NewsAlert: Yellowknife declares state of local emergency

By The Canadian Press on August 14, 2023.

Transportation authorities in the Northwest Territories say the highway out of a community near the Alberta boundary that's being evacuated due to wildfires has now closed. The Northwest Territories provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa on June 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

YELLOWKNIFE – The City of Yellowknife has declared a state of local emergency due to surrounding wildfires.

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Note to readers: This is a corrected story. A previous version said Jane Groenewegan and her friend drove to High River.

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