Prince Edward Island News and Stories

Photo of the Day: Holiday greetings from PEI

December 22, 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! The small but mighty Canadian Red Cross team in Prince Edward Island is spreading some holiday cheer this se...

Helping Afghan women, one loonie at a time

March 08, 2011 - Students from five schools across Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island have been challenging each other to spend only one loonie a day, for 10 straight days as part of the Canadian Red Cross Dollar a Day campaign. That means no movies, no fast fo...

Emergency Response Unit arrives

December 06, 2010 - On Friday, the Canadian Red Cross deployed its new field hospital to Haiti. It is the first time that a Red Cross hospital has been deployed from anywhere in the Americas. A team of experts from across Canada, including physicians, nurses and logisti...

The first-ever Canadian Red Cross field hospital

December 02, 2010 - The new Canadian Red Cross field hospital was created as part of the First Responder Initiative, a partnership with the Government of Canada. The First Responder Initiative includes two health emergency response units: a rapid deployment field hospit...

A shout-out to some amazing volunteers

November 23, 2010 - We’d like to congratulate these outstanding volunteers, Judith Irving and Amanda Titus in Saint John, New Brunswick for their recent awards recognizing the humanitarian work they do. Judith Irving received the Humanitarian Award for her work with ...