Displaced residents of Enterprise say they're worried they won't be able to vote in a hamlet election in December. Territorial regulations say voters must live in the community for a consecutive 12 months leading up to the election but most residents lost their homes in last summer's wildfire.

The project was approved in July by the minister of Northern Affairs. The Back River Energy Centre will have a wind farm, solar array and battery storage that B2Gold says could reduce the gold mine's emissions by up to 50 per cent.

Residents want more information on how to stay safe after learning the 2023 wildfires around Yellowknife released arsenic.