First Steps Wellness News Today

First Steps Wellness Centre in Winnipeg hosted a wheelchair curling tournament on Saturday to raise funds and awareness for people with disabilities.

On Tuesday, some members of the Saskatchewan Legislature took park in a challenge to see what life is like in a wheelchair.

A trio of paraplegic snowmobilers is riding 5,000 kilometres across Saskatchewan and Manitoba, raising awareness and funds for the First Steps Wellnes...

  WINNIPEG -- A Manitoba woman is calling for a change to legislation to allow for more therapies to be covered for spinal rehab after she was in a serious car crash in August 2020 and is now wheelchair-bound. Brianna Seewald, who is from Mitchell, Man., was involved in a car crash on Aug. 17, 2020, which she says almost took her life. She suffered a broken neck, six breaks in her back, along with other injuries. Due to the severity of her injuries, she says she has been in a wheelchair ev...

Brianna and her fiance Ryan (Photos provided by Brianna Seewald) Article continues below advertisement ↴ Its been almost nine months since a Manitoban woman was severely injured in a car crash and as she continues to make her way down the road to recovery, her community has stepped up to give her a helping hand. Its been a hard couple of months for Brianna Seewald of Mitchell, Man. On August 17 of last year, she was travelling down Highway 12 when she suddenly t-boned a vehicle attemp...