Roads are open and clear Wednesday morning as Yellowknifers head for home. It's been a quiet morning so far at the Big River Service Centre by Fort Providence, with just a few people trickling through at a time.
Morning dawns over the checkpoint outside Yellowknife Wednesday.
After that, the regular bi-weekly rotating schedule is back on with garbage the week of Oct. 9, organics the week of Oct. 16, and so on.Those on trucked water can expect regular service delivery as of Thursday, Sept. 7. Since tank water has been stagnant during the evacuation, the city is reminding residents that water may only be suitable for cooking or bathing.
Cars lined up at the check-point back into Yellowknife as of 10:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. At 11 a.m. the evacuation order lifted for Yellowknife, Dettah, Ndilǫ and the Ingraham Trail and the first cars began crossing into city limits.Amid Yellowknife's re-entry, Fort Smith is beginning to invite some critical personnel back into the community but reminds residents it's still not safe to come home.
Yellowknives Dene First Nation and the City of Yellowknife are providing pet crates and children's car seats for evacuees arriving Wednesday by plane. Taxi vouchers, volunteer drivers and shuttle buses will drive returning residents from the airport home.The territory's department of infrastructure provided a car count of vehicles passing through the Deh Cho Bridge.
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