Healing Manitoba’s Broken Hearts

Healing Manitoba’s Broken Hearts

Ab Freig, of Winnipeg, has a long history with Manitoba’s Cardiac Centre of Excellence at St. Boniface Hospital. October 27, 2025 Life has given Ab Freig, of Winnipeg, several reasons to be discouraged. But that’s just not who he is. Freig experienced a Code Blue –...
The Saint-like Compassion of St. B

The Saint-like Compassion of St. B

Joan and Gary Hutchinson have a 30-year connection to St. Boniface Hospital. September 16, 2025 Many people have said that St. Boniface Hospital offers a different level of care – more compassionate, caring, and kind. In Winnipeggers Gary and Joan Hutchinson’s...
Flying Close to the Edge

Flying Close to the Edge

Henry Suarez woke up at St. Boniface Hospital. He had made it to Winnipeg by air ambulance service, which was already a miracle. Dr. Jonathan Hong, a surgeon with Cardiac Sciences at the Hospital, was standing over his bed in pre-op. “You know how you can tell when...
Volunteering Her Story

Volunteering Her Story

As a longtime St. Boniface Hospital volunteer, Joan Lachance never thought she would experience cardiac care at the Hospital as a patient. However, fate had other plans. Lachance, 61, of Winnipeg, started volunteering at St. B more than 10 years ago, after her mother...
Tiny Beginnings, Strong Tomorrows

Tiny Beginnings, Strong Tomorrows

Fourteen years ago, Delka Roberts became a mom. Though, it wasn’t the beginning that she expected. Her day started with a routine fetal assessment at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre. By that afternoon, she was being transferred to St. Boniface Hospital because there...