Manitoba

CEO of St. Boniface Hospital riding out 1st wave of pandemic in Quebec

For the past two months, the head of St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg has been 1,800 kilometres and two provinces away, overseeing her facility's response to the pandemic from her home in Montreal.

Martine Bouchard has been home in Montreal since April, likely won't return until August

St. Boniface Hospital CEO Martine Bouchard, shown here in 2019, has been working from her home in Quebec since April. (Sasha Sefter/Winnipeg Free Press files)

For the past two months, the head of St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg has been 1,800 kilometres and two provinces away, overseeing her facility's response to the pandemic from her home in Montreal.

CEO Martine Bouchard left Manitoba in April, and won't be returning until "likely in August or the very near future," according to St. Boniface Hospital board chair Tom Carson, who signed off on the work agreement.

Since assuming her duties a little more than two years ago, Bouchard has been criticized for commuting to Quebec on weekends.

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