Keeping the Beat

Keeping the Beat

November 18, 2024 The call came out of nowhere: “You’re in serious heart failure, Dean. You need to get to St. Boniface Hospital.” Dean Desrochers and his wife, Jenn, were in their Wolseley home getting ready to go to a surprise party for his friend’s 50th birthday...
Tiny Dancer

Tiny Dancer

October 8, 2024 As a new parent, you expect to be able to hold and cuddle your baby. The instinct is written in all our hearts. Kelly and Corey Burtnyk, of Sage Creek in Winnipeg, felt it. But they had to wait three days before they could even pick up their only...
Your Support Keeps Innovation Beating

Your Support Keeps Innovation Beating

June 24, 2024 Your unwavering support fuels cutting-edge innovation and compassionate care within the Hospital’s walls. Albert McMurdie, of Winnipeg, felt that innovation and care firsthand when he made history by undergoing the first same-day transcatheter aortic...
Making Dad Twice as Proud

Making Dad Twice as Proud

The H & H Shah Family of Winnipeg are helping St. Boniface Hospital Foundation donors love and honour their own dads, granddads, and father-figures this Father’s Day by matching gifts to the Hospital. For the second year in a row Hemant M. Shah, wife Hina, and...
A Bad Day at the Office

A Bad Day at the Office

February 15, 2024 Darlene Sorin, of Lockport, has a saying. “It’s never good to have a heart attack. But if you do have one, St. Boniface Hospital is the best place to be.” Her saying comes from experience, after she had a STEMI heart attack, the most serious kind, at...