Some Whitesand residents return home despite evacuation order

By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY — More than two dozen residents of Whitesand First Nation and the adjacent community of Armstrong returned to the area Wednesday evening “after concluding that insufficient resources were in place to protect the communities,” the First Nation told news media Thursday. “Chief and council recognize the seriousness of their concerns and continue to pray for their safe return,” Whitesand incident commander Devon Wanakamik said in a news conference at a Thunder Bay hotel where Whitesand evacuees are staying while gi…