The Latest Breaking News from Yellowknife

Yellowknife wildfire: traffic clogs road out of town as residents race to evacuate

More than 20,000 residents given until noon on Friday to leave home in face of advancing wildfire that could arrive by weekend

The Guardian - US · Aug 17, 2023

Canadian wildfires approach provincial capital as officials race to evacuate city

Officials fear fire could reach Yellowknife by weekend unless rains begin

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2023

Canada wildfires: Race to evacuate Canadian city as blazes approaches

Residents of Yellowknife have been given until noon Friday to leave as wildfire approaches

Evening Standard · Aug 17, 2023

Camilla says women fleeing abuse ‘have nothing to be ashamed of’ in refuge visit

The royal was visiting a YWCA transitional housing centre in Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories.

The Independent UK · May 20, 2022

Charles test drives Canadian Rangers’ snowmobile

The royal met members of the organisation in Yellowknife.

The Independent UK · May 19, 2022

Charter aircraft carrying Russian foreign nationals held at Canadian airport -transport minister

(In first sentence corrects to show that Yellowknife is in the Northwest Territories, not the Yukon territory)

Reuters · Mar 3, 2022