British Columbia and Yukon News and Stories

Behind the scenes with Red Cross' Kate Stene

May 25, 2023 - Growing up in a family of emergency responders and with a background in healthcare, it was Katherine (Kate) Stene's lifelong dream to work within the humanitarian sector, especially with the Red Cross.

Red Cross program supports Merritt’s Plant and Flower Shop after 2021 Floods

November 20, 2022 -

In November 2021, around 2 a.m. Vicki Hansen jolted out of bed to answer the loud knocking at her door. The 70-year-old entrepreneur was about to experience the scariest event of her life. See how the Canadian Red Cross helped her, and her business, recover from floods.

Red Cross program helps Merritt Dance Studio recover from flood impacts

November 01, 2022 - The young dancers from the Love to Dance Academy were thrilled about their annual dance event last November.

World First Aid Day: Safe + Sound with the Canadian Red Cross

September 10, 2022 - When Gill McCulloch’s son was five-years old, he nearly died while choking on a candy. “It was the most frightening moment of my life when he stopped breathing!”

Red Cross program helps Princeton not-for-profit repair flood-damaged building

August 26, 2022 - The Princeton Family Services Society building in B.C. was damaged in the flooding and the cost of repairing their building has been a stressor. 
“The loss of building and then rebuilding is a huge cost to us,” emphasizes Jenny. “Help from Red Cross has really helped."

Red Cross program supports flood-impacted business in Abbotsford

August 26, 2022 - On a November morning last year, as Travis looked inside his newly renovated shop, he could see the water slowly creeping higher. He was in disbelief. He had never imagined the flooding of the Nooksack River would have such a devastating impact on his property in Abbotsford.

How two Canadian Red Cross nurses supported Alberta's COVID-19 response

April 08, 2022 - After 38 years as a registered nurse, George Rudancyz came out of retirement to help the Canadian Red Cross COVID-19 response.
 
"I have extensive training in critical care that I should not just hold back,” says Rudancyz, explaining his decision. “I just want to help. I am glad to help. I should offer my time and skill to others."

From Alberta Fire evacuee to Red Cross Responder for the B.C. Floods response

December 09, 2021 - Brian Boyes in Kamloops, British Columbia with the Canadian Red Cross as part of the logistics team at the Reception Centre for people evacuated from their homes. He knows what they are going through because he and his wife Angela were two of some 80,000 people who had to flee the wildfire that descended on Fort McMurray in 2016.

2021 B.C. Floods: Home on the road - a year of supporting Canadians

December 07, 2021 - The longest stretch that Fran Carter has spent at home in Falher, Alberta this year is ten days. That’s because she has been going from disaster response to disaster response with the Canadian Red Cross – and wouldn’t have it any other way.