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
