Evacuees from Yellowknife continue to pour into Calgary with 26 flights arriving on Friday and more coming in after a long journey by car or truck.
The Calgary Emergency Management Agency continues to provide shelter and other supports, but it’s a long, difficult process for travelers.Summer Lee Brideau-Dryneck and her partner arrived at the Yellowknife Airport at around 4 a.m. on Thursday.
“They keep giving us snacks and food,” said Dennis Scott. “It would be nice to get some hot food I guess. It would have been nice to have it planned out a little better, so we could have our rooms.” The city said it is working to ensure it’s helping as many people as possible, given the volume of evacuees and the extent of the response.It’s leaning on other Calgary organizations like the Salvation Army, who’s hosting 17 vulnerable evacuees from it’s Yellowknife facility at Calgary’s Centre of Hope.
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