Stories
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that heals.
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...
Home away from home
When you visit the home of Jennilie and Mathieu Perreault, you’re welcomed into the hustle and bustle of a very busy household. You will feel the...
Matters of the heart
Heart health is vital – but doctors continue to struggle with women’s heart disease. Because women experience heart disease differently from men,...
“NICU graduates” give back
Small hands can do big things – and Addysyn and Brynn Gobeil are a prime example of just this. When Addysyn was three years old, she learned that...
Paul Albrechtsen invested into the Order of Canada
Winnipeg entrepreneur and founder of transport giant Paul’s Hauling Ltd., Paul Albrechtsen, was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada, January...
“Healthy is a gut feeling”
MSPrebiotic® - a St. Boniface Hospital Research success story out of Carberry, Manitoba – is leading a revolution in gut health. A clinical trial...
The battle against bacteria
Scientists at St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre and the University of Manitoba have developed a drug that combats two of the top 10...