Stories: Canadian Blood Services

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Stollery Children’s Hospital staff lend an arm for group blood donation

June 12, 2020
More than 20 staff at the Edmonton hospital, many of them first-time donors, came together to help patients during the pandemic
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Medicine made from plasma crucial for Sudbury woman fighting cancer

June 16, 2020
Terry Mills is so grateful to donors, including those in her hometown
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‘My team makes sure patients get what they need’

June 17, 2020
Ryan Elgert is leading a team of warehouse staff and drivers through the pandemic in Calgary, Alta.
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Aaliyah’s army: How blood donors helped one child survive during a pandemic

June 19, 2020
Aaliyah Mchopanga needed blood donors with her unusual blood type to survive a series of life-threatening crises
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Triplets mark 17th birthday by becoming first-time blood donors

June 25, 2020
Veronica, Samantha and Jeanne Cook all have O-negative blood
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‘This is much more than a job to me’

June 26, 2020
Before the pandemic, Bert Rodrigues, a building technician, helped deal with the aftermath of a tornado
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World traveller driven to donate

July 2, 2020
Tracey Evans conquered a lifelong fear of needles to become a living liver donor and a blood donor
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New research project to improve understanding of COVID-19 immunity

July 6, 2020
Answering questions about who’s immune and for how long
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Team Canada hockey stars score for patients

July 7, 2020
Members of Canada’s national women’s hockey team donate blood in three Canadian cities
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‘This work can reach and serve anyone’

July 8, 2020
Tara Wilson tests blood donations for safety and suitability in Calgary, Alta.