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Canadian Red Cross assists with Hurricane Sandy response

[slideshow] The American Red Cross is in the midst of a major relief operation in response to Hurricane Sandy. The severe storm has affected millions of people and caused power outages, flooding and other damage along the eastern seaboard this week....

Tech Talk: Social media and Sandy

A massive Red Cross relief operation is underway in the U.S. with more than 2,300 highly trained Red Cross disaster volunteers working around the clock in communities affected by Hurricane Sandy. A contingent of Canadian support is also being deploye...

The Red Cross Round-up

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. VIETNAM: With the experience of enduring continuous disasters year after year, the Red Cross Societies of the Philippines and Viet Nam inst...

The American Red Cross responds to Sandy

[slideshow] The American Red Cross has been busy opening shelters and providing disaster relief to residents affected by Hurricane Sandy. Here are some photo from the response in the U.S. The Canadian Red Cross has highly trained disaster volunte...

Red Cross urges families to be prepared for severe storms

 The Canadian Red Cross is urging families take action and ensure they are prepared for emergency situations that may arise from a severe weather system expected to make landfall this week. The Red Cross advocates that families be prepared to sustain...

Why the Frankenstorm is no laughing matter

Red Cross societies in several Caribbean countries are now assessing damage caused by deadly Hurricane Sandy that swept through the region over the past couple of days and is now making its way towards the U.S. East Coast. The International Feder...

Photo of the day: B.C. and Red Cross to co-ordinate major disaster responses

*Guest entry by Cheekwan Ho, Communications Manager, BC The B.C. government and the Canadian Red Cross formalized a partnership this week to ensure a quick and effective response to major catastrophic events or natural disasters in the province, s...

Photo of the Day: Red Cross and Moose Cree First Nations

On November 14, 2012, the Canadian Red Cross will open a satellite office at Moose Cree First Nation. This is the first Red Cross office in a First Nation community in Ontario and the second in Canada. Working closely with the Red Cross branch offi...

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