Stories
& news
that heals.
When the News is Heartbreaking
November 15, 2024 A first-of-its-kind conference in Manitoba saw health-care providers from across the province gather to talk and learn about a difficult topic, with support from St. Boniface Hospital Foundation donors. The Manitoba Pregnancy and Infant Loss...
Healing Hearts at Home
Dr. Shuangbo Liu, interventional cardiologist and clinician-scientist at St. Boniface Hospital, knows first-hand that home is where the heart is. Dr. Liu was born in China, moving to Winnipeg with her family when she was nine. She grew up in Winnipeg, receiving her...
Helping Babies Take Their First Breaths
Helping premature babies breathe is a critical role of St. Boniface Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). To do that, respiratory therapists rely on specialized machines called high-frequency jet ventilators, used only in the NICU to support St. B’s...
A New Path to Wellness
Thanks to the incredible generosity of donors like you, the McEwen Building at St. Boniface Hospital has already undergone extensive renovations, creating a safer, more welcoming space for patients receiving mental health care. Now, we are excited to take the next...
Breathing Easier
August 19, 2024 Your support has been like a breath of fresh air to anesthesiologists who intubate patients at St. Boniface Hospital and train medical students in the delicate technique. Thanks to you, St. B was able to order three more C-MAC high-definition video...
A Family’s Legacy of Love
June 17, 2024 In leaving the largest-ever gift made by an individual to St. Boniface Hospital Foundation, Miriam Bergen followed the example set by her parents Martin and Ruth Bergen. Miriam, who died in January of 2022, left a $10 million bequest to the Hospital in...
Supporting Mental Health a Family Affair
June 12, 2024 After hearing about an increase in mental health issues treated at St. Boniface Hospital’s Emergency Department in recent years, and even seeing such issues in others close to them, the Correia family of Winnipeg decided to do what they could to help...
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...
Changing Lives, Shaping Tomorrow
May 31, 2024 Even before she started her first nursing job at St. Boniface Hospital, Zoe Tetrault knew where she wanted to go with her new career. “I discovered during my studies that I have a passion for women’s health,” said Tetrault, who works in Labour and...
The Healing Power of Music
The healing power of music fills the halls of St. Boniface Hospital. Donor generosity allows musicians to orchestrate moments of comfort and joy for patients, staff, and visitors. Harmonious pieces echo through the Hospital several days per week as a team of four...
From Life, to Film, to Gallery Walls
May 13, 2024 A new art exhibition, on now at the Galerie Buhler Gallery in St. Boniface Hospital, looks at grief from an elderly woman’s perspective. Draw we are together is by local artists Natalie Baird and Toby Gillies. The duo based the exhibition on their...
A St. B Legacy of Love
The walls of St. Boniface Hospital’s Palliative Care Unit are brighter, thanks to Foundation donor Gina Lambert-Wery and her siblings, Lisa Hettrick and Trevor Lambert. A vibrant new mural, alive with memories from their mother and grandmother, stands as a tribute to...