Live updates: The road home to Yellowknife
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People hoping to make the long drive back north to Yellowknife, Dettah, Ndilǫ and the Ingraham Trail Wednesday started the day with some good news: highways were open and weather looked good.
Roadblocks leading toward Yellowknife were cleared away around 11 a.m. Meanwhile, power was restored Monday in Fort Providence and gas is once again available for people driving north.
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1:38 p.m.: As Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN) welcomes members back to Dettah and Ndilǫ today, YKDFN incident commander Kieron Testart says public works staff and Yellowknife city contractors made sure houses have full water tanks, and the First Nation has a list of animals taken in by the SPCA so people can reunite with their pets when they return.
Testart said YKDFN has arranged for evacuated elders to fly home as a group on one chartered flight from Edmonton. Elders will be accompanied by YKDFN staff who will act as caregivers. The date and time of that flight's departure hadn't been set, as of this morning.
Chief Ernest Betsina of Dettah says YKDFN staff in the south are working to locate members and make sure everyone who needs to gets on a repatriation flight.
"I'm hoping that all the people got accounted for and everyone will come back to their homes safely," he said.
1:30 p.m.: Arriving by plane, returning residents describe feeling relief to be back in the capital.
"It was amazing landing back in the airport and seeing Yellowknife from the sky, an emotional experience for sure," said Rochelle Hildirman.
Lisa Balmer says she and her family were treated well in Alberta but that the evacuation was tough.
"It got old fast," she said.
Avery Balmer says it's good to be back but that Yellowknife "feels different now."
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