36K views · 154 reactions | 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 | Facebook

21K views · 318 reactions | If you missed the aurora borealis in Yellowknife this past weekend, you missed a great shot - but luckily, Geoffrey Rodriguez has you covered. Rodriguez, a local photographer in town, sent us this amazing timelapse of the lights over Yellowknife, taken from September 14 to 16. | CBC NWT | Facebook

Thanks to Geoffrey Rodriguez, who sent in this video of a stunning aurora display above the Yellowknife River. | CBC North

Magic in the skies! Check out the aurora borealis dancing near Yellowknife earlier this week. This amazing video was shot by Tony Kwong at Aurora Dream Tours. | CBC NWT