Lorsqu’un train a déraillé dans le secteur ouest de la ville d’Irvine, située au sud-est de l’Alberta, la famille de Cindy Taylor n’a eu que cinq minutes pour quitter son domicile.
Cindy, son mari, leurs cinq enfants de 5 à 18 ans et leur chat de thérapie, Tigger, ont pu évacuer le domicile familial en toute sécurité.
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The Canadian Red Cross is committed to making sure that gender equality and social inclusion are an active part of our programs. Sometimes this means having to challenge assumptions about who can do what - such as heavy labour. Recently in Mozambique, the Red Cross purposefully sought out women labourers, read about their experiences.
The Taylor family had less than five minutes to evacuate their home when a train derailed near their community. In the rush, therapy cat Tigger slipped off his leash outside the evacuation centre and couldn't be found. Luckily, with Red Cross help, Tigger is back home with his family!
At first glance, laying on an inflatable toy in shallow water seems pretty safe, after all, the water isn’t deep and there is a floating toy right there. Recently, a family’s trip to the beach in Nova Scotia proved to be a harrowing reminder of why this is not the case.
Jim and his wife always remind their friends how important it is to wear their lifejackets when they go out on the water.
A few years ago, they were out fishing in a Saskatchewan provincial park with another couple. Jim remembers asking his wife if she had caught a fish. That’s when he noticed that she appeared to be dozing off.
When our daughter Ruby was six months old, we enrolled in Red Cross lessons at our local pool. Those first few lessons were tough, with a crying unhappy baby but we stuck with it. Very quickly Ruby started to gain confidence, and with that a love of the water. She is so proud of every level she completes and looks forward to spending time at the pool each week. This past winter Ruby started synchronized swimming, and those Red Cross swimming lessons helped her pick up the choreography and strokes more quickly. Those basic swimming skills are the foundation of all water activities like diving, snorkelling, paddle boarding, skim boarding and more.
Ah, le mois d’août! C’est le temps de faire le plein de soleil et de chaleur, car l’été tire déjà à sa fin. Eh oui, l’automne arrivera sous peu et chez nous, c’est le moment d’inscrire fiston à des cours de natation.
Ma femme et moi adorons l’eau; c’est pourquoi les cours de natation sont indispensables pour notre enfant. Bien sûr, j’ai déjà été sauveteuse, donc je pourrais lui montrer à nager. Il se débrouillerait bien, mais ce ne serait pas assez. Je veux m’assurer qu’il profite d’un programme exhaustif qui lui donnera tous les outils pour devenir un nageur accompli.