Alyssa Meekis is the owner of Indigenous Sweets, a business she began building when she was a teenager. (Indigenous Sweets/Facebook)Meekis began planning a business as part of an entrepreneurship class, and was soon making cakes for neighbours in her community. And they were kind of surprised when they said it was from someone in the area that makes the cake." (Indigenous Sweets/Facebook)Deer Lake is a fly-in community, so sending cakes to neighbouring communities involved sending them by air. "For instance, you can have everything ready for a cake, but you never know if you're going to drop a cake," she said, laughing.

Source: CBC News April 12, 2021 22:52 UTC