The N.W.T. government says it's working to ensure food and other key goods keep flowing to remote communities amid the ongoing wildfires and evacuations of key regional hubs.
Wildfires have triggered evacuation orders in the capital city of Yellowknife, as well as the communities of Ndilo, Dettah, Fort Smith, Enterprise, Hay River, Kátł'odeeche First Nation, Kakisa and Jean Marie River.
The N.W.T. Highways Map as of Aug. 20 shows the stretch of Highway 5 west of Fort Resolution being closed due to the wildfire threatening Hay River."We're working on that contingency plan right now." Air Tindi has largely suspended passenger flights to focus on evacuations for private businesses, getting supplies to frontline workers staying in the territory, standing by in case fire crews need to be urgently moved out, and delivering food to fly-in communities north of Yellowknife, Reynolds said."When Yellowknife's shut down, you're definitely checking the stock of the grocery store. So the regular [supply] flights have been happening.
About 15 Air Tindi workers remain based in Yellowknife — "definitely a skeleton crew," Reynolds said.Buffalo Airways is also working to keep food going to communities and mines, said Sandy MacPherson, the airline's manager of business development.
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