
Katrina Clarke
Reporter
Katrina Clarke was born in Winnipeg and raised in southern Ontario. She believes Manitoba instilled grit and resiliency in her from Day One by living the first months of her life in a frigid Prairie winter.
An avid reader, Katrina dreamed of becoming a detective like her literary heroes, Harriet the Spy and Nancy Drew. She once spent a summer investigating the goings-on in small-town Ontario, documenting her observations – specifically, the licence plates of passing cars – in a notebook. Sadly, she solved no mysteries or crimes.
Since then, Katrina’s grown-up journalism career has taken her from Toronto to Fredericton and back again (Hamilton), plus a few stints overseas. She joined the Free Press in 2022 and is proud to call Friendly Manitoba home once again.
Katrina strives to make Winnipeg and Manitoba a better place through investigative journalism that holds power to account, demands transparency from public officials and leads to progressive policy change.
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Recent articles of Katrina Clarke
Travellers have more than a few grievances to air when it comes to flight security procedures at Winnipeg's airport
6 minute read Preview Friday, Jan. 20, 2023Two airports reopen in Mazatlan area
3 minute read Preview Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023Apartment evacuated, man arrested after uttering threats
2 minute read Preview Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023City urged to boost street safety
4 minute read Preview Monday, Jan. 2, 2023Amid a toxic drug crisis, Winnipeg and Hamilton go in starkly different directions
25 minute read Preview Friday, Dec. 30, 2022Manitoba alone in not submitting overdose data to federal body
5 minute read Preview Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022Guillemard misled Manitobans on supervised drug sites, critics say
4 minute read Preview Monday, Dec. 12, 2022B.C. government injects truth into Manitoba official’s account of drug-site visit
5 minute read Preview Friday, Dec. 9, 2022Portage la Prairie woman kidnapped, suspect on the loose
5 minute read Preview Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022Furby Street shooting marks Winnipeg’s 47th homicide
2 minute read Preview Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022Top marks for Manitoba’s new approach to probing teacher misconduct
4 minute read Preview Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022Doctor discipline hearing highlights new public stance
5 minute read Preview Monday, Nov. 14, 2022Health-care privacy breach numbers ‘truly alarming’
5 minute read Preview Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022Committee speakers give voice to those locked in NDAs
5 minute read Preview Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022Manitoba mulls teacher-misconduct registry, college of educators
6 minute read Preview Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022Hundreds of teachers preyed on students across Canada, study finds
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022Dobson returns to council with St. James win
2 minute read Preview Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022Manitoba doctor discipline process takes ‘good baby step’
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022Political experts say there’s no clear frontrunner for mayor just days before election
4 minute read Preview Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022Winnipeg doctor loses licence for professional misconduct
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022Alberta lawyer faces Manitoba law society hearing
2 minute read Preview Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022A lawyer who hired a private investigator to follow a Manitoba judge is scheduled to appear before a Law Society of Manitoba hearing panel in February.