Ontario News and Stories
International Humanitarian Law Film Festival in Ottawa, Ontario
- The University of Ottawa Red Cross Club is hosting "Even Wars Have Limits" International Humanitarian Law Film Festival on March 16, 2013. The film festival will showcase a documentary and a film that each demonstrate and raise awareness of IHL. The...
Clowning around at the Red Cross
- Guest entry by Colleen Lowe, Communications Manager in Ontario Shortly after retiring from his job at the local hydro station, Rick Nienhuis noticed a sign recruiting volunteers for the Sarnia Red Cross branch in Ontario. It piqued his curiosity and...
From Kosovo to Nova Scotia: A journey with a Red Cross connection
- When Arta Rexhepi arrived in Canada from Kosovo with her family nearly 14 years ago, she was greeted and comforted by Canadian Red Cross volunteers. She was among a group of 5,000 refugees fleeing conflict who arrived in Nova Scotia and Ontario from ...
Photo of the Day: Friendly competition with the disaster management team
- Disaster management coordinators, volunteer operations leads, and branch managers from all across Ontario gathered for a conference in Orillia, Ontario last weekend. Staff members Shelley Pascal, Jude Andrew, Areeda Mohammed and Branch Manager Tom Wi...
A sweet surprise for Meals on Wheels clients
- Meals on Wheels clients in Burlington, Ontario received a sweet surprise for Valentine’s Day from students at Clarksdale Public School. Older students helped younger students create special place mats for each Meals on Wheels client. Red Cross volu...
Youth imagine, create, and inspire change at art show in Richmond Hill, Ontario
- The Red Cross in the York Region of Ontario is hosting an art show to raise awareness and funds for the WAPP (West Africa Partnership Program). The “Create Your Own Peace – Imagine, Create @ Inspire Change” art show opens on the evening of Februa...
Photo of the Day: Ontario volunteers participate in disaster management training
- A group of volunteers spent part of this Saturday being trained in disaster management in the Halton Hills region in Ontario. Now that they have completed their training, the volunteers will be added to the list of active volunteers in their regi...
Food Friday: Fondue, FonDON'T!
- Last week we were talking about Red Cross Holiday Traditions and we received a great story about a tradition-gone-wrong from Red Crosser Joan Savoie in Ontario. Joan’s family gathers together every year on Christmas Eve to relax and exchange gifts...
Photo of the Day: Red Cross office opens in Moose Cree First Nation
- *Photos by Johan Hallberg-Campbell Last week, the Canadian Red Cross opened a satellite office in Moose Cree First Nation, located near Moosonee on the coast of James Bay. This is the first Red Cross office in a First Nation community in Ontario a...
Tech Talk: Crisis communications in Trillium Resolve exercise
- Last week, the Canadian Red Cross participated in a disaster response exercise called Trillium Resolve in order to test and improve Ontario's emergency response programs. The Red Cross participated in the exercise by opening shelters and assisting "v...
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