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Woman loses home and important historical site in Bragg Creek

Barb Teghtmeyer lives in the community of Bragg Creek, 30 minutes south west of Calgary. Looking out from the side of where her house is on the edge of the river, you can see where the highway used to be, that’s now washed out. Teghtmeyer grew up the...

Tech Talk: Radio a source of hope at the Blackie shelter

Guest post by Lindsay Vogan, Communications volunteer deployed in Alberta High River is one of the hardest hit by the Alberta floods. With so many evacuated, where do all of displaced residents go? Some are lucky enough to have friends and family ...

Sunday in High River, Alberta

Guest post by Vicki Eichstaedt, Communications Volunteer on deployment in Alberta from American Red Cross It was eerily quiet in High River on Sunday. No people, no cars, no movement. I joined a group of Red Cross and other community volunteers...

First steps to recovery in High River

The town of High River has been the focus of much of the attention since devastating flooding prompted a state of local emergency and the evacuation of its residents. This weekend, residents from one of the eight zones were allowed to return t...

Photo of the Day: Sheldon Kennedy helps out with Alberta flood relief

Long time Red Cross supporter and former NHL hockey player Sheldon Kennedy picked up a shovel and helped out with Red Cross Alberta flood relief efforts in Bragg Creek. The Red Cross has always been a cause close to Kennedy’s heart. Sixteen years...

Dispatch from Calgary: Reaching out in flood-affected communities

I spent my day yesterday with a group of volunteers doing outreach in Bowness, one of the Calgary neighbourhoods that was hit hard by flooding in Alberta last week. In Bowness, the river runs alongside a crescent and not only did the water flood rive...

Alberta Floods: Red Cross continues to respond from coast to coast

A week ago today, the Canadian Red Cross began responding to the flooding in Alberta. Immediately after the disaster, Red Cross staff and volunteers from across the country joined efforts and began to support hundreds of thousands of people affec...

Photo Blog: Red Cross reaching out in Alberta communities

  All week, Red Cross volunteers have been reaching out in communities affected by flooding in southern Alberta. Yesterday, a Red Cross team went to Sunnyside, a neighbourhood in Calgary and found residents actively cleaning up homes and helping o...

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