Donna Carreiro

CBC Radio Current Affairs Producer

Donna Carreiro is an internationally award-winning producer and journalist who has worked for more than 30 years with CBC Manitoba. Prior to that, she was a print journalist for a daily newspaper and local magazines. She is drawn to stories of social justice (or injustice) that give a voice to those who most need one. She can be reached at [email protected].

Latest from Donna Carreiro

Sixties Scoop survivors want to know why province is sending long-lost brother's mail to childhood home

The siblings of a Métis man who has been missing for decades want to know why the Manitoba government keeps sending him a verification of address request, mailed to the very home the province seized him from more than 45 years ago during the Sixties Scoop.

Loved ones still waiting for task force to investigate MMIWG cases

The federal government has not created a national task force that would investigate all unresolved cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls — despite the fact that was a key call for justice in the 2019 final report of the MMIWG inquiry.

Matriarchal powerhouses lead the fight for the rights of MMIWG

Long before Hilda Anderson-Pyrz was a nationally renowned advocate for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, she was Dawn Anderson’s big sister and even bigger cheerleader.

Stony Mountain inmate describes troubled cycle of relapse, crime after more than 3 years sober

Jason Walmsley’s cocaine-fuelled crime bender came to an end with a knock on the door, a half dozen police officers and a whole lot of guns pointed at him. It is the latest plot twist in his life story — one that he’s shared with CBC Manitoba since 2019.
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MMIWG inquiry co-commissioner surprised, frustrated with lack of action on report's calls for justice

Sen. Michèle Audette, the former co-commissioner of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry, talked with CBC about the findings of CBC's "Mother. Sister. Daughter." project, which looked at the progress on the inquiry's 231 calls for justice.

Report card: What progress have we made on the MMIWG inquiry's calls for justice?

In June 2019, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls made 231 calls for justice. Read CBC’s analysis of how many have been completed — and how many haven’t even been started.

Only 2 of the MMIWG inquiry's 231 calls for justice are complete. Here's why that matters

Four years after the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls made 231 calls for justice, most haven’t even been started yet. Here’s what Indigenous women affected by those failures say needs to change.

Former Winnipeg mayor Susan Thompson still hoping to see 2nd woman in the job, but prof says obstacles remain

Susan Thompson did not become Winnipeg's first female mayor because she wanted to break the glass ceiling at city hall — which is a good thing, because 30 years later, that still hasn't happened.

Change called for in Aboriginal Justice Inquiry 'not going to occur in my lifetime': Murray Sinclair

The former senator, who co-led an investigation into racism in the justice system, is now speaking out about events that shocked him, saddened him and worried him during the historic hearings.

Investigations into police-involved shootings not transparent enough, Murray Sinclair says

Former senator Murray Sinclair says Manitoba's Independent Investigation Unit is neither independent enough nor transparent enough to properly investigate police-involved shootings.