Stories
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that heals.
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...
Wrapped in love
Bentley was born without a heartbeat. He was delivered at 31 weeks. Only after spending 42 days in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at St....
LIGHT-saving treatment
When babies are born, we delight in their soft skin and tiny miracle bodies. We take joy in parents’ carefully-curated social media feeds, and adore...
Care fit for a King
Tom King, a husband and father from Winnipeg, recalls the moment nearly 20 years ago when his heart first began racing unexpectedly and irregularly....
Magical hands provide life-saving surgery
Kelley had lived with a heart murmur all her life, but it never kept her from doing the things she wanted to. Then, something changed. She became...
Future fundraisers
During the 2017-2018 school year, students from St. John's-Ravenscourt collected more than $600 in donations to support cardiac care and research at...
Connecting the Dox
While research has led to effective agents for killing cancer cells, they come with a high price: some of these drugs, such as Doxorubicin (DOX),...
Celebrating mental health and wellness
Each year, Canadians are encouraged to spend time sharing their personal experiences with mental health and mental illness, either in person, at...
A giving heart, a happy heart
April 10, 2018 In 1988, Judy Balabas’ mother flew from Flin Flon to Winnipeg to receive two heart valve replacements at St. Boniface Hospital....
I was having a “widow-maker” heart attack
Erin Thomas, a grade 3 teacher in Winnipeg, shares her story: It was halfway through February 2017, and for days I’d found myself short of breath...