Couple donates $2M to help Horn of Africa
The Canadian Red Cross has received a $2 million donation from a Toronto couple to help relief efforts in the Horn of Africa where millions of people are at risk of starvation. The donation from Kroum...
View ArticleRogers donating $100K to help Alberta flood victims
Rogers Communications Inc. says it will donate $100,000 to the Canadian Red Cross to help residents affected by the flooding in Calgary and other communities in southern Alberta. The Toronto-based...
View ArticleOntario donates $100,000 in aid to Ukraine
The Ontario government has announced it is giving $100,000 in humanitarian aid to the people of Ukraine. “Ontario has a close connection with Ukraine, and I know that many people across the province...
View ArticleQuebecer who survived Irma calls it terrifying; Canadian frigate on standby
A Quebec man living on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin is calling hurricane Irma the most terrifying experience of his life after 300 km/h winds ripped the roof off his house and others in the...
View ArticleCanadian Red Cross arrives in Japan
OTTAWA, Ont. – Rescue efforts are underway for the tens of thousands believed to be missing in Japan following Friday’s magnitude 8.9 earthquake. The Canadian Red Cross said they responded immediately...
View ArticleMusic World founders donate $2 million to Africa drought appeal
The founders of Music World — Kroum and Eva Pindoff — announced Wednesday they will be making a personal donation of $2 million to the Canadian Red Cross Horn of Africa Drought appeal. The United...
View ArticleRogers donating to flood relief in Alberta
TORONTO, Ont. – Rogers, the parent company of 680News, is helping the Canadian Red Cross with flood relief efforts in Alberta and is encouraging all Canadians to lend a hand. The Rogers office in...
View ArticleFundraiser in Scarborough to benefit Philippines
Carlo Balagasay has been watching coverage of Typhoon Haiyan that struck the small village he was born and raised in just outside of Tacloban, Philippines. “It was completely devastated — actually 98...
View ArticleCanadian First Aid, CPR courses adding opioid poisoning response training
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Standard First Aid training courses across Canada will now include how to respond to an overdose. Thanks to nearly $8 million in funding from the Substance Use and Addiction...
View ArticleHuman connections: ‘Friendly Calls’ program reaches out to lonely, isolated...
Wendy Goodall moved from Ontario to the sprawling prairies of southern Saskatchewan two years ago. Then the COVID-19 pandemic shrank her world. “I knew nobody here, except my daughter and her family,”...
View ArticleHow you can help young children in need of first aid, CPR during emergencies
For Fiona Geddes and her husband, a routine diaper change for their two-year-old daughter at their Toronto home became a parent’s worst nightmare after the mother-of-three was forced to perform CPR....
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