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Dispatch from ERU training: How skilled workers prepare for emergencies

Guest entry by Gwen Eamer, National Office Media Advisor What do a plumber, electrician and orthotics fitter have in common? It might seem like the beginning of a bad joke, but in fact its the beginning of an exceptional team being trained by the ...

Photo of the Day: Red Cross friends from Colombia

Two emergency response experts from the Colombian Red Cross have joined the Canadian Red Cross for a week-long training to prepare for deployment with the Emergency Response Unit (ERU). From the Colombian Red Cross are Luisa Salamanca and Lina...

Photo of the Day: Special visit from Bif Naked

Musician Bif Naked, a friend and supporter of the Canadian Red Cross, stopped by our Burnaby, BC office earlier this week where she met staff members and volunteers and got a tour of the office. Here she posed with Sharon Dhillon (left) and Amrit Dha...

Three cheers for our Community Support Workers!

May 19 is Personal Support Worker Day in Ontario. The Canadian Red Cross is the largest non-profit provider of Personal Support and Homemaking Services in the province. Red Cross CSWs provided more than 4 million hours of care to more than 29,000 cli...

These boots are made for singing in the rain

As a Red Crosser, I believe in having the right clothes for the occasion. And by occasion, I don’t mean which event you’re going to. I am talking about the weather. In Canada, the weather can be very unpredictable. During this time of year, y...

Life saving advice from a Red Cross mom

*Guest entry by Carolyn Tees, Senior Manager, Injury Prevention at the Canadian Red Cross National Lifejacket Day means more to me than just a day we promote at the Red Cross. When I started with Red Cross, I read coroner’s report after coroner’s ...

May 17 is National Lifejacket Day - do you wear it?

*Guest entry by Gina Holmes, Public Affairs team, OttawaNational Lifejacket Day is May 17, and we are inviting you to help raise awareness surrounding water safety and the importance of wearing a lifejacket. Enter our photo contest to show us that yo...

Photo of the Day: Buckles takes to the Hill

Tomorrow is National Lifejacket Day. To get into the spirit, we sent one of our top-notch representatives to Parliament Hill today: our water safety mascot, Buckles (the super smiley lifejacket). While there, he met with MPs and other movers-and-sh...

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