YELLOWKNIFE — Thousands of vehicles are expected to travel to Yellowknife in the coming days as a three-week evacuation order is set to lift at noon today.
Territorial officials have said the migration home will go forward unless there are significant changes to fire and highway conditions.
Kelsey Worth packed up her children, two cats and dog and drove to Alberta — first to Calgary, then High River, before finally settling in the small southern hamlet of Cayley.Worth says she doesn’t have to be back at work until Monday so they will wait an extra day to head back so as not to clog up the highway with more traffic.Government officials have said they are making plans to keep the highway safe for those returning. They are also ensuring there are places for people to get fuel.
The territory's Emergency Management Organization has said more than 2,000 people have registered for re-entry flights. Some flights are expected to land in Yellowknife Wednesday. “It’s been very tough days, long days — and not just for people on the ground, but evacuees who have been separated from their homes and families and friends," said Kieron Testart, who works with Yellowknives Dene First Nation emergency operations.
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