Adam Yeadon, 25, was killed while working the perimeter of a forest fire near his community of Fort Liard, N.W.T., on July 15, 2023. The coroner’s office has not released its report into the incident but on Wednesday it issued nine recommendations that had emerged from that investigation. ECC’s internal report also shows the territory was already adding more training to assess dangerous trees before Yeadon was killed. Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jay Macdonald told CBC News on Wednesday his department was considering the recommendations from the territory’s coroner service. CBC News has asked the coroner’s office for an interview about the recommendations, but did not hear back by publication time.
