Meals on Wheels clients in Burlington, Ontario received a sweet surprise for Valentine’s Day from students at Clarksdale Public School. Older students helped younger students create special place mats for each Meals on Wheels client. Red Cross volu...

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...

I Know Where I’m Going is a moving short film featuring a staff member from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Hussein Saleh, who is from Yemen, a country affected by conflict. In the 10-minute document...

Effective bystander CPR can save lives, which is something Bran Simon learned first-hand a few weeks ago. After hearing yelling and crying in his apartment building, Bran ran over to see what was wrong and saw a man lying on the floor with no vital s...

September 8 is World First Aid Day and the Canadian Red Cross is calling on all Canadians to ensure they have the skills needed to save lives when an emergency happens. This call to action is especially important in light of recent polling that s...

Last week, Canadian Red Cross First Aid Instructor Deb Demaine and Canadian Red Cross Summer Student Katie Holahan led a combined CPR/AED and Emergency Preparedness course for participants at Sherkston Shores in Sherkston, Ontario. The Sherkston co...

Meet one of our volunteers Joallore Alon. Joallore volunteers with the Red Cross, however he holds a volunteer position that most people are probably not familiar with. He is a member of the Canadian Red Cross Twitter Team – a group of keen Twitter u...

Guest entry by Dan Bedell, Communications Director for Atlantic Canada Attending somebody's 100th birthday party is a rare occurrence but several Canadian Red Cross staff from Nova Scotia had that opportunity this past Sunday and in doing so learn...