After three weeks of evacuation due to a nearby wildfire, the evacuation order for Yellowknife, a northern Canadian city with 20,000 residents, has been lifted.
Yellowknife Mayor Rebecca Alty posted on social media that she requested the order be lifted.A giant banner with"welcome home" was put up at the road entering Yellowknife to greet the thousands of vehicles that are expected to travel back to the city in the coming days.
Canning said she joined others by the sign to cheer on the first vehicles that drove into the community after the order was lifted. There was honking and waving as the drive-by celebration marked a step toward normal life.Canning knows the relief of returning home. She stayed in a camping trailer for 17 days in Fort Providence, southwest of Yellowknife. She was able to return over the weekend because her husband is an essential worker.
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