Stories from Canadian Blood Services

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Save a life for a chance to win a scholarship

With the Assignment Saving Lives Scholarship Program, recruit donors to win up to $9000 toward your 2025-2026 tuition

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Toddler survives after ingesting button battery
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Toddler survives after ingesting button battery

Family thankful to blood donors for saving daughter’s life.

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Emotional start to #NovaScotiaStrong campaign
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Emotional start to #NovaScotiaStrong campaign

Two-week national blood donor event honours shooting victims

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Frontline nurse donates cord blood
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Frontline nurse donates cord blood

This ER nurse and her paramedic husband know umbilical cord blood can save lives

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Cody Allard and family in a black hoodie in front of the stairs
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Blood donors to honour one man’s community service

People in Surrey, B.C. will donate blood in memory of Cody Allard

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Neill Spencer posing for bike
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Fundraiser and cancer survivor turns his passion for cycling into a lifeline for patients

While many people’s most vivid childhood memories often involve birthday parties or the first day of school, Neill Spencer’s clearest flashbacks are of blood donation clinics and sugary snacks. 

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Dedicated plasma donors become friends after years of regular appointments
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Plasma donors become ‘Friday Friends’

Dedicated plasma donors become friends after years of regular appointments

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