By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Wildfires in northern Alberta have led to the evacuation of two First Nations representing a combined population near 5,600 over the past two weeks. Members of the Little Red River Cree Nation, located 578 km northeast of Grande Prairie, who live in John D’or Prairie and Fox Lake were ordered to evacuate on July 20, with police officers going door-to-door and wrapping ribbons around the homes that have successfully been evacuated. Members who live in Garden River were ordered to evacuate on July 10. There are almost 5,200 members of Little Red River (LLRCN) who live on reserve. These evacuations were caused by the Semo Lake Complex, which consists of six wildfires, the largest of which is 96,181 hectares, burning out…
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