Barbara Kentner

Barbara Kentner (August 21, 1982 – July 4, 2017) was an Indigenous woman from Wabigoon Lake First Nation who died in 2017, six months after being struck by a trailer hitch thrown at her by Brayden Bushby from a moving vehicle in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Thunder Bay connections

Barbara Kentner (August 21, 1982 – July 4, 2017) was an Anishinaabe woman from Wabigoon Lake First Nation who grew up in Thunder Bay. Born in Dryden, Ontario, she was the eldest of four sisters to truck driver father Roy Boucher and mother Mildred (née Maude) Kentner, and had four half-siblings; her father died in 2002 and her mother in 2004. She had a daughter, Serena Jane Kentner, and a sister Melissa, who was with her on McKenzie Street in Thunder Bay on January 29, 2017, when she was struck by a trailer hitch thrown by Brayden Bushby. Kentner died on July 4, 2017, at St. Joseph's Hospice in Thunder Bay.

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In Anishinabek News

• Home community: Wabigoon Lake Ojibway First Nation
• September 2020: On January 29, 2017, she was struck in the lower abdomen by a trailer hitch thrown from a moving vehicle while walking in a Thunder Bay residential neighbourhood. She underwent surgery and extensive medical care but died from her injuries on July 4, 2017. Her death led to a second-degree murder charge against Brayden Bushby that was later downgraded to manslaughter and aggravated assault.
• December 2020: In January 2017, she was struck in the lower abdomen by a trailer hitch thrown from a moving vehicle while walking in a residential neighbourhood. She died on July 4, 2017, after failing to recover from her injuries despite surgery and medical care. Her death resulted in the manslaughter conviction of Brayden Bushby.
• July 2022: She died five months after being struck by a metal trailer hitch thrown from a moving vehicle in Thunder Bay. Jody Porter reported on the trial of the young man who struck her. The article refers to this person as deceased (no date of death is given).
• August 2026: She died following a violent assault in Thunder Bay in 2017 when she was 34 years old. Her death led to the manslaughter conviction of Brayden Bushby. She is remembered by the Anishinabek Nation as a mother, sister, and friend whose life was taken by a racially motivated act of violence.