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Six months later: Slave Lake Wildfires

It's been six months since Slave Lake and surrounding areas were devastated by raging wildfires. Since June 6th when recovery operations began, Red Cross has assisted 3,148 people affected by the fires and distributed more than $600,000 in direct aid...

Photo of the Day: City of Brampton gives donation to Red Cross

Every day, we publish a photo to show Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know!  Today’s photo is from Brampton, ON, where the City presented the Canadian Red Cross with a cheque for over ...

Last minute Red Cross inspired Halloween costumes

You know what is really scary? Having plans to go trick-or-treating or to a Halloween party and having absolutely zero costume ideas. Well, you can cast your fears aside – we’re here to help! Once again, we’ve come up with some one-of-a-kind Red C...

Goderich tornado – answering the call for help

Doris Barkley had just returned to her Stratford, ON home from Calgary on August 21, when she got the call: a tornado had touched down and assistance was needed.A mere two hours later, the Canadian Red Cross volunteer was in the town of Goderich, an ...

Volunteers providing support following evacuations in Northern Ontario

The past few weeks, Ontario has experienced one of the largest evacuations it has seen the past few decades – and the Canadian Red Cross has been there to help. The threat of almost 100 forest fires and smoke forced the evacuation of approximately...

Japan - Select a drink and donate

*We heard about this on the Wall Street Journal and Japan Trends blogs, and it was too good not to share. Here you go!I have heard many stories from friends who were amazed by the amount of vending machines they saw while travelling in Japan. The cou...

Atlantic Canadians bring experience to Manitoba flood response

Having just returned from Manitoba, Lisa Landry had some sage advice for Alicia Benton when the two met at the Red Cross office in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia this week. Lisa recently returned from a 3-week volunteer deployment in Manitoba. Meanwhile,...

Flight to Athabasca: One Slave Lake family’s escape from wildfires

As part of the Public Affairs department at the Red Cross, staff members often get a chance to speak to the people we are helping on the ground. In the aftermath of the Slave Lake fires, Public Affairs Coordinator Leila Daoud visited a shelter in...

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