YELLOWKNIFE –
Smoke has pressured Yellowknife to cancel a celebration marking the return of residents to the town after a wildfires-prompted evacuation that lasted for weeks.
The Northwest Territories capital had deliberate a “Welcome House” gathering on Saturday at Somba Ok’e Civic Plaza, that includes stay music, bouncy castles and a shop-local contest.
However the metropolis posted a discover on its web site that as a consequence of poor air high quality, the celebration has been cancelled as a consequence of security issues, though the shop-local promotion was nonetheless on.
Setting and Local weather Change Canada issued a particular air-quality assertion on Saturday for Yellowknife, saying “smoke is inflicting or anticipated to trigger poor air high quality and decreased visibility.”
Everybody within the metropolis of roughly 20,000 was ordered to go away in mid-August as a consequence of a close-by wildfire, they usually have been solely allowed to return on Sept. 6 when the evacuation order was downgraded to an alert.
Yellowknife says on its web site there’s free entry to its fieldhouse observe and indoor playground till air high quality improves.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Sept. 23, 2023.