Catching Up with Paul Fontaine
April 1, 2025 Paul Fontaine, of Winnipeg, came close to death one week before his 33rd birthday. At the time his wife, Shay, was eight months pregnant with their second child. Fontaine was diagnosed in June of 2021 with complete heart block caused by a rare...
A Close Call in Russell
March 13, 2025 The pain Anne Main felt that night was only discomfort, not agony. Imagine her shock when her cardiologist at St. Boniface Hospital later told her having it checked out had saved her life. Main and her husband, Bob, ran a bed and breakfast near Russell,...
Sounds of the Heart
March 03, 2025 Danny Carroll was lying in the back of an ambulance in August of 2018. He was having a heart attack at age 63. At that moment, he heard a voice. “Did you get this gentleman’s Manitoba Health Card number?” it asked. Then Carroll heard another voice in...