By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SN newswatch.com THUNDER BAY \u2014 Whitesand Chief Lawrence Wanakamik says he\u2019s disappointed by the province\u2019s response to this month\u2019s dramatic flare-up in wildfires. \u201cWhitesand First Nation remains deeply disappointed by the province\u2019s response before, during, and after the July 13 wildfire evacuation,\u201d Wanakamik said this week in a news conference with other Indigenous leaders. His First Nation 220 kilometres north of Thunder Bay evacuated on July 13-14 as a forest fire raged nearby. He told Newswatch last week more than 470 members left their homes in the Whitesand reserve and neighbouring Armstrong, and many of them left hours before an evacuation order was issued. At Tuesday\u2019s news conference with Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek (Gull Bay) Chief Wilfred… <\/p>\n
By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SN newswatch.com THUNDER BAY \u2014 Whitesand Chief Lawrence Wanakamik says he\u2019s disappointed by the province\u2019s response to this month\u2019s dramatic flare-up in wildfires. \u201cWhitesand First Nation remains deeply disappointed by the province\u2019s response before, during, and after the July 13 wildfire evacuation,\u201d Wanakamik said this week in a news conference with other Indigenous leaders. His First Nation 220 kilometres north of Thunder Bay evacuated on July 13-14 as a forest fire raged nearby. He told Newswatch last week more than 470 members left their homes in the Whitesand reserve and neighbouring Armstrong, and many of them left hours before an evacuation order was issued. At Tuesday\u2019s news conference with Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek (Gull Bay) Chief Wilfred... <\/p>\n