Baby’s Best Chance

Baby’s Best Chance

Expecting her first child at 46 years old, Titilayo Olanlege faced a challenging pregnancy, with potentially dangerous complications. Her dream of motherhood started to look like a lonely, uphill battle. The Winnipeg woman was never truly alone, however – not with the...
Go with the flow

Go with the flow

Looking at the brushwork and bright colours in Ludolf Grollé’s new “flow series” of seven paintings, you might be seeing one man’s experience of having a heart attack and his subsequent recovery. It’s really all up to you, said Grollé, who is a European-born,...
Life in the palm of your hands

Life in the palm of your hands

Photo: Charmaine Mallari Photography Michelle and Gilbert (Gil) De Jesus are silver-lining people. They’re quick to smile and their optimism is contagious. But they haven’t had it easy. The last two years have been filled with incredible challenges for the couple –...
Storybook ending

Storybook ending

December 10, 2019 There’s no place like home. When twins Emma and Frederick were born at only 26 weeks at St. Boniface Hospital, their parents, Janelle and Brant Batters, didn’t know if the micro-preemies would even make it. They weighed about two pounds each. “Our...
Now and then

Now and then

For her 10th birthday, Brianna Matkowski’s mother surprised her with a trip to visit St. Boniface Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), where Brianna had been a newborn patient. Brianna and her mom, Andrée, came to the Hospital from the northern Manitoba...