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Manitoba wildfire officials are preparing for what could be one of their busiest wildfire seasons to date.

An evacuation order has been lifted for Yellowknife three weeks after a nearby wildfire forced the city's 20,000 residents out of their homes.

Most essential workers will return on Sept. 4 and 5, and the general public will be able to return home at noon on Sept. 6.

Wildfires in in B.C. and the N.W.T. are forcing evacuations. Many Manitobans are feeling the effects, even those far from the flames.

While officials outlined the five-step plan they have for having residents return to their communities, they stressed people should not return until they are told to do so.

The premier of the Northwest Territories says she's angry the wildfire-ravaged region doesn't have the same services as the south and called on Canadians to pressure Ottawa to act.

Evacuees in Calgary are spread out over nearly 40 hotels that have offered up space for those fleeing the wildfires in the Northwest Territories.

Five aircraft are being deployed by the Canadian Forces to assist with wildfire evacuation efforts in the Northwest Territories, Global News has learned.

A special air quality statement in Winnipeg this week has left one organization cancelling outdoor activities, with smoke travelling from the Northwest Territories to the province.

The BC Wildfire Service says it employs about 1,600 seasonal personnel each year, and about a third are post-secondary students working during their summer vacation.

The blaze in Leaf Rapids, Man., has been out of control for over two weeks and is more than 10,500 hectares in size, according to the province’s fire map.

With a wildfire inching closer to their community, an evacuation order has been issued in Leaf Rapids.

More than a dozen wildfires are currently burning in Manitoba, with three considered out of control, the province's wildfire service says.

The province says thunderstorms making their way through Manitoba could result in an increase in wildfires, because of lightning strikes.

The plan aims to raise $500 million by 2030 to conserve more than 5,000 square kilometres — about six times the size of Calgary — in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Some residents of Pimicikamak Cree Nation are returning home after a raging wildfire prompted an evacuation order Wednesday night.

Chief and council of Pimicikamak Cree Nation declared a state of emergency overnight as residents are threatened by a 1,200-hectare blaze.

U.S. National Weather Service offices across the U.S. interior began issuing alerts Friday and continued to advise residents about lingering smoke through the weekend.

With more than 170 blazes across different provinces, Canada’s wildfire season is off to a blistering start. How is the country responding?

The mayor of Yellowhead County is calling on Alberta political parties to postpone the provincial election and focus on the wildfires.