Stacks of cardboard boxes line the wall of a spare room in Matthew Laferriere's bungalow in Winnipeg's Windsor Park neighbourhood. Get the day’s breaking stories, weather forecast, and more sent straight to your inbox every weekday morning. Stacks of cardboard boxes line the wall of a spare room in Matthew Laferriere's bungalow in Winnipeg's Windsor Park neighbourhood. After nearly six years of using the life-saving device, Laferriere's wait for a kidney transplant was set to end in 2020. He'd found a living donor, been cleared for the procedure and only needed the hospital to schedule the operation.

Source: CBC News December 20, 2021 14:12 UTC