Red Cross Stories
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July 15, 2015 -
La Boîte Verte, a solidarity cooperative and health food store, stood in the heart of downtown Lac-Mégantic. Since it was located within the zone affected by the events of July 6, the store was no longer accessible.
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July 15, 2015 -
Each year, business students at the École d'entrepreneurship de Beauce must take on an entrepreneurial challenge within the community. On July 6, 2013, a terrible tragedy struck Lac-Mégantic. Among the victims were Gaétan Lafontaine, one of the leaders who attended that very school, and his wife Joanie Turmel.
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July 13, 2015 - When it comes to humanitarian work, Erwan Cheneval really does have the best of both worlds.
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July 09, 2015 - The Canadian Red Cross has assisted more than 7,800 people affected by the Saskatchewan wildfires so far. Those affected are having their basic needs provided for at shelters in both Saskatchewan and Alberta with items such as cots, blankets, hygiene kits and nutritious meals.
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July 03, 2015 -
In Kim Turmel’s family, 3:30 is when the girls get home from school. Snacks are quickly distributed, and the girls can play and relax until dinner. Today, Kim’s mother is not there, which is unusual because she is around almost every day to help Kim when her granddaughters get home.
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June 02, 2015 - “I would do it all over again,” said Sarah Mutch, a Canadian Red Cross aid worker who was deployed with the field hospital following the devastating earthquake in Nepal.
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May 26, 2015 - Almost two years after severe flooding damaged thousands of properties across southern Alberta, the repairs on Chuck Shifflett’s historic High River home are nearly complete.
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May 14, 2015 - Red Cross teams in Nepal are continuing to provide life-saving assistance to those affected by a second earthquake that struck on May 12. Many of the individuals in need were already struggling to cope after an earthquake shook the region on April 25.
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May 05, 2015 - A Canadian Red Cross field hospital has arrived in the remote village of Dhunche, a remote community outside of Kathmandu near the Tibet border. Red Cross personnel, tents and medical supplies were all flown in by helicopter as the earthquake destruction had prevented road access.
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April 30, 2015 -
The Canadian Red Cross has deployed its mobile field hospital and 25 aid workers to Nepal. The mobile hospital will help alleviate the strain on the local healthcare system. It’s part of a coordinated response by the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement to the powerful earthquake that shook the Kathmandu region.
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