Stories
& news
that heals.
A Legacy of Stewardship
Dwayne Rutherford and Heather Reichert left a gift to St. Boniface Hospital in their estate based partly on the Foundation’s careful stewardship of funds.
Fueling Cardiac Care Innovation
Dr. John Ducas received the Ronald Duhamel Innovation Fund Award in April 2026 for his leadership in transforming heart attack care across Manitoba.
A Healing Presence at the Bedside
Jean Widny Pervil received the Ronald Duhamel Innovation Fund Award in April 2026 for his commitment to spiritual health at St. B.
The Long Road to Discovery
Northern Manitoba students explore science beyond the classroom
A Workday Surprise and a Well-Earned Ride
Candace Swick Hnatuk and Murray Down celebrate life-changing calls
Two New Lifelines in the NICU
Two new jet ventilators expand life saving care in St. B’s NICU.
Pick your Painting
Galerie Buhler Gallery Curator hannah_g with one of the Patient Art Menu paintings. March 16, 2026 St. Boniface Hospital patients who have to stay with us for a while are getting something more to look at, thanks to a pilot program featuring Manitoba art. The...
A Team Effort
From left: Della Ross, Cook, Neil Pryce, Food Services Attendant, and Sheldon Kilcullen, Sanitation Warewash Attendant, in St. Boniface Hospital’s Kitchen. August 8, 2025 Thanks to our friends at Réseau Compassion Network for sharing this story with us. After a decade...
How Will You Be Remembered?
Clare and Shirley Moster’s goal is to see Alzheimer’s disease done away with for good. Curing Alzheimer’s disease is a big ask, admits Clare, but he and Shirley have faith in the medical research being done at St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre. That’s...
Seeing the Heart from Within
Dr. Clarence Khoo, Director of Arrhythmia Services in Cardiac Sciences at St. Boniface Hospital, with the Abbott ViewMate Ultrasound System that lets him see inside the chambers of the heart. June 23, 2025 Seeing was believing for Dr. Clarence Khoo in 2024. “It is an...
Funding the Future
From left: Researcher Dr. Thomas Netticadan, donors Frank and Jeanne Plett, and MSc student Sunita Karki, with undergraduate student Sandrius Mirochkinov, another Plett Endowed Studentship Grant recipient. June 20, 2025 University of Manitoba student researchers are...
Nurses Belong Here
From left: St. B nurses Anjola Oyewo and Chelsea Nichols. June 16, 2025 With her first nursing job at St. Boniface Hospital, Chelsea Nichols found a sense of belonging. Nichols, who works in the Hospital’s busy Emergency Department, knew from a young age that she...