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Winnipeg band burns the candle at both ends for famine relief

Imagine pulling an all-nighter. Now image pulling an all-nighter while performing in front of a crowd of fans while being video taped. That’s The Treble. The Winnipeg acoustic getup accumulated a massive sleep deficit earlier this month in order to r...

Dispatches from China: Making an impact

*Guest blog by Kevin Paes, Water Safety Program Advisor for the Canadian Red Cross in Western CanadaThe proceeding is the final instalment in a four-part blog focusing on a water safety technical exchange between the Canadian Red Cross and the Chines...

Dispatches from China: Tired, but satisfied

*Guest blog on Xiamen Water Safety exchange by Kevin Paes, Water Safety Program Advisor for the Canadian Red Cross in Western CanadaBeginning October 20th, four Red Crossers touched down in China as part of a technical exchange between the Canadian R...

Dispatches from China: First day of swim training builds bridges

 Guest blog by Kevin Paes, Water Safety Program Advisor for the Canadian Red Cross in Western CanadaBeginning October 20th, four Red Crossers touched down in China as part of a technical exchange between the Canadian Red Cross and the Chinese Red Cro...

Dispatches from China: Hello from Beijing

Guest blog by Kevin Paes, Water Safety Program Advisor for the Canadian Red Cross in Western CanadaBeginning October 20th, four Red Crossers touched down in China as part of a technical exchange between the Canadian Red Cross and the Chinese Red Cros...

Reaching for the highest peak for Red Cross

A few weeks ago, we told you about Heather Cranney - manager of the Timmins, ON branch - who was en route to Africa to hike Mount Kilimanjaro in support of the Red Cross, raising almost $600. She recently returned and shared with us a bit about her e...

Let's talk about food: Blog Action Day 2011

Today is Blog Action Day 2011, a day when bloggers around the world are encouraged to blog about one particular theme. This year’s theme is ‘food.’ For many reasons, this is a topic dear to our Red Cross heart and so we wanted to participate. 

Fifty years of service honoured with the Order of the Red Cross

*Guest blog by Colleen Lowe, Senior Communications Advisor, Ontario ** Photos by Johan Hallberg-Campbell The world has changed in many ways over the past 50 years, as Sally St. Lewis will tell you. Her experiences as a volunteer with the Red Cr...

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