Katherine Dornian
Digital Broadcast Journalist
Katherine Dornian is a Digital Broadcast Journalist with Global News Winnipeg.
Katherine has been working in the media industry for approximately one year. Katherine obtained her master’s degree in journalism from the University of British Columbia. During her studies, she interned at CBC Vancouver in radio and at The Georgia Straight in print. After graduating, Katherine worked for a communications company before getting her first TV job in Dawson Creek, BC in 2022. While in Dawson Creek, Katherine gained experience reporting, producing, and anchoring. She then moved to Winnipeg to take on her current role at Global News.
In her spare time, Katherine enjoys outdoor activities like hiking and skiing, but also enjoys relaxing at home with a good book or playing Dungeons and Dragons.
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Video Archives
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Manitoba wildfires: Firefighters making process as over 17,000 forced to evacuate -
Byelections to test Liberal, NDP strongholds in Montreal, Winnipeg -
Return-to-office rules for public servants set to kick in. What to know -
Tina Fontaine: Winnipeg honours life, legacy for 10-year anniversary of death -
Marking 10 years since Tina Fontaine’s death -
Gen Z’s debt load is surging. Here’s why, and how they can manage it -
81-year-old breaks weightlifting records: ‘I’m not going to give it up’ -
“A tragic day”: Manitoba RCMP arrest man in deaths of 3 children, 2 women -
Winter making a grand entrance in Manitoba: Environment Canada -
Dream Factory: Founder of Winnipeg non-profit plans final act of giving in lieu of terminal battle -
Winnipeg shooting: At least 3 dead, 2 critically injured downtown
Author Archives
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Winnipeg seniors relive childhood memories through ‘summer camp’A Winnipeg seniors residence is holding two days of classic summer camp activities, including games, arts and crafts, and even s'mores around a campfire.CanadaAug 18
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‘It’s a lot’: Pukatawagan evacuee describes experience as evacuation nears 3 monthsJumpsey Mercer has lived in Pukatawagan, also known as Mathias Colomb Cree Nation, for 30 years. The community was evacuated due to an approaching wildfire at the end of May.CanadaAug 12
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Winnipeg seniors fold 1,000 origami cranes as a message of peaceResidents at Misericordia Terrace were inspired by the story of Sadako Sasaki, who set out to fold 1,000 paper cranes before dying of leukemia in 1955.CanadaJul 17
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Winnipeg man pays for back surgery in Mexico to avoid long wait times at homeSimpson was facing at least a five-month wait to receive an MRI, and potentially up to a year for surgery to fix his intense nerve pain.HealthJul 9
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“I actually freaked out”: Tenants raise alarm over building’s mouse infestationDozens of mouse sightings have been reported by tenants at Kenbur Gardens on St. Anne’s Road. Some tenants say the building's owner, Edison Properties, was too slow to respond.HealthJul 7
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Mounties, experts urge Manitobans to be safe this Canada Day weekendLong weekends come with an increase in impaired driving, according to MADD Canada. Vacationers are asked to be extra careful and make a plan to get home in advance.CanadaJun 27
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Manitoba wildfire impacts on First Nations prompt calls for environmental justiceExperts say Indigenous peoples often bear the brunt of climate change impacts, without being meaningfully involved in developing climate policies.CanadaJun 20
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’60s Scoop survivors demand action on 10th anniversary of provincial apologyTen years ago, Premier Greg Sellinger issued an apology in the legislature for Manitoba's role in the Sixties Scoop. But many survivors feel it didn’t go far enough.CanadaJun 18
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Active fire season expected to bring more smoky skies across ManitobaEastern Manitoba is under an air quality warning due to smoke from the nearby wildfires, and smoke from blazes in Saskatchewan is being blown over northern Manitoba.CanadaMay 27
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Winnipeg high school students cast a ballot in mock electionGordon Bell High School is one of many across Canada participating in Student Vote, a mock ballot to introduce them to the election process.PoliticsApr 25
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Winnipeg middle school students provide barricade art for Whiteout partiesThe concrete barricades which help direct traffic around the area were painted by Grade 9 art students from Hugh John MacDonald School.SportsApr 24
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Pope Francis made Catholic Church more welcoming, says Winnipeg Archbishop'He really was focused on us being a listening people, that we start by listening to those around us,' says Archbishop Murray Chatlain.WorldApr 21
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Family of Manitoba missing person say landfill searches bring up decades-old painHerbert Gross went missing on May 3rd, 1996, from his home at the Portage Village Inn. It was only years later that his daughter, Heather, learned what police had found there.CrimeApr 15
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‘She deserves justice’: Tanya Nepinak’s aunt pushes for expanded search of Brady LandfillNepinak is believed to have been murdered in 2012 and her remains taken to Brady Road landfill. Her aunt wants a promised search for Ashlee Shingoose to be expanded.CanadaApr 14
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Winnipeg woman speaks out after harrowing knife attackPamela Bileski says she was attacked by a man with a meat cleaver after she confronted him about allegedly trying to solicit sex from her daughter.CrimeApr 11
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Close Tory-NDP race expected in Elmwood-Transcona in rematch of September byelectionTypically an NDP stronghold, the party managed to hold onto the seat in the by-election, but by a narrow margin over the Conservatives.CanadaApr 10
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Thefts at 3 Manitoba farms leave landowners, neighbours shakenRCMP say the suspects hit three properties within several hours on Sunday morning. Security footage appears to show some of the suspects were armed.CrimeApr 7
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Manitoba General Employees Union asks for independent arbitration to end CFS strikesThe union is asking the Manitoba Labour Board to step in, and says the layoffs at both agencies are impeding their right to strike.CanadaApr 3
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Family of Manitoba crash victim calls for stricter bail measures as election nearsKellie Verwey was killed in a crash by an allegedly impaired driver who had been released on bail after breaching his conditions multiple times.CrimeApr 2
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‘It’s unacceptable to do that to anybody’: AFN Chief renews call for inquiry into landfill responseThe Assembly of First Nations is renewing calls for an inquiry into the deaths of four Indigenous women.PoliticsMar 28
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Prairie Mountain Health pauses midwifery birth services for 6 monthsMidwives will still provide care before and after a baby is born, but the birth itself will be handled by doctors and nurses at hospitals.HealthMar 26
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Hudson’s Bay closures ‘leave a hole in our psyche’, retail expert saysThe Bay's anchor stores in malls will likely be too big for another retailer to move into, and could be subdivided into multiple stores.CanadaMar 24
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Manitoba hoping to capitalize on Canadians avoiding travel to U.S.According to one travel expert, Canadians are making a statement en masse by spending their travel dollars anywhere but the United States.PoliticsMar 13
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Winnipeg homelessness advocates say supports needed to keep people housedWinnipeg advocates says creating stable housing is more than just providing a place to live; long-term, wraparound services are needed to keep people off the streets.CanadaMar 11
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Winnipegger urges patients to advocate for themselves after mother’s delayed cancer diagnosisHer family says Zoe Leslie had been to the doctor repeatedly in the past several months, and was told her symptoms were nothing serious.HealthMar 10