Stories
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that heals.
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),...
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...
Better Together!
Angie Gottfred is a giver. At St. Boniface Hospital, Angie is the Program Team Manager for the Family Medicine Clinical Teaching Unit, the...
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....
Twice as nice
Métis leaders in Manitoba have given science students from across the province a big step up – twice in one day! In the words of Manitoba Métis...
A donation from the heart
Pictured: Dr. Clarence Khoo (Cardiologist), Parusia Purohit (Owner & Nurse Practitioner, Purohit Nurse Practitioner Clinic), Dr. Colette Seifer...
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...
The Family Room that love built
With a broken yet gracious heart, Ann Roehl and her family stood – longing for one family member to remain with them, but ready to give hope and...
Faith that does justice
A tour of the Dialysis Unit included hands-on equipment demos. Call it Mission Accomplished. As a Jesuit Catholic school, Winnipeg's St. Paul's High...
The Truth of Our Hearts
Why do Indigenous cardiac patients in Manitoba get sicker and tend not to recover as well as the rest of the population, even after receiving...
Happy Father’s Day!
New father Mark Thompson and his wife Kristen, of Winnipeg, welcomed their first-born child Blake Elliot Thompson into the world on Sunday, May 26,...
The long and winding road to healing
It took Melissa Gowryluk over a year to feel comfortable enough to share her story with others. “Now that I have, it’s changed me.” "I feel more...
More than a cookbook
Wendy Erlanger at the 2018 Radiothon of Hope and Healing. There’s nothing more comforting than a hearty bowl of soup when you aren’t feeling well....
Generations of generosity
Doreen Guenette (centre) with her children and grandchildren. Missing: Nicole Tweedy and Damian Tweedy-Flett. What began as a tiny seed has now...
Slices of kindness
Joe Aiello is, as he himself has said of others, the kind of person who makes this big small town the best. When he’s not pulling double duty at...