Counting the Little Blessings 

Counting the Little Blessings 

April 24, 2023 Terry Dokken started in the kitchen at St. Boniface Hospital before finding her calling as a Health Care Aide in the Palliative Care Unit. Her husband of 39 years, Tim, drove a bus with Winnipeg Transit.   “Mom was the glue of the family and Dad was the...
Love of Science Takes Flight

Love of Science Takes Flight

March 24, 2023 If handling pigs’ hearts and sheep’s brains grossed them out, the smiles on their faces did not let it show. Four students from the remote community of Brochet in Northern Manitoba were introduced to authentic, hands-on science experiences in Winnipeg...
Donors and Hospital Staff Pay It Forward

Donors and Hospital Staff Pay It Forward

Earl Barish, President, Salisbury House, with St. Boniface Hospital Foundation’s Kate Yacula (at left) and Lisa Thomson Stifora (at right). March 20, 2023  After a long shift, a Nip Platter really hits the spot.   St. Boniface Hospital staff and health-care...
Striking a Novel Path for Autism Research

Striking a Novel Path for Autism Research

In photo above: Dr. Henry Dunn, at far right, with Erik, Jackie, and Lloyd Dyck. March 1, 2023 Dr. Henry Dunn has devoted his career to understanding how neurons – the brain’s information messengers – communicate with one another and how this communication can become...
Donors fund new research role for women’s heart health

Donors fund new research role for women’s heart health

February 1, 2023  The warm community at St. Boniface Hospital more than offsets Winnipeg’s well-known cold weather for Dr. Inna Rabinovich-Nikitin.   “Six winters and not so bad,” joked Rabinovich-Nikitin, who officially assumed the responsibilities of the first-ever...