Whitesand First Nation members in city after sudden evacuation

By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY — Whitesand First Nation’s Steve Gustafson didn’t have much time on Monday night to prepare for his trip to the city. “Earlier in the day I saw nothing but smoke, cloudy and everything until about 6 o’clock in the evening we seen a posting from chief and council about getting ready to evacuate,” Gustafson told Newswatch Tuesday morning. He said officials with the First Nation, near Armstrong, told members they would need ID, clothes and medicine. “And then all of a sudden, 10:30 in the evening, that’s when I se…