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Canadian Red Cross seeks 2020 Humanitarian of the Year Award nominees

- The Canadian Red Cross has opened the call for nominations for its annual Manitoba Humanitarians of the Year Awards.

Preparing for Disasters in Manitoba

- Emergency preparedness takes planning. Learn how the Red Cross trains for disasters in your community with mock shelter set-ups.
 

A Volunteer for All Seasons

- Canadian Red Cross volunteers respond to a Boxing Day apartment fire.

A decade of Red Cross on the ground

- As we get ready in ring in 2020, we're reflecting on some events from the past decade that brought together international aid workers, inspired innovative solutions to complex challenges, and showed the amazing capacity for resilience humans have in the face of disasters.

Northern Youth Leadership Conference

- Approximately 660 students participated in a two-day youth conference at Helen Betty Osborne Ininiw Educational Resource Centre, in Norway House.

In her own words: First time in the field with the Canadian Red Cross

-  “Can you deploy for the Manitoba snowstorms?” The text arrived on Saturday while I was in a crisis management class.  By Monday, I was in the air, flying to Manitoba on my first response with the Canadian Red Cross!

Sunny with a Chance of Smiles

- Because of extended power outages resulting from the Oct. 2019 storm, more than 10,000 members of First Nation communities in Manitoba had to be evacuated.

Canadian Red Cross response in support of 13 evacuated First Nations officially concludes with return home

- The Canadian Red Cross response in support of people evacuated from 13 First Nations due to power outages, resulting from a massive snowstorm, officially concluded on Oct. 30, with the final communities returning home.
 

Help given never forgotten

- A burning exclamation mark to a sweet celebration, Kim Isaac’s garage burst into flames moments after her final guest departed from the baby shower she was hosting at her home in southeast Manitoba. When Kim opened the door to the garage it looked like the site of a massive tornado touchdown. Her husband was on fire and jumped into a snowbank to douse the flames.

Help given never forgotten

- A burning exclamation mark to a sweet celebration, Kim Isaac’s garage burst into flames moments after her final guest departed from the baby shower she was hosting at her home in southeast Manitoba.