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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...
One Good Turn Deserves Another
July 12, 2023 St. Boniface Hospital nurse Melannie Teitsma knew she wanted to share her good fortune after she received one of three Wyrzykowski...
Breathing easier thanks to generous donors
June 28, 2023 Thanks to donors, cardiac and respiratory patients and staff at St. Boniface Hospital are benefitting from safer and more accurate...
A world of difference for very ill newborns
Dr. Yasser El-Sayed (right) receives Duhamel Award honorarium from Karen Fowler, St. Boniface Hospital Foundation President & CEO. June 16, 2023...
Mother praises video app that connects parents with babies in NICU
May 9, 2023 What started as a pilot project two and half years ago is now a popular app that keeps parents connected with their babies staying in...
Counting the Little Blessings
April 24, 2023 Terry Dokken started in the kitchen at St. Boniface Hospital before finding her calling as a Health Care Aide in the Palliative Care...
Love of Science Takes Flight
March 24, 2023 If handling pigs’ hearts and sheep’s brains grossed them out, the smiles on their faces did not let it show. Four students from the...