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Photo of the Day: Providing some holiday cheer

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! (L to R) Sylvie Dicaire, Caroline Caron, Laura Imhoff, Lori Thompson, Serenna Besserer  This picture was ta...

Photo of the Day: Image of the Red Cross’ founder

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!Photo courtesy of the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) This image was taken at the recent...

Sending supplies to Attawapiskat

[slideshow] Canadian Red Cross volunteer photographer Johan Hallberg Campbell and I arrived in Timmins yesterday morning to work with the volunteers here helping with the Red Cross response in Attawapiskat. It’s the weekend and Timmins Red Cros...

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: Maldivian Red Crescent inducted into IFRC

*Guest entry 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! Yesterday morning at the 18th Federation Genera...

Working to make “no more bullies” a reality

Right around back-to-school, several tragic stories began to appear in the media about bullying. Around the same time, popular Ottawa radio morning show host, Stu Schwartz (known affectionately by his on-air name: @stuntmanstu) began to speak-out...

Shaving cream, munchies and chest compressions: A perfect recipe for Edmonton’s first CPR tweet-up

[slideshow]Guest blog by Leila Daoud, Public Affairs Coordinator in Edmonton Cheese and crackers, trivia, a little mingling and a swag bag at the end of the night.  Sounds like a recipe for a party, but the men and women gathered at the Red Cross ...

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...

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