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The Canadian Red Cross is shocked and saddened to learn about the killing of Haitham Bassam Abu Issa, a Palestine Red Crescent Society nurse in Gaza, and send our deepest condolences to his loved ones. Humanitarians are not a target.
We mourn the killing of another Palestine Red Crescent colleague in Gaza. This brings the total number of PRCS staff and volunteers killed during the conflict to 50 - both on and off duty.
We reiterate our calls: Civilians & humanitarians must be protected.
There are no excuses.
We reiterate our calls: Civilians & humanitarians must be protected.
There are no excuses.
June 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The Canadian Red Cross is shocked and saddened to learn about the killing of Haitham Bassam Abu Issa, a Palestine Red Crescent Society nurse in Gaza, and send our deepest condolences to his loved ones. Humanitarians are not a target.
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We mourn the killing of another Palestine Red Crescent colleague in Gaza. This brings the total number of PRCS staff and volunteers killed during the conflict to 50 - both on and off duty.
We reiterate our calls: Civilians & humanitarians must be protected.
There are no excuses.
We reiterate our calls: Civilians & humanitarians must be protected.
There are no excuses.
June 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We mourn the killing of another Palestine Red Crescent colleague in Gaza. This brings the total number of PRCS staff and volunteers killed during the conflict to 50 - both on and off duty.
We reiterate our calls: Civilians & humanitarians must be protected.
There are no excuses.
We reiterate our calls: Civilians & humanitarians must be protected.
There are no excuses.
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Attention changemakers!
Today marks the beginning of our annual fundraising campaign with Walmart Canada. Until July 25, show your support by donating to Red Cross at the checkout in Walmart Canada stores.
Today marks the beginning of our annual fundraising campaign with Walmart Canada. Until July 25, show your support by donating to Red Cross at the checkout in Walmart Canada stores.
June 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Attention changemakers!
Today marks the beginning of our annual fundraising campaign with Walmart Canada. Until July 25, show your support by donating to Red Cross at the checkout in Walmart Canada stores.
Today marks the beginning of our annual fundraising campaign with Walmart Canada. Until July 25, show your support by donating to Red Cross at the checkout in Walmart Canada stores.
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⚠️ Wildfires are common in Canada and can spread quickly. The best way to protect yourself and your family is to follow these steps:
✅ Monitor local weather.
✅ Keep your vehicle fueled.
✅ Prepare an emergency plan and kit.
✅ Be ready to evacuate.
For more tips: www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
✅ Monitor local weather.
✅ Keep your vehicle fueled.
✅ Prepare an emergency plan and kit.
✅ Be ready to evacuate.
For more tips: www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
June 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
⚠️ Wildfires are common in Canada and can spread quickly. The best way to protect yourself and your family is to follow these steps:
✅ Monitor local weather.
✅ Keep your vehicle fueled.
✅ Prepare an emergency plan and kit.
✅ Be ready to evacuate.
For more tips: www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
✅ Monitor local weather.
✅ Keep your vehicle fueled.
✅ Prepare an emergency plan and kit.
✅ Be ready to evacuate.
For more tips: www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
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The healthcare system in Gaza is on the verge of complete collapse. To avert preventable deaths, the services of the remaining health-care facilities must be preserved and reinforced.
📍Gaza | In the last two weeks, the Red Cross Field Hospital treated more patients than in all mass casualty events over the past year. An overwhelming majority of patients said they had been trying to reach assistance distribution sites.
Read more 👉🏽 www.icrc.org/en/statement...
Read more 👉🏽 www.icrc.org/en/statement...
June 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The healthcare system in Gaza is on the verge of complete collapse. To avert preventable deaths, the services of the remaining health-care facilities must be preserved and reinforced.
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Communities across Canada are being impacted by wildfires – causing poor air quality due to smoke.
Here’s how to protect yourself:
✅ Limit outdoor activity as much as possible
✅ Keep your windows closed
✅ Stay hydrated
✅ Stay informed on local and regional air quality conditions
Here’s how to protect yourself:
✅ Limit outdoor activity as much as possible
✅ Keep your windows closed
✅ Stay hydrated
✅ Stay informed on local and regional air quality conditions
May 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Communities across Canada are being impacted by wildfires – causing poor air quality due to smoke.
Here’s how to protect yourself:
✅ Limit outdoor activity as much as possible
✅ Keep your windows closed
✅ Stay hydrated
✅ Stay informed on local and regional air quality conditions
Here’s how to protect yourself:
✅ Limit outdoor activity as much as possible
✅ Keep your windows closed
✅ Stay hydrated
✅ Stay informed on local and regional air quality conditions
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Wildfires and smoke have resulted in the evacuation of several communities in Manitoba. The Canadian Red Cross has opened the 2025 Manitoba Wildfires Appeal to help people and communities impacted by wildfires in the province.
You can donate now: give.redcross.ca/page/25MWA
You can donate now: give.redcross.ca/page/25MWA
Donate to the 2025 Manitoba Wildfires Appeal
Donations to the Canadian Red Cross will be used for assisting those impacted by the wildfires in Manitoba with immediate and ongoing relief including financial assistance, support to evacuees and the...
give.redcross.ca
May 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Wildfires and smoke have resulted in the evacuation of several communities in Manitoba. The Canadian Red Cross has opened the 2025 Manitoba Wildfires Appeal to help people and communities impacted by wildfires in the province.
You can donate now: give.redcross.ca/page/25MWA
You can donate now: give.redcross.ca/page/25MWA
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For the latest information and resources, including information about available community and mental health supports, we encourage you to visit the link below.
vancouver.ca/home-propert...
vancouver.ca/home-propert...
Lapu Lapu Day mass casualty incident
This page is dedicated to providing support and resources following the tragic mass casualty incident at the 2025 Lapu Lapu Day event.
vancouver.ca
April 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
For the latest information and resources, including information about available community and mental health supports, we encourage you to visit the link below.
vancouver.ca/home-propert...
vancouver.ca/home-propert...
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The Canadian Red Cross extends its deepest condolences to those impacted by the tragic incident at the Lapu Lapu Day Festival in Vancouver on Saturday. Our thoughts are with those affected & their friends, families and the Filipino community who are coping with unimaginable loss.
April 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The Canadian Red Cross extends its deepest condolences to those impacted by the tragic incident at the Lapu Lapu Day Festival in Vancouver on Saturday. Our thoughts are with those affected & their friends, families and the Filipino community who are coping with unimaginable loss.
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⚡️Update: 120 injured in Russian missile strike on Kharkiv during Good Friday, governor says.
The number of people injured in Russia's April 18 missile attack on Kharkiv has risen to 120, with 18 victims hospitalized, including four children.
The number of people injured in Russia's April 18 missile attack on Kharkiv has risen to 120, with 18 victims hospitalized, including four children.
Update: 120 injured in Russian missile strike on Kharkiv during Good Friday, governor says
The number of people injured in Russia's April 18 missile attack on Kharkiv has risen to 120, with 18 victims hospitalized, including four children.
kyivindependent.com
April 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
⚡️Update: 120 injured in Russian missile strike on Kharkiv during Good Friday, governor says.
The number of people injured in Russia's April 18 missile attack on Kharkiv has risen to 120, with 18 victims hospitalized, including four children.
The number of people injured in Russia's April 18 missile attack on Kharkiv has risen to 120, with 18 victims hospitalized, including four children.
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Spring storms can hit unexpectedly — are you ready for a power outage? The key to staying safe is to plan ahead. Here’s how to get started:
🚗 Keep your gas tank at least half full
📻 Have a battery-powered or crank radio
🚗 Keep your gas tank at least half full
📻 Have a battery-powered or crank radio
April 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Spring storms can hit unexpectedly — are you ready for a power outage? The key to staying safe is to plan ahead. Here’s how to get started:
🚗 Keep your gas tank at least half full
📻 Have a battery-powered or crank radio
🚗 Keep your gas tank at least half full
📻 Have a battery-powered or crank radio
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Tsunamis can hit people in coastal areas within minutes after a severe earthquake. How to stay safe:
✅ Move to higher ground
✅ Stay away from coast, tidal estuaries, rivers & streams
✅ Be aware of secondary hazards such as landslides, flooding & mudflows
Learn more: www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
✅ Move to higher ground
✅ Stay away from coast, tidal estuaries, rivers & streams
✅ Be aware of secondary hazards such as landslides, flooding & mudflows
Learn more: www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
April 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Tsunamis can hit people in coastal areas within minutes after a severe earthquake. How to stay safe:
✅ Move to higher ground
✅ Stay away from coast, tidal estuaries, rivers & streams
✅ Be aware of secondary hazards such as landslides, flooding & mudflows
Learn more: www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
✅ Move to higher ground
✅ Stay away from coast, tidal estuaries, rivers & streams
✅ Be aware of secondary hazards such as landslides, flooding & mudflows
Learn more: www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/...
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Sunday Community Dinners are an important tradition for Jasper residents. Every week, during the winter months, residents gather to dine in community – a tradition that started in 2003 and continues today.
April 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Sunday Community Dinners are an important tradition for Jasper residents. Every week, during the winter months, residents gather to dine in community – a tradition that started in 2003 and continues today.
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The Canadian Red Cross is shocked and saddened to learn about the killing of eight Palestine Red Crescent Society medics in Gaza. We send our deepest condolences to their loved ones. Humanitarians are not a target.
The IFRC condemns the killing of eight Palestine Red Crescent Society medics in Gaza.
We are heartbroken. These dedicated humanitarians, killed while responding to the wounded, should have been protected. We mourn their loss and stand with the Palestine Red Crescent.
Full statement: bit.ly/427LXxp
We are heartbroken. These dedicated humanitarians, killed while responding to the wounded, should have been protected. We mourn their loss and stand with the Palestine Red Crescent.
Full statement: bit.ly/427LXxp
March 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Canadian Red Cross is shocked and saddened to learn about the killing of eight Palestine Red Crescent Society medics in Gaza. We send our deepest condolences to their loved ones. Humanitarians are not a target.
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Behind every war photo is an unseen battle. How do photographers cope when revisiting what they have been through?
🎙️ Watch #MenElMiden, a podcast made by the ICRC in Lebanon 👉🏽 https://linktr.ee/icrclebanon?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=3accc3c4-d384-4ff9-ba40-63ef44b9cd68
🎙️ Watch #MenElMiden, a podcast made by the ICRC in Lebanon 👉🏽 https://linktr.ee/icrclebanon?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=3accc3c4-d384-4ff9-ba40-63ef44b9cd68
March 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Behind every war photo is an unseen battle. How do photographers cope when revisiting what they have been through?
🎙️ Watch #MenElMiden, a podcast made by the ICRC in Lebanon 👉🏽 https://linktr.ee/icrclebanon?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=3accc3c4-d384-4ff9-ba40-63ef44b9cd68
🎙️ Watch #MenElMiden, a podcast made by the ICRC in Lebanon 👉🏽 https://linktr.ee/icrclebanon?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=3accc3c4-d384-4ff9-ba40-63ef44b9cd68
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For the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, remaining neutral and impartial is essential to allowing us to reach those most in need of support. This does not mean we are silent, and we are not neutral about suffering.
January 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
For the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, remaining neutral and impartial is essential to allowing us to reach those most in need of support. This does not mean we are silent, and we are not neutral about suffering.
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An outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City area has grown into one of the largest ever recorded in the United States, with dozens of active cases of the infectious disease reported, according to health officials reut.rs/3PVLKYp
Major tuberculosis outbreak hits Kansas City area
An outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City area has grown into one of the largest ever recorded in the United States, with dozens of active cases of the infectious disease reported, according to health officials.
reut.rs
January 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
An outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City area has grown into one of the largest ever recorded in the United States, with dozens of active cases of the infectious disease reported, according to health officials reut.rs/3PVLKYp
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Our feline friends are family, and their well-being is our top priority. Are you prepared to help if they face an emergency? Learning basic first aid skills can make a world of difference!
Here are five key skills to help you protect your cat when it matters most:
Here are five key skills to help you protect your cat when it matters most:
January 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Our feline friends are family, and their well-being is our top priority. Are you prepared to help if they face an emergency? Learning basic first aid skills can make a world of difference!
Here are five key skills to help you protect your cat when it matters most:
Here are five key skills to help you protect your cat when it matters most:
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Take care of yourself with our Psychological First Aid tips:
👀 Look for common signs that indicate stress
👂Listen to how you are feeling
🔗 Link to the support systems
❤️ Live with coping strategies
Sign up for our Psychological First Aid course today: www.redcross.ca/training-and...
#BellLetsTalk
👀 Look for common signs that indicate stress
👂Listen to how you are feeling
🔗 Link to the support systems
❤️ Live with coping strategies
Sign up for our Psychological First Aid course today: www.redcross.ca/training-and...
#BellLetsTalk
January 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Take care of yourself with our Psychological First Aid tips:
👀 Look for common signs that indicate stress
👂Listen to how you are feeling
🔗 Link to the support systems
❤️ Live with coping strategies
Sign up for our Psychological First Aid course today: www.redcross.ca/training-and...
#BellLetsTalk
👀 Look for common signs that indicate stress
👂Listen to how you are feeling
🔗 Link to the support systems
❤️ Live with coping strategies
Sign up for our Psychological First Aid course today: www.redcross.ca/training-and...
#BellLetsTalk
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Social media owners should be held responsible for 'poisoning society' and eroding democracy with their algorithms, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told the World Economic Forum in Davos reut.rs/3C8jgY
January 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Social media owners should be held responsible for 'poisoning society' and eroding democracy with their algorithms, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told the World Economic Forum in Davos reut.rs/3C8jgY
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Attention pet owners and caregivers! 🐾
Our First Aid for Dogs and Cats course is here to help you be prepared for life-saving moments. From spotting signs of distress to managing emergencies, this course equips you with the skills to keep your pets safe.
➡️ Read more: cheknews.ca/lifesaving-i...
Our First Aid for Dogs and Cats course is here to help you be prepared for life-saving moments. From spotting signs of distress to managing emergencies, this course equips you with the skills to keep your pets safe.
➡️ Read more: cheknews.ca/lifesaving-i...
First-aid course for pet owners, caregivers launches online
Pet owners can fetch first-aid skills with the Canadian Red Cross' new online course teaching about common emergencies for cats and dogs.
cheknews.ca
January 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Attention pet owners and caregivers! 🐾
Our First Aid for Dogs and Cats course is here to help you be prepared for life-saving moments. From spotting signs of distress to managing emergencies, this course equips you with the skills to keep your pets safe.
➡️ Read more: cheknews.ca/lifesaving-i...
Our First Aid for Dogs and Cats course is here to help you be prepared for life-saving moments. From spotting signs of distress to managing emergencies, this course equips you with the skills to keep your pets safe.
➡️ Read more: cheknews.ca/lifesaving-i...
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Not a trophy
Not for sport
Not for sport
January 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Not a trophy
Not for sport
Not for sport
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During the holidays, be kind to your mind. Follow our 4 self-care tips:
1. Get enough rest.
2. Take it slow.
3. Be kind to yourself.
4. Reach out for connection and support.
From all of us at the Canadian Red Cross, we’d like to wish you and your family a happy, healthy, and safe holiday season! ♥️
1. Get enough rest.
2. Take it slow.
3. Be kind to yourself.
4. Reach out for connection and support.
From all of us at the Canadian Red Cross, we’d like to wish you and your family a happy, healthy, and safe holiday season! ♥️
December 24, 2024 at 3:06 PM
During the holidays, be kind to your mind. Follow our 4 self-care tips:
1. Get enough rest.
2. Take it slow.
3. Be kind to yourself.
4. Reach out for connection and support.
From all of us at the Canadian Red Cross, we’d like to wish you and your family a happy, healthy, and safe holiday season! ♥️
1. Get enough rest.
2. Take it slow.
3. Be kind to yourself.
4. Reach out for connection and support.
From all of us at the Canadian Red Cross, we’d like to wish you and your family a happy, healthy, and safe holiday season! ♥️