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Our newsroom is a collection of media resources about the services we provide to Canadians, as well as major topics and events of significance to our organization and industry. Explore the latest news releases and articles we’ve published, if you can’t find the information you’re looking for, please contact: media@blood.ca | 1-877-709-7773

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Giving blood during the holidays? This young recipient thanks you

Monday, December 23, 2019
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Three-year-old Wyatt Lafontaine will thank blood donors in person on Christmas Eve in Ottawa.
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Hockey Gives Blood scores for patients with assists by NHL and player ambassadors

Friday, December 20, 2019
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A non-profit that promotes blood and stem cell donation in the hockey community is getting new support from the NHL as well as player ambassadors in other leagues.
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Because ‘Schmidt happens’: Windsor family celebrates holiday by giving blood together

Friday, December 20, 2019
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Adam Schmidt has a message for those on the fence about donating blood: don’t fear the first time.
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Make saving a life your greatest gift this holiday season

Tuesday, December 17, 2019
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Crystal Nguyen is among thousands of Canadians who have needed blood for lifesaving care during the holidays. That’s why she encourages Canadians to support Canada’s Lifeline and book and honour their appointments to meet patient needs.
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Canadian Blood Services invites public to open board meeting Dec. 6

Thursday, December 05, 2019
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WHAT: Canadian Blood Services will open its doors physically and virtually, by live streaming its open board meeting at blood.ca and inviting the public to attend in person in Ottawa. Members of the public are invited to participate in open board meetings twice each year to hear about the
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Don’t wait to be affected to give back, says two-time leukemia survivor and blood, platelet and cord blood recipient

Tuesday, December 03, 2019
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Philanthropy news
With the stress of exams and the excitement of the upcoming holiday season hanging in the air, 20-year old Crystal Nguyen sits behind a small booth in the middle of her college campus, while her fellow students buzz by.
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‘Acts of kindness to repair the world’: Canadian Blood Services remembers Dr. Elianna Saidenberg

Tuesday, October 22, 2019
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Canadian Blood Services is mourning the loss of Dr. Elianna Saidenberg, an Ottawa Hospital hematologist who made a deep impact on Canadian Blood Services and the wider community. “There is a term in Jewish tradition, ‘tikkun olam,’ that epitomizes everything Elianna represented: acts of kindness
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"We literally saw our child’s life in the hands of donors”

Thursday, October 03, 2019
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Impact stories
Sharon Bulger can still remember the feeling of the air being completely sucked out of her lungs, when she learned her eight-year-old son Cameron had brain cancer.
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Changes in blood donation process will enhance donor experience

Tuesday, August 27, 2019
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As we are constantly seeking new ways to enhance donors’ experience, we recently introduced changes to our blood donation process to reduce blood donor screening and rest time for repeat donors, resulting in a shorter donation time without impacting the safety of the donor. Recent studies and
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