Posted April 17, 2012 by Global Administrator
Every day, we publish a photo to show the Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know!It's a special day for Canadian Red Cross volunteers Lynn and Marvin MacLeod from Prince Edward Island. The ...
Posted April 13, 2012 by Global Administrator
In Halifax, there’s a lot of interest this week around the 100th anniversary of one of the largest maritime disasters in our region, the sinking of the Titanic off the Atlantic coast. It's part of the city's history, as cable ships were dispatched fr...
Posted April 10, 2012 by Global Administrator
*Red Cross Tech Talk looks at different technology or social media tools that pertain to the work we do at the Red Cross. Have an idea? Please let us know!A handheld flashlight that can sterilize wounds in disaster zones by shooting plasma? This migh...
Posted April 01, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger
Last week in Toronto, officials from across Canada and the US attended the annual Emergency Management and Social Media conference sponsored by Public Safety Canada, Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services and University of Tor...
Posted March 28, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger
Violence during and after disasters not only causes injury, trauma and death, but also undermines hope, trust and self-worth in individuals and communities. The Canadian Red Cross is working to change this. Predictable, Preventable, a report by...
Posted March 28, 2012 by Global Administrator
Every day, we publish a photo to show the Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know! [slideshow] These are the faces of the dedicated Canadian Red Cross volunteers who have offered their...
Posted March 27, 2012 by Global Administrator
Every day, we publish a photo to show the Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know! We could say a lot of great things about the team of trained Red Cross disaster volunteers from the Halifa...
Posted March 26, 2012 by Global Administrator
We blogged about the sudden thaw and ice jams last Friday, and since then the village of Perth-Andover in New Brunswick has experienced some of the worst flooding in recent memory. Hundreds of residents were evacuated over the weekend in Perth-And...
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