Stories from Canadian Blood Services

Child blood recipient holding ice cream, smiling and pointing at photographer
Inspiration

Precious time for dreams big and small, thanks to blood donors

Blood donations gave Penn time for everything on her bucket list, from ‘eat ice cream’ to ‘visit Disneyland’

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A pharmacist speaks with child patient with hemophilia at CHEO clinic
Innovation Plasma

First-in-Canada approach for personalized hemophilia care gets national award

Canadian Blood Services and CHEO recognized for their research partnership that supports children living with hemophilia

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A woman wearing a yellow sweater and black-rimmed glasses with long black hair smiles with her arms crossed standing in front of leafy greenery outdoors on a sunny day.
Information Inspiration

Celebrating the women who show up for Canada’s Lifeline

This International Women’s Day is all about women inspiring women

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A plasma donor is hooked up to a machine during a donation.
Information Inspiration

Our employees are vital links in Canada’s Lifeline

Learn more about their incredible efforts to support patients

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A woman in a mask receiving a blood transfusion
Information Inspiration

Helping patients with rare diseases

Rare Disease Day takes place on the last day of February each year

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Hockey Gives Blood Player Ambassador Zack Stringer smiles in a Canadian Blood Services pullover hoodie
Information Inspiration

Selfless parents and a hockey hero inspired Zack Stringer to join Canada's Lifeline

Now this Regina Pats forward wants others to do the same

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Jonathan Riley in the woods with a backpack on
Information

Blood donors are essential to this ultramarathon runner’s lymphoma battle

Jonathan Riley had hiked solo across Nova Scotia in mid-winter just months before his cancer diagnosis

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