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Cara McKenna

Cara is a storyteller and editor of Alberta Métis and Irish/settler descent. She has worked in newsrooms across the country, including the Globe and Mail, APTN National News and the Canadian Press. She is also the former editor of the Salish Sea Sentinel magazine. Along with editing at IndigiNews, Cara is currently working on completing her BFA in Creative Writing at UBC.

Cara McKenna's Latest Articles

A woman in a black beanie holds up a large pink sign with the names of four women taken by an alleged serial killer in Winnipeg

Indigenous advocates in ‘Vancouver’ say they would help search landfill for MMIW

By Cara McKenna ● News ● December 13, 2022 December 14, 2022

People came together for a vigil Sunday to remember four women lost to alleged serial killer in ‘Winnipeg’ — saying they are prepared to go to Prairie Green to do the job police won’t

Standing in front of 'justice for Jared' signs, a man and a woman address the media

RCMP may face charges in death of Wet’suwet’en man, advocates say reform is urgent

By Cara McKenna ● News ● December 2, 2022 December 2, 2022

The IIO says three officers may have committed offences after the shooting of Jared Lowndes and is filing a report to prosecutors

A woman stands at a podium with a sign in front of her that reads "Justice for Chris Amyotte"

After another beloved relative dies at the hands of police, calls for change amplify

By Cara McKenna & Anna McKenzie, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter ● News ● September 2, 2022 January 27, 2023

The family of Chris Amyotte, Leaping Frog Man, says the 42-year-old was distressed and seeking help when police shot him six times with a beanbag gun

Wet’suwet’en, Coast Salish leaders share solidarity in pipeline fights

By Cara McKenna ● News ● August 18, 2022 August 18, 2022

‘We could never move forward on our own, it must be all of us together,’ said Hereditary Chief Namoks during stop in ‘Vancouver’

A wooden grave marker, resembling a cross encircled with a Medicine Wheel, is visible in the foreground. Pope Francis sits in a wheelchair on a green field overlooking the graveyard.

In Maskwacis, Pope Francis apologizes to crowd of Indigenous survivors

By Cara McKenna ● News ● July 25, 2022 August 2, 2022

‘I humbly beg for forgiveness,’ the Catholic leader said on the first stop of ‘pilgrimage’ within Treaty Six territories

Little Wolf: New children’s book by Heiltsuk author tells urban Indigenous story

By Cara McKenna ● Vancouver Island ● May 13, 2021 July 12, 2022

Releasing the first of a series of three books, Teoni Spathelfer pulls from personal experience and dreams to write a series of stories that spans generations