Anticipated travelling over Easter weekend prompts call; Colwood and Saanich sites open
COVID-19 pandemic has seen steady decline in people rolling up sleeves and donating blood
Family of Arend Bothma to meet with transplant team in coming weeks
Transplant only cure for nine-month-old’s chronic Granulomatous disease
Andrea Proske, who won rowing gold in Tokyo last July, recently donated in Sidney
Canadian Blood Services looks to recruit new donors
Canada Blood Services highlights need for O-negative blood donors
Correspondence shared with public in awareness campaign to recruit more vital donors
Why We Swab: Correspondence shared in awareness campaign to recruit more donors
Organization says evidence shows that the change would pose no safety risk to the blood supply
Organization plans to submit its recommendation to Health Canada within the next two weeks
Plans calls for changing focus on gender or sexuality, to higher-risk sexual behaviour instead
Details are being finalized, employees will be presented with deal ahead of a vote on Monday
In most of Canada, men who have sex with men can donate only if they have abstained from sex
Canadian Blood Services asks eligible donors to give before Labour Day
Canadian Blood Services is in need of more blood donors following the COVID-19 pandemic
Need for blood products tailed off dramatically 16 months ago as the pandemic took hold
