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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Runners take off from the starting line during last year’s Run for Calgary event on Sept.14, 2019.
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From street to screen: How our fundraisers are going virtual to support patients during COVID-19

This time last year, Calgary’s Eau Claire market was brimming with Canadian Blood Services supporters, all chatting, stretching and jogging in place in the crisp fall air before taking their marks behind the starting line for the annual Run for Calgary event.

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Teen recovers thanks to donated plasma

James Peloza recovers from rare immune disorder

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Thousands of Canadians donated in honour of #NovaScotiaStrong

From coast to coast, donors showed their support to Nova Scotia

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Wait to donate reduced for short-term travellers to malaria risk areas

New evidence-based change will make thousands of Canadians eligible to donate blood

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Tom Bagley died in Nova Scotia’s mass shooting. Now his daughter Charlene hopes others will donate blood in his honour.
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‘I see how much he helped people over the years’

Tom Bagley died in Nova Scotia’s mass shooting. Now his daughter Charlene hopes others will donate blood in his honour.

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Hayden Morrison is one of many patients who will benefit from new plasma-donation centre in Sudbury
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Donated plasma transformed this boy’s life

Heydan Morrison is one of many patients who will benefit from new plasma donor centre in Sudbury

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