Stories
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that heals.
The Key to Compassion
March 18, 2024 Selling brownies and ice cream to hungry high school students is easy enough. It was even easier at Winnipeg’s Collège Miles...
You Gave Surgeons the Equipment of Tomorrow
March 4, 2024 Superman isn’t the only one with x-ray vision these days. You have made it possible for St. Boniface Hospital surgeons like Dr. Randy...
When your ‘everything’ depends on St. B
March 1, 2024 Dave and Lori Janeson are a couple who walk the walk when it comes to supporting their community. At St. Boniface Hospital, the...
A Bad Day at the Office
February 15, 2024 Darlene Sorin, of Lockport, has a saying. “It’s never good to have a heart attack. But if you do have one, St. Boniface Hospital...
Art Goes Underground
January 16, 2024 Local artists have added a colourful new mural to the basement tunnel leading from St. Boniface Hospital to the McEwen Building,...
Silver linings after atypical symptoms
January 16, 2024 Former St. Boniface Hospital patient Alex Fedorchuk learned that heart attacks don’t always look and feel like they do in movies....
Access Credit Union Paves New Ground
The Emergency Department redevelopment campaign received a generous boost last week, thanks to Access Credit Union. The generous $100,000 gift will...
Improving the Emergency Experience
St. Boniface Hospital’s Emergency Department serves as the front door of the Hospital and, in many respects, the health-care system, says Dr. Harold...
When Your Need Is a Miracle
Sandy Conrad will never forget the Sunday afternoon last year when she found her husband of almost 50 years, Paul, unconscious and taking his last...
Getting to the Heart of the Matter
October 26, 2023 For researcher Dr. Inna Rabinovich-Nikitin, it’s personal. Her interest in the issue of women’s heart health started with a promise...
Surviving SCAD
November 1, 2023 Patti LeBlanc, of Winnipeg, didn’t think that lifting a crockpot would send her into an ambulance. But on December 22, 2015, that’s...
Payworks Does Right by Women
October 19, 2023 Payworks, a Winnipeg-based national workforce management solutions provider, has made a gift of $125,000 in support of a women’s...
From heart attack recovery to marathon runner
October 10, 2023 While on a trek to Mount Everest base camp in 2006, Paul Bernardin, of Winnipeg, unknowingly experienced his first heart attack. He...
“This can’t be a heart attack”
September 26, 2023 Slumped on a kitchen chair, Christie Klassen’s first thought was, “This can’t be a heart attack.” She was healthy and 39 years...
A Better Way to Save Lives
St. Boniface Hospital Foundation donors have changed the way Cardiac Sciences St. Boniface Hospital performs some cardiac surgeries at St. Boniface...