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Fashion Week: Styles from the Red Cross Carpet

Snow melting and the sun peeking out from behind the clouds can only mean one thing in Canada: Fashion Weeks are starting across the country. While we can’t begin to understand why Canadian fashion designers are debuting their Fall/Winter lines w...

Queen’s University prepares to get certified in Mouth to Mouth for Canadian Red Cross Awareness Week

As part of their emphasis on giving back to the community, last week was Canadian Red Cross Awareness Week on Queen’s University campus in Kingston, Ontario. With a special focus on water safety, first aid and CPR initiatives, the Queen's Red Cross...

Tech Talk: Bringing life back to abandoned phone booths

A small community in Northern Ireland has brought life back to their abandoned phone booth by retrofitting it with an Automated External Defibrillator (AED). The community of Crossgar, population 1500, has also had more than 10% of its population...

First aid never takes a vacation

Guest entry by Kristopher Tharris, Coordinator, Learning @ Development, First Aid Flip flops, sunscreen, beach reads....and a first aid kit! Many Canadians escape winter this time of year to a sunny destination. For me this meant two weeks in b...

Photo of the Day: What do Skittles have to do with first aid?

When getting ready for a Global TV Morning Show interview, Janelle Warren, from the First Aid and Water Safety team in Ontario, polled her Facebook friends to find out whether parents have stories of children putting things in their nose and ears...

Harlem Shakers in need of some CPR training!

Have you seen the latest viral dance craze since Gangnam Style? The Harlem Shake is dominating YouTube with videos from Canadian universities, comic characters, and even cute animals getting in on the action. We spotted someone trying CPR moves as pa...

Photo of the Day: Using makeup to learn First Aid

Nope, this gruesome look isn't a result of a zombie apocalypse or an unfortunate Valentine's Day accident. It's all part of learning First Aid at the Red Cross. Kaysha Edwards, Canadian Red Cross First Aid Program Representative in Alberta, us...

First Aid for Valentine’s Day

So you’ve prepared a memorable evening to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your sweetheart, but have you really thought of everything? Even when your horoscope predicts the perfect evening, it only takes a few seconds to transform your romantic evening...

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