Here’s our team in Edmonton helping spread the word! This year 166 people will drown while boating. Always wear your lifejacket and make every outing a return trip. Of those who drown, 88% are not wearing, or are not properly wearing a lifejac...
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Today, May 16 is National Lifejacket Day! Pictured above, the members of the National First Aid, Swimming and Water Safety team model their lifejackets in Kelowna for National Lifejacket Day. Did you know that 88 per cent of Canadians who drow...
The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. CHINA: The province of Sichuan in south-western China hit the headlines in April with a magnitude 7 earthquake, which killed nearly 200 peo...
With the May long-weekend fast approaching, the Red Cross and Mustang Survival have a special contest to help you get ready for another fun season of water activities. We know many of you will be looking forward to boating on the long weekend, but...
It is said that eating dinner as a family is an important thing to do, but did you ever think it might save your life? 11-year-old Connor McCarthy was having dinner with his family when his mom began to choke and could not breathe. Calmly, Con...
Prepare, prepare, prepare. We’ve heard it before, but who’s done anything about it? When disaster strikes, will you be ready? Here in British Columbia, we’re at risk for many types of disasters: earthquakes, flooding, forest fires, landslides. This w...
Staff at the Canadian Red Cross Sault Ste. Marie branch got their bake on in preparation of World Red Cross Day and our founder, Henri Dunant's birthday. Almost 200 cupcakes were baked, decorated and individually packaged and are being sold at the ...
Happy World Red Cross Day! May 8 was chosen as World Red Cross Day to honour the birthday of Henry Dunant, the Swiss founder of the Red Cross. Today the Canadian Red Cross honours World Red Cross Day by celebrating 150 years of humanitarian a...