Posted April 22, 2013 by Global Administrator
April 21-27 is National Volunteer Week. We’re sharing stories from our volunteers across the country. For the past 14 years, Édouard Viau has been known and much appreciated around the Red Cross as a dedicated volunteer and a bit of a jack of ...
Posted April 18, 2013 by Global Administrator
Five-year-old Alyssa from Truro, Nova Scotia found herself in quite a predicament, recently, after having injured her foot upon accidently colliding with her dog Bailey. After an exhaustive search for tiny crutches in her hometown went nowhere, a...
Posted April 17, 2013 by Global Administrator
[slideshow]On Friday morning, most of southern Ontario woke up to an ice storm that rolled in overnight and continued to blast the province with icy weather much into the weekend. The freezing rain and high winds combined knocked down power lines cau...
Posted April 15, 2013 by Global Administrator
A group of Girl Guides in Timmins, Ontario received a visit from Serenna Besserer, a disaster management coordinator, to learn more about personal preparedness. The Girl Guides have always focused on developing the skills they need to be prepared...
Posted April 02, 2013 by Global Administrator
Around the world, Red Crossers use many different means of transport and even technology to reach people to spread important prevention information. We love this photo of Zimbabwe Red Cross hygiene promotion volunteer Tizai Miidzo on his bicyc...
Posted March 28, 2013 by Global Administrator
This week, the Canadian Red Cross welcomed the president of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) in Ottawa. Dr. Abdul Rahman Attar met with Red Cross staff and partners to provide an update on the humanitarian crisis in Syria and to ask for additi...
Posted March 27, 2013 by Global Administrator
Snow melting and the sun peeking out from behind the clouds can only mean one thing in Canada: Fashion Weeks are starting across the country. While we can’t begin to understand why Canadian fashion designers are debuting their Fall/Winter lines w...
Posted March 26, 2013 by Global Administrator
The province of British Columbia has officially proclaimed March as Red Cross Month. The Lieutenant Governor of B.C., the Honourable Judith Guichon, made the proclamation, recognizing the Canadian Red Cross as a reflection of the Canadian spirit ...
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