Water Safety (Page 13)

Our friends at momstown are celebrating their 5th birthday with community events across the country. Canadian Red Cross has set up information booths at many of the celebrations to share information on topics such as disaster preparedness or firs...

Guest entry by Melanie MacDonald, Communications Coordinator in Atlantic Canada Have you heard about our Canadian Red Cross and Transport Canada water and boating safety teams touring the Atlantic region this summer? Since the beginning of June, 16 ...

With the August long weekend coming up, many of us will be heading to the cottage or the campground. Whether you’re lounging on a boat, playing volleyball at the beach, or sitting around the campfire, we’ve discovered some great smartphone applicatio...

*Guest post by Lisa Banning, Communications Advisor in Ontario If you visit Centennial Beach in Barrie, Ontario, this summer, you are bound to see the latest fashion trend...no not itsy bitsy teeny weenie yellow polka dot bikinis, but rather peopl...

Sunny days has Maritimers flocking to local beaches this summer. This photo was taken at sunset on the beach in Tignish, Prince Edward Island earlier this month by Red Crosser Natalie Champagne. She’s one of the instructors at the Red Cross-run wat...

* Guest entry from Nicole Robicheau, Public Affairs Advisor, Ottawa  Canadian diver Alexandre Despatie will compete for a gold medal at the London Summer Olympics. But he almost didn’t get to. On June 12th, the two-time Olympic silver medalist sla...

*Our friends at momstown.ca recently posted this blog by our own water safety expert, Shannon Scully-Pratt. We wanted to share this important information with you on how to keep kids cool this summer. We’ve had a series of heat waves across the coun...