Canadian Blood Services

• ‘Lifesaving’: Canadian Blood Services signs up stem cell donors at N.S. university

  For cancer patients, stem cell transplants are believed to be a "last shot" option. The campaign was created with the goal of adding 1,000 people to Canada's stem cell database.

  Health

  Feb 16
  
• Canada needs more donors from Black communities, Canadian Blood Services says

  Canadian Blood Services is working to recruit more donors from Black communities. Ethnicity can play a role in treatment, and donation levels haven't grown with the population.

  Canada

  Feb 9
  
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• Ontario post-secondary schools host stem cell clinics

  There are stem cell donor clinics happening at the University of Guelph, University of Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier University.

  Health

  Feb 6
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• Canadian Blood Services seeks 30,000 donors amid holidays: ‘It saves lives’

  Despite the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, the critical demand for blood and plasma donations persists, according to Canadian Blood Services.

  Health

  Dec 24, 2023
• Becca Schofield’s mother asking New Brunswickers to donate blood over the holidays

  Five years after death, Becca Schofield's mother is continuing the Riverview, N.B., teen's campaign to encourage others to perform acts of kindness.

  Health

  Dec 20, 2023
• Blood donation ban tied to mad cow disease fears lifted across Canada

  Quebec's blood supply agency says Health Canada has lifted a longstanding ban on blood donations in the province that stemmed from fear of mad cow disease.

  Health

  Nov 22, 2023
• Urgent call for blood donations in Peterborough as supply critically low

  Over the next four weeks, Canadian Blood Service's clinic in Peterborough needs 344 people to give blood. A special mobile clinic is scheduled Oct. 2 at Trent University.

  Health

  Sep 25, 2023
• Canadian Blood Services facing ‘perfect storm’ as wildfires rage. What to know

  The COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather and more Canadians travelling abroad have left a hole of 10,000 donation appointments within the network, the agency says.

  Health

  Aug 29, 2023
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• Meet an Ontario man going ‘all in all the time’ when it comes to giving blood

  It was less than five years ago that Dan Polischuk made his first blood donation but the Kitchener man is set to mark a milestone Tuesday when he gives blood for a 50th time.

  Canada

  Aug 4, 2023
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• Canadian Blood Services asks Calgarians to fill hundreds of open appointments

  Calgary has 534 appointments that need to be filled to meet inventory levels for the rest of July, according to the Canadian Blood Services.

  Health

  Jul 22, 2023