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Emergencies and Disasters in Canada
July 04, 2014 -
The Canadian Red Cross and Saskatchewan credit unions today announced that cash donations to help Saskatchewan residents devastated by recent disasters will be accepted at participating Saskatchewan credit unions from July 4-25, 2014.
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July 03, 2014 - Following the tremendous outpouring of generosity in support of the Lac-Mégantic community, the Quebec Division of the Canadian Red Cross provided an overview of the work that has been accomplished over the past year.
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July 03, 2014 - The Canadian Red Cross is providing aid to those people whose lives have been disrupted by flooding that has devastated parts of western Manitoba and the province’s Interlake region.
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June 30, 2014 - As flooding has caused chaos and distress for many residents of Saskatchewan, the Canadian Red Cross has opened a Recovery and Information line to help.
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June 03, 2014 - In April, spring flooding in Lévis, Sherbrooke, Quebec City, Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, Saint-Raymond-de-Portneuf and the Laurentians forced a number of families out of their homes.
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June 03, 2014 - The Canadian Red Cross is moving forward with plans to help build affected communities back stronger while also supporting hundreds of families still struggling to recover almost one year after the Alberta floods.
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May 12, 2014 - The Canadian Red Cross is mobilising additional resources to support evacuations from Kashechewan as the entire community will now be evacuated. Red Cross volunteers have been working with provincial and municipal officials since Saturday to support an initial 685 evacuees who were flown to Thunder Bay and Greenstone
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May 05, 2014 - May 5, 2014 -- Following an unusually high number of disasters which the Canadian Red Cross responded to in 2013, Canadians are being urged to take steps to be ready for the unexpected. The Red Cross is sounding the alarm on the need for personal preparedness as part of Emergency Preparedness Week – a week-long advocacy initiative spearheaded by Public Safety Canada.
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April 24, 2014 - The Canadian Red Cross is assisting two families – five individuals in total – affected by house fires that occurred on Tuesday, April 22, in Regina.
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April 16, 2014 - As the risk of flooding increases for communities in many parts of the country due to melting snow and forecasts for precipitation throughout the week, the Red Cross is reminding Canadians of the importance of being prepared and offering some helpful tips.
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