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...
You gave Jennifer her life back

You gave Jennifer her life back

Imagine waking up one morning in your own bed, but unable to remember where – or even who – you are. That was the confusing reality Jennifer Lee had to face, a decade ago. “The person I was before I woke up that day in 2009 doesn’t exist anymore,” says Lee. “My brain...
Back from the edge

Back from the edge

As the co-host of The Start, weekday mornings on 680 CJOB, it’s Greg Mackling’s job to embody the friendly Manitoban persona. And he does it well. Meet him once, and the veteran Winnipeg broadcaster will quickly make you feel like you’ve been friends for years. He has...
Joyful songs of healing

Joyful songs of healing

Dawn Beirnes has watched the public’s understanding of mental illnesses change over the years, along with her own. Beirnes was diagnosed more than 30 years ago with bipolar affective disorder and later, borderline personality disorder. Before then, as a young person...