NWT Wildfires Disrupt Phone, Internet Services as Evacuee Anxiety Mounts

Evacuees from Yellowknife, make their way along Highway 3, at the edge of a burned forest, Aug. 17, 2023. The Canadian Press/Bill Braden

Wildfires continued to disrupt communication services Thursday in the Northwest Territories while crews braced for a tough two days fighting the blaze threatening the capital city of Yellowknife.

Northwestel said in a morning statement that all telecommunications had been restored in the evacuated community of Kakisa and that every community had connectivity.