[2] Köksal has worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation since 2001, and has been a member of the CBC News: Morning team since November 2005.
In 2013, she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Local Breaking News Reportage at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards, for her coverage of the murder of Mariam Makhniashvili.
[5][6][7] In October 2022, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service said no foreign actors had funded or supported the convoy protests.
[8] A 2023 research paper in The Journal of Intelligence, Conflict, and Warfare examines Russian involvement in the convoy protest, primarily the Russian-based propaganda activity indicating strategic support of the protest.
The abstract reads "Based on these findings, it is reasonable to infer that there was Russian involvement in the 2022 truck convoy, though the scope and impact remain to be determined."