Stories: Canadian Blood Services

A kidney donor made all the difference for Shariq Khan, a college professor and spiritual leader in Barrie, Ont.

Kade Blakely, who has 22q, works to raise awareness of both his condition and the need for blood and plasma

A patient’s life or health may depend on blood components, stem cells or even an organ from a donor of similar ethnic background

Afraid of fainting? Think there are enough donors already? Donating blood and plasma may be easier, and more important, than you think.

His family now donates in his memory, and invites others to help boost his legacy to 1,000 donations

When Jake Chevrier became eligible to resume donating blood, he celebrated with an appointment where his partner did the blood draw.

‘I had this sinking feeling that I wasn’t going to get the chance to watch my newborn daughter grow up’

Colin Dowler would almost certainly have died without transfusions of O-negative blood, delivered by paramedics who arrived by air ambulance

Donating stem cells can save a life

Sanjay Prajapati donated stem cells as a partial match, as an agonizing search for more suitable donors came up empty