Its a lot: N.W.T. evacuees face long lines as they arrive to Calgary [Video]
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Its a lot: N.W.T. evacuees face long lines as they arrive to Calgary [Video]

Evacuees from Yellowknife continue to pour into Calgary with 26 flights arriving on Friday and more coming in after a long journey by car or truck.

The Calgary Emergency Management Agency continues to provide shelter and other supports, but it’s a long, difficult process for travelers.

By the time they reach Calgary, they’ve already been through days of fearful waiting.

Summer Lee Brideau-Dryneck and her partner arrived at the Yellowknife Airport at around 4 a.m. on Thursday.

“By around 2 or 3 o’clock [p.m.] they told half the people to go home and come back tomorrow,” said Brideau-Dryneck. “I’m like, ‘I spent all night staying up. No sleep.’”

Many others arrived in Calgary, exhausted and hungry.

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“Just waiting for the line to go,” said Izaak Wezin. He joined many others Friday, lined up for hours as they waited to register at the Calgary airport’s evacuation reception centre.

“They keep giving us snacks and food,” said Dennis Scott. “It …

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