Articles by Jill Macyshon
- Metis travellers retracing historic route via dog sleds and horse-drawn carts
- 'New doors opened': Arctic greenhouses grow bright future for Nunavut's children
- 'Anything is possible': Nunavut greenhouses bring food, jobs to tundra
- Canadian firefighters in Australia to help tackle blazing bushfires in historic heat
- Big-hearted not-so-secret Santa steps in after local food bank stops hamper deliveries
- 'A lesson to be learned': Winnipeg woman sharing her Holocaust diaries
- Volunteer food bank that feeds thousands in Winnipeg at risk of shutting down
- Illustrated book teaches children about residential school tragedy
- Feds ending aid to First Nation members separated from their reserve since 2011 by flooding
- Winnipeg police warning against vigilante justice in booze thefts
Jill Macyshon
ContactJill Macyshon is the Winnipeg Bureau Chief for CTV NATIONAL NEWS, contributing coverage of significant events unfolding across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and the surrounding regions.
In this role, Macyshon has spent time on the streets of Winnipeg covering the city’s meth epidemic. She reported from Humboldt, Sask. in April 2018 following the Humboldt Broncos bus accident that killed 16 people. In 2013, Macyshon was part of CTV NATIONAL NEWS’ comprehensive reporting on the historic flooding in southern Alberta, travelling from Calgary to Medicine Hat to deliver reports from the hardest-hit community, High River, Alta. Macyshon also covered the long legal battle in Winnipeg against former junior hockey coach Graham James.
Macyshon has travelled to dozens of Indigenous communities across Canada, reporting on skyrocketing suicide statistics, health concerns, and poverty among Canada’s Indigenous Peoples. She was in the Northern Ontario community of Kashechewan when a contaminated water supply forced an evacuation. She has also travelled to remote communities across Northern Manitoba, where water and health issues are a constant challenge.
Macyshon began her career as a general assignment reporter at CKY-TV in Winnipeg, and joined CTV NATIONAL NEWS as Aboriginal Affairs Reporter in 2002.
She studied English and History at the University of Manitoba and journalism at Red River College. She speaks English.
Follow her on Twitter: @JillMacyshonCTV
