The capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories, meanwhile, was transformed into a virtual ghost town after nearly all the residents of the city of just over 20,000 fled another wildfire, among hundreds of fires in western Canada.
Firefighters in Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories, feared the fire could reach the city this weekend without rain. The forecast called for sunny skies across the province on Saturday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who met Friday with some of the Yellowknife evacuees in Edmonton, shared on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, on Saturday that, “We’ve got your back.”
Canada’s Heritage Minister, meanwhile, urged Meta to lift its ban on users sharing local news on its Facebook and Instagram social media platforms to facilitate the flow of information to residents in fire-imperiled areas. Pascale St. Onge described Meta’s policy, instituted in response to a new law requiring Meta to pay news providers, as “reckless.”
The fires were unnerving for residents in British Columbia, with plumes of smoke by day and an eerie orange glow at night.
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