Family Calls for Probe of Decision to Grant Parole to Man Convicted in Woman’s Death
Connie Kentner and First Nations leaders say the Parole Board of Canada failed victims after granting Brayden Bushby full parole.
- 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 Barbara Kentner wants probe of parole for Bushby
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. Kentner was walking on a street in Thunder Bay, Ont., with her sister in 2017 when Brayden Bushby tossed a trailer hitch at her, striking her in the abdomen. The First Nations woman from Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation died six months later. Bushby, now 27, pleaded guilty to aggra…
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.
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