YELLOWKNIFE — Nearly all residents have left the capital of the Northwest Territories, where officials say the weather has helped slow the threat of an encroaching wildfire.
An evacuation order issued Wednesday for Yellowknife, a city of 20,000, had a deadline of Friday noon, and RCMP were going door to door urging people to leave.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited some evacuees in Edmonton and commended all for a"thoughtful, orderly evacuation." Emergency teams, crews working on the fire, utilities workers and the RCMP were among those remaining in the city. Meslage and a friend spent the better part of Friday driving people to the airport to get on evacuation flights.
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