#“It’s like going off to war”: This man is helping evacuate fire-plagued Yellowknife

Admin3 years ago015 mins

Heavy smoke from nearby wildfires fills the sky in Yellowknife on Tuesday, August 15, 2023. (Photograph by Angela Gzowski/The Canadian Press.) The north is burning. Since early spring, forest fires have raged across the Northwest Territories. But in the last week, the flames reached the territory’s biggest population centres. On Wednesday, Yellowknife residents were ordered…

#The Move: Burned out in B.C.

Admin4 years ago011 mins

“The Move: Burned out in B.C.” The buyer: Dana Kayal, a 54-year-old cookware entrepreneur The budget: $650,000 The backstory: In 2014, Dana moved with her three children—Jared, Ronel and Alexa—from Kelowna, B.C., to a rural property just a 15-minute drive outside of town. She hoped that the teens would benefit from more time spent outdoors….