Life in lockdown: 2 families share stories from Bearskin Lake First Nation in Ontario – CBC
Playing hockey, drawing pictures, making thank you signs just some of coping strategies
Jan 13, 2022
A ball flies across the living room floor of the home, past the wood stove and under a couple of hockey sticks before coming to a stop at the base of the couch.
That’s one goal for dad Dominique Meekis.
His partner, Terrilyn Wemigwans, passes the ball to three-year-old Callie, who takes a whack at it. When the youngster misses, teetering off balance and tumbling to the ground, the whole family bursts out laughing.
Indoor makeshift hockey games, dance parties and games with balloons are just some of the ways the Meekis-Wemigwans family has tried to stay busy during the devastating COVID-19 outbreak in Bearskin Lake that’s in its third week in the First Nation in northwestern Ontario.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/lockdown-life-bearskin-lake-1.6312816
