Dene National Chief Gerald Antoine is calling on the federal government to honour its legal obligations under treaties 8 and 11 by providing sufficient funds directly to Dene First Nations, not through a third party, such as the GNWT.

Yellowknife Mayor Rebecca Alty has decried Great Slave Katrina NoklebySA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s comments to NNSL and is demanding she apologize.

Athletes in Inuvik didnSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™t let a cloud of smoke get in the way of their ballgame. The annual Inuvik Midnight Sun Tournament hit Peggy Curtis Field from Aug. 4 to 7, drawing 10 teams from across the Mackenzie and Beaufort Deltas. When the dust settled, the Tuk Whitecaps took the top prize, with the Amirco Barry Pickers in second and the Native Yankees in third. Awards were presented as follows:

Firefighters in Hay River are in for a rough night as winds pushed a fire past defences earlier today.

The situation in Hay River has taken a turn for the worse and anyone who is left in the town is being told to leave.

UPDATE: The GNWT now says the Community Government Hosting Evacuees Grant is not being expanded and that was given in error. A correction was issued shortly after 2 p.m. Aug. 27.

NWT evacuees are all over Alberta, and about 926 of them are at the G.H. Dawe Community Centre and surrounding hotels in Red Deer.

Hay River/Kakisa Wildfire SS052 has overwhelmed firefighting efforts and is now running parallel to the highway.

UPDATE:

People who have been kicked out of hotels in Calgary should phone 311 to be directed to a shelter, say AlbertaSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s provincial political leaders.