Stories: Canadian Blood Services

Wyatt Lafontaine was diagnosed in June 2017 at only 10 months old with infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He spent several months at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario undergoing chemotherapy, with blood transfusions every second day.

Doctors bracing for the impact of COVID-19 are finding time to give blood and encourage others to do the same.

Criteria took effect March 29 and more updates will likely follow during the pandemic as our knowledge of the virus evolves.

Register. Tell your family. Be inspired. 

Members of the Muslim community in Newfoundland and Labrador are supporting Canada’s Lifeline during the COVID-19 pandemic

Josie Sirna has received roughly 4,400 units of red blood cells in her lifetime. She currently needs 117 units every year just to live a normal life.

Abby Acosta-Pickering wasn’t supposed to be her brother’s stem cell donor, but then the pandemic happened.

Why we’re asking women to register, even though they can’t donate yet

How we’re helping improve understanding of COVID-19 in Canada

New evidence-based change will make thousands of Canadians eligible to donate blood