Stories
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that heals.
Catching Up with Paul Fontaine
April 1, 2025 Paul Fontaine, of Winnipeg, came close to death one week before his 33rd birthday. At the time his wife, Shay, was eight months...
A Close Call in Russell
March 13, 2025 The pain Anne Main felt that night was only discomfort, not agony. Imagine her shock when her cardiologist at St. Boniface Hospital...
Sounds of the Heart
March 03, 2025 Danny Carroll was lying in the back of an ambulance in August of 2018. He was having a heart attack at age 63. At that moment, he...
From Code Blue to Giving Back
At age 68, Hemant M. Shah experienced a cardiac arrest that nearly took his life. He spent 19 days at St. Boniface Hospital, seeing first-hand the...
A Window into the Heart
Photo courtesy of FUJIFILM Sonosite. February 12, 2025 Four new ultrasound machines that practitioners are calling “state-of-the-art technology” and...
The Beat Goes On, at Any Age
Heart disease is the number one killer of women in Canada. But St. Boniface Hospital researchers are working hard to change this. Before women go...
A Heartfelt Gift
Brian Chappell had a very special Christmas gift for St. Boniface Hospital in 2024. Chappell, a retired teacher and Winnipeg School Division...
After the Shift
A new exhibition showcases the diverse interests of St. Boniface Hospital’s community, encouraging understanding and compassion. The Off the Clock...
Hospital Staff Get Calm
The St. Boniface Hospital community is feeling more stress-free after using a Foundation donor-supported mental health app. In June, all St. B...
Keeping the Beat
November 18, 2024 The call came out of nowhere: “You’re in serious heart failure, Dean. You need to get to St. Boniface Hospital.” Dean Desrochers...
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...
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....
Please, Eat Your Peas!
Don’t like finishing your vegetables at dinner? St. Boniface Hospital researcher Dr. Michel Aliani can tell you why you should. Aliani is Principal...
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...
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,...