Family Calls for Probe of Decision to Grant Parole to Man Convicted in Woman’s Death
Barbara Kentner’s family and First Nations leaders want answers after the Parole Board of Canada granted full parole to Brayden Bushby.
- On Monday, August 31, 2026, the family of the late Barbara Kentner demanded that the Parole Board of Canada explain why it granted full parole to Brayden Bushby without first consulting them.
- In 2017, Bushby threw a trailer hitch from a moving vehicle at Kentner in Thunder Bay, Ont., striking the Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation member in the abdomen. She died six months later.
- Bushby, now 25, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault but was convicted of manslaughter in 2021, receiving an eight-year prison sentence for what the presiding judge described as a callous, misogynist attack.
- Marching in Ottawa on Monday, Connie Kentner, sister of the victim, protested the decision and called for systemic changes to ensure those who attack Indigenous women are punished to the full extent of the law.
- The family's push for transparency and systemic reform aims to prevent similar outcomes, ensuring the justice system accounts for the perspectives of families affected by violence against Indigenous women.
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Family of woman killed in Thunder Bay asking for answers after man convicted in her death granted parole
Family and supporters of the family of Barbara Kentner marched Monday to the Parole Board of Canada's office in Ottawa, asking for answers as to why her killer is walking free on full parole.
Family of woman in Thunder Bay trailer-hitch death, First Nation leaders in Ottawa to protest man's parole
First Nation leaders are seeking accountability following the full parole of Brayden Bushby, who was found guilty in the manslaughter of Barbara Kentner of Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation. Members of Kentner's family were among those marching in Ottawa on Monday. The 34-year-old died after she was struck by a trailer hitch thrown from a moving vehicle in Thunder Bay in 2017.
The Toronto Star
Family calls for probe of decision to grant parole to man convicted in woman’s death
OTTAWA - Family members of the late Barbara Kentner are demanding that the Parole Board of Canada explain why it granted her attacker full parole without first meeting with them.
Winnipeg Free Press
Family calls for probe of decision to grant parole to man convicted in woman's death
OTTAWA - Family members of the late Barbara Kentner are demanding that the Parole Board of Canada explain why it granted her attacker full parole without first meeting with them.
Justice for Barbara Kentner: First Nations Leadership Demand Federal Accountability and Action
(Ottawa, Ont – August 31, 2026) Today, Barbara Kentner's family and First Nations Leadership are standing together in Ottawa to demand accountability and systemic change following the decision to grant full parole to Brayden Bushby, who was convicted of manslaughter in Barbara's death. Barbara's family and community have carried the impacts of her death for The post Justice for Barbara Kentner: First Nations Leadership Demand Federal Accountabil…
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