Ontario News and Stories

Thunder Bay: Largest Red Cross response in Ontario in a decade

June 08, 2012 - The Canadian Red Cross continues to work on the ground in Thunder Bay, ON, providing urgently-needed relief to families whose homes have been devastated by flooding that occurred more than a week ago. With more than 3,000 homes affected and more ...

Pink Shirt Day for Red Crossers

February 29, 2012 - [slideshow] Staff and volunteers from across the country wore pink today in support of Pink Shirt Day. The campaign came about as a result of a bullying incident in Nova Scotia back in 2007. It’s an issue that’s close to our heart at the Canadian ...

The year in photo

December 27, 2011 - This collection of photos chronicles the work of the Red Cross in Canada and around the world this past year. There are fun photos of volunteers and staff hard at work, pictures that tell a tale of destruction from tornadoes, flooding and earthquakes...

Photo of the Day: #RedCrossCPR

November 18, 2011 - 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!  [slideshow] Earlier this week, the Canadian Red Cross hosted CPR classes across the country for our Twit...

Food Friday: How to stock your disaster pantry

August 26, 2011 - This week, we have seen our fair share of severe weather with tornadoes and thunderstorms (and not to mention an earthquake) in Ontario. And now, with Hurricane Irene on target to impact the Maritimes and possibly even Quebec, it’s a reminder to all ...

Food Friday: Disaster Dining

August 05, 2011 - [slideshow] As some of you know, we love to talk about food at the Canadian Red Cross and on this blog, so you can be sure we were in disaster-foodie heaven this week as we attended two cooking events in Ontario. The events were organized to ki...

Volunteers providing support following evacuations in Northern Ontario

August 03, 2011 - 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...

Volunteer from Ontario receives highest Red Cross award

June 03, 2011 - Last December, we told you about Bonnie Kearns, a Canadian Red Cross delegate from Sarnia, ON, who was deployed to Haiti to help set up our field hospital there. We’re happy to announce that Bonnie recently received the Red Cross’ highest honour: ...

Saying thanks to our Community Support Workers

May 19, 2011 - Today is Personal Support Worker Day in Ontario and we’re celebrating the hard work and dedication of our Community Support Workers (CSWs) across the province. Did you know that the Canadian Red Cross is one of the largest non-profit pro...

Diary of an aid worker: “The earthquake saved my life.”

April 01, 2011 - *Guest blog by International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) delegate Kathy Mueller. Kathy, originally from London, Ontario, is currently in Japan. “The earthquake saved my life.” It’s a strange thing to hear, coming from...