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Hey Rosetta! Rocks Halifax at Red Cross benefit concert

Posted March 25, 2013 by Global Administrator

Friday night marked a very special evening for the Canadian Red Cross in Nova Scotia. The award-winning band Hey Rosetta! was the headliner of the “Red Cross Rocks” benefit concert held at the Cunard Centre in Halifax with local bands SoHo Ghetto...

Photo of the Day: Celebrating 50 years of the Senegalese Red Cross

Posted March 21, 2013 by Global Administrator

Today’s photo comes from Maya Helwani, a Canadian Red Cross delegate working as the operations manager in Senegal for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Society's Food Insecurity Emergency Appeal. The Canadian Red Cross ha...

Be prepared: Flooding can happen faster than you think

Posted March 14, 2013 by Global Administrator

Springtime is almost here and that means we may experience flooding in some regions. We wanted to share this story from a family in British Columbia who experienced a devastating flood first hand and how they recovered. If it wasn’t for Si...

Photo of the Day: New Training Centre in Nova Scotia

Posted March 13, 2013 by Global Administrator

The Canadian Red Cross office in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia was buzzing this morning after Premier Dexter announced that the province is contributing $800,000 to a new training facility for volunteers. The centre of excellence for disaster management...

The Red Cross Round-up

Posted March 13, 2013 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. CAMBODIA: The Mekong River Basin serves as a vital resource to over 70 million people in the region but in 2011, heavy rains in Cambodia ca...

International Humanitarian Law Film Festival in Ottawa, Ontario

Posted March 12, 2013 by Global Administrator

The University of Ottawa Red Cross Club is hosting "Even Wars Have Limits" International Humanitarian Law Film Festival on March 16, 2013. The film festival will showcase a documentary and a film that each demonstrate and raise awareness of IHL.  The...

Celebrating contributions of women at the Canadian Red Cross

Posted March 08, 2013 by Global Administrator

On International Women’s Day, we thought it would be fitting to share a few examples of the significant contribution of women at the Canadian Red Cross. Looking back throughout our history, women have always played an important role. During World Wa...

Raising the Flag: March is Red Cross Month

Posted March 06, 2013 by Global Administrator

March is Red Cross Month at the Canadian Red Cross. The annual tradition is a call for communities to get to know their local branch and the opportunities available there. It is also an opportunity to learn about all of the great work being done lo...

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