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Red Cross provides wellness supports for Manitobans evacuated due to wildfires

August 26, 2021 - Sharla Kojima is a safety and wellbeing responder on deployment with the Canadian Red Cross in Manitoba working with First Nation members evacuated to Winnipeg because of air quality concerns due to wildfires. Her help has been very appreciated by those impacted, as shown in this comment card.

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Ensuring communities are prepared for disaster

August 13, 2021 - The five-year agreement between the Canadian Red Cross and Indigenous Services Canada, regarding support of First Nations impacted by disasters, includes an emergency planning component. For this component, the Red Cross was tasked with supporting all interested First Nations in the creation or development of new, or refinement of existing, emergency preparedness plans.

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COVID work in Manitoba

August 13, 2021 - In the 2020-21 fiscal year, the Canadian Red Cross provided a wide array of COVID-19 support to Manitobans, including several different projects in support of the provincial government.

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First Aid practice prepares six-year-old for life-threatening emergency

August 10, 2021 - Six-year-old Jaycee Berezowski received the Red Cross Rescuer Award recently; her life-saving actions show how crucial practice can be in a crisis.

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Water Safety Tips for Safe Summer Swimming from the Canadian Red Cross

June 08, 2021 - June 5-12, 2021 is National Water Safety Week. Before taking the plunge at the lake or in your backyard pool, the Canadian Red Cross wants you to keep water safety at top of mind.

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Keep Cool and Carry On: Manage summer heat waves

June 02, 2021 - With some scorchers on the horizon, now is a good time for a reminder on how to stay cool and what to watch for in case of overexposure to heat.
 

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Finding purpose in service: Bobbi Montean, Red Cross Volunteer

May 19, 2021 - Looking back on over 30 years of volunteering with the Canadian Red Cross, Bobbi Montean speaks from a wealth of experience.

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Prepare for wildfires with tips from the Canadian Red Cross

May 11, 2021 - With dry conditions across the province, the Canadian Red Cross has some tips for keeping your home safe and your loved ones prepared.

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Ensuring communities are prepared for disaster

May 07, 2021 - Through private donor funding to the Red Cross, we were able to put together the necessary supplies to be able to provide each community with an emergency response team kit. The kit ensures a community’s emergency response team has many of the tools it needs to respond quickly and set up an emergency operations centre.

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Bingo Makes Everything a Little Better

April 28, 2021 - COVID-19 has made for a challenging year for everyone. It is particularly challenging for the occupants of the isolation site in Winnipeg. The Canadian Red Cross Safety and Wellbeing team does what they can to make the isolation stay as pleasant as possible. They offer movie nights and trivia nights. And now they are running Friday night BINGO!

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First Aid and CPR courses in your area

Interested in taking a Red Cross First Aid or CPR course? Find a course in your community or online.

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