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Red Cross responding to floods in Thunder Bay

The last several days, Canadian Red Cross volunteers have been on the ground responding to massive floods in Thunder Bay, ON. Heavy rains and a sewage back-up caused the flooding, which forced the municipality to declare a State of Emergency earlier ...

Support for Perth-Andover

We blogged about the sudden thaw and ice jams last Friday, and since then the village of Perth-Andover in New Brunswick has experienced some of the worst flooding in recent memory. Hundreds of residents were evacuated over the weekend in Perth-And...

Heat wave, spring thaw and ice jams

Much of Eastern Canada has been experiencing record high temperatures this week, prompting many to swap mitts and toques for flip flops and shorts. But this wacky weather has resulted in the quick melt of snow and ice, and not surprisingly some flood...

Pushing for Relief: Manitoba students take fundraising efforts on the road

 Guest blog by Tansey Buike, Fund Development Coordinator for Manitoba Why would a group of University of Manitoba students volunteer to run approximately 200 kms over three days this past October, pushing a hospital bed along highway #1?  To help...

Photo of the Day: Kudos to Saskatchewan's community leaders

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! At National Philanthropy Day in Saskatoon earlier this month, Stephen and Tera Maguire won an Honoured Supporte...

Photo of the Day: Buckets of relief

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! This may just look like a bunch of buckets to you, but these are important disaster relief supplies for the ...

Photo of the Day: Flooding in Cambodia

*Guest blog by Michael Tomascik, Public Affairs team, OttawaEvery 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!In this photo, a girl sits in a bucket as her sister...

Whimsical webs

*Guest blog by Michael Tomascik, Public Affairs team, Ottawa[slideshow]As a result of massive flooding that hit Pakistan last year; millions of spiders were forced to seek refuge in the few outlying trees. Moreover, with the flood waters slow to rece...

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