at this time, we are strongly recommending that people with plans to travel to fire affected areas throughout the central interior and southeast in the coming day to cancel those plans. we need tourists and travellers to take this situation as seriously as the residents of these areas do. further north, the town of yellowknife has been evacuated. 20,000 people leaving injust two days, a huge effort, and some spoke of the devastation they had driven through to escape. when we are driving, most of the highway side is burned down so that all the trees are black. i think it s the internet lines, orfibre line, the poles are down, and we still see smokes coming out. with more gusty winds forecast, towns across the region are still under threat. in a country well prepared for dealing with forest fires, resources are stretched to the limit. specialist firefighters from overseas are arriving