James Smith Cree Nation Chief Wally Burns: “Where to begin? Or where to start? I’ve been thinking for the last few days, no words can emphasize the feelings that we are going through” “Today we found out the monarch that served Canada has passed.”

Chief Wally Burns of James Smith Cree Nation says Queen Elizabeth sent a letter to James Smith Cree Nation expressing her condolences before she passed.

“She’s not a victim, she’s a hero,” says Mark Arcand, the brother of Bonnie Burns — the caretaker of her home, who always put others first.

Bonnie, 48, was killed along with her 28-year-old son Gregory during the mass stabbing on Sunday in James Smith Cree Nation. Bonnie had 4 kids and was a foster parent of 2 others in her care, says her brother Mark Arcand.

#Breaking: RCMP say they've located the body of Damien Sanderson, one of the two murder suspects at large, in James Smith Cree Nation.

Myles Sanderson is still at large. They say he might be injured and seek medical attention. RCMP say they're still operating under the impression that Myles Sanderson is in Regina. They say it's unclear who the other person in the car was, who was reportedly seen with him.

Stuck in a hotel during a Christmas pandemic, Neskantaga residents wait for water crisis to end cbc.ca/news/politics/… Listen to 9-year-old Bee Moonias from Neskantaga First Nation: "Sometimes, I feel like we don't exist. Like, nobody knows that we don't have no clean water. Like, we're just ghosts and we're just put in a drawer, in a box and we're suffering in that box with no clean water."

New: Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller will announce today the Liberal government won't meet its commitment to lift all long-term drinking water advisories in First Nations by March 2021 cbc.ca/news/politics/… Although the Liberals will not meet their target, they are proposing $1.5B in new spending to finish the job, which would include money for repairs, operator training and ongoing maintenance.