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Reflections from Haiti, blog by John Saunders

Posted December 30, 2010 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

Ontario Director of Disaster Management, John Saunders (@CRCSaunders), has been in Haiti working with a team deployed with the first ever field Canadian Red Cross field hospital. On this, my last night working at the Canadian Red Cross Cholera Treatm...

Photo Tuesday: Holiday Inn shows their holiday spirit with donation

Posted December 21, 2010 by Global Administrator

Every Tuesday, we publish a photo to show Red Cross at work across the province or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know! This week's photo comes from Fund Development Manager Nancy Twerdohlib,  who received a $500 donation on ...

Volunteer Profile: student quickly goes from exams to flood response

Posted December 20, 2010 by Global Administrator

This past week, the Canadian Red Cross has been responding to floods in New Brunswick. We have been watching closely, and sharing some stories with you. "I’m in. Whatever you need.” That was the reaction of Red Cross disaster management volunte...

A dramatic story from the New Brunswick floods

Posted December 16, 2010 by Global Administrator

Photo courtesy of the Government of New BrunswickWhile volunteers in Ontario have been busy responding to multiple disasters this past week, in the Maritimes Red Cross volunteers have been also busy responding to floods affecting several communities ...

The Ontario Round-up

Posted December 16, 2010 by Global Administrator

This past week has been a very busy week for Red Cross in Ontario, so much so, that we decided to do a special local edition of the Red Cross Round-Up. SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO- a severe snow storm this week closed Highway 402 between Sarnia and London, ...

The Red Cross Round-up

Posted December 15, 2010 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

 *Written by Katie Robinson, Communications Coordinator with the Canadian Red Cross* The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our Sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. COLOMBIA: The intense rains that have affected Colo...

Red Cross provides warmth to families left out in the cold

Posted December 14, 2010 by Global Administrator

It is something that no one would ever wish for: losing your home, and all your personal items and memories to a house fire. Within moments, the life you have known literally becoming smoke and ashes. This personal tragedy is even tougher this tim...

"Super Team" opens Cholera Treatment Centre in Haiti

Posted December 13, 2010 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

** Guest blog by Katie Kallio, Information and Reporting Delegate in Haiti. Katie is part of the team working in the new Canadian Red Cross field hospital. [slideshow] Setting up an 80 bed field hospital takes time - however, with the number of...

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