Stories
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that heals.
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...
My dance with life
In desperation, I pulled the fire alarm… Long before then, it all started with sleepless nights. I was 15 years old, and before long, my...
Meet our guiding lights
It’s not hard for any of us to talk about our physical health – things like blood sugar, or a broken bone. But bring up mental illness, and suddenly...
Finding her voice
Foundation supporter Kim Clermont with on-air personality Joe Aiello during our 2018 Radiothon of Hope and Healing, sponsored by Vickar Automotive...
Sons have big hearts
Winnipeg’s Order Sons of Italy, Garibaldi Lodge, planted a seed with their gift of $100,000 to St. Boniface Hospital Research in 2013; the Canada...
Gérald Fay held his grandchild for the first time
Micheline Fay shares her family’s story: My brother and his wife were expecting their second child. As Dad fought on in the Cardiac Unit, and with...
She was less than two pounds
Jenna Book, a mother in Altona, Manitoba, shares her story: My diagnosis was HELLP Syndrome, a life-threatening pregnancy disorder. The only way to...