As evacuees from the Northwest Territories setting into Calgary, Yellowknife’s most vulnerable population are having to navigate the city’s social services network. As Meghan Cobb reports, local shelters are finding space for evacuees unable to stay in a hotel. | Global Calgary

The entire city of Yellowknife, capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories, is evacuating the entire town by Friday, population around 20k. Unprecedented acreage burned in Canadian wildfires this season - burning more than the size of the state of New York if you combine all the fire acreage burned! @samwnek @maxgolembo #wildfire #fire #canada #northwestterritories #yellowknife #canadafires | Ginger Zee