Je suis reconnaissante d’avoir eu le privilège de retourner en République démocratique du Congo 24 ans après ma toute première mission avec la Croix-Rouge.
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While the fire was over, the stress remained in 100 Mile House, a small community in the B.C. interior that evacuated for 16 days during the 2017 wildfires.
Twenty-four years after my very first mission with the Red Cross, I am grateful to be back in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The context this time is totally different from the one that had brought me to this country for my debut in the humanitarian world. Then it was a man-made catastrophe, the genocide in Rwanda. Now, it is nature’s work. Ebola, the deadly virus that killed thousands of people in West Africa, is back for the ninth time in the DRC.
En ce joyeux temps de BBQ et de festivals un peu partout à travers la province, il est bon de se rappeler comment réagir si une personne de votre entourage s’écroule sous l’effet de la chaleur et de l’alcool.
When Inga Sloan arrived at Canadian Forces Base Borden to teach a Canadian Red Cross CPR/AED first aid course, she had no idea she would be teaching the people who would save her life.
L’image de robots qui s’affrontent peut sembler tout droit sortie d’un récit de science-fiction – pourtant, plus la technologie évolue, plus la réalité est en voie de rejoindre cette fiction.
Recently I was invited to visit James Smith Cree Nation for their Community Health Fair where an Elder approached me and said “Hello, I have a story and I want you to write it down.”
The Packing House is a meeting place for the people of Spences Bridge, whether it’s to have a cup of coffee, catch up on the latest news and gossip, or chat with owner and local politician Steve Rice.
It’s also a stopping point for people on the road to elsewhere in B.C. Or, it was, until last summer when massive wildfires stopped the flow of tourist traffic through Spences Bridge.