Should be an alarm bell’: Calls for action after fatal fires on First Nations – CBC

Feb 13, 2022

People living on reserves 10 times more likely to die in fires: Statistics Canada

Monias Fiddler says time is moving slowly for the Sandy Lake First Nation as the community feels the immense weight from the loss of three children in a house fire last month.

Grant Meekis, 9; Remi Meekis, 6; and Wilfred Fiddler, 4, died when their home was engulfed in flames on the Oji-Cree First Nation in northern Ontario. Their parents and three other siblings survived the blaze.

“I was able to function and do the work that I need to do, but it still weighs heavy on everybody. Everybody is carrying that burden,” said Fiddler, who is Sandy Lake’s executive director and is not directly related to the children.

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