Stories from Canadian Blood Services

Stem cell donor from Potlotek First Nation
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How an Indigenous stem cell donor saved a life on Canada’s opposite coast

Veronica, who is Mi’kmaw from Cape Breton, was a stem cell match for Judee, a woman of Métis heritage on Vancouver Island

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Greg and Hilary Dobbin stand in front of the donor clinic in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
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Blood donation a family affair for father-daughter duo

This summer, Greg Dobbin made his 61st blood donation while his daughter Hilary made her first

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An 87-year-old man in a striped shirt holds a frame filled with mementoes of his blood donations.
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His first blood donation was in 1950. He’s now at 270, and counting

Elmer Cantelo still donates blood regularly at age 87, and recalls the episode that got him started

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A woman smiles as she holds open the glass door to a building.
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Art auction supports patients and honours remarkable creative spirit

Ayako Ellen Anderson’s family organized an art auction to support Canadian Blood Services.

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Donavan Does holds his baby brother Evander moments after he was born, as their other brother Austin checks baby’s pulse with a plastic stethoscope. 
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Young cord blood heroes bring hope to patients

After each of her three boys was born, Lynn Bates donated their umbilical cord blood

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An Asian boy smiles as he holds his award plaque in front of a black background with “Gilpin Gators” inscription and logo.
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How donated umbilical cord blood saved the life of another newborn

Justin Lau had a stem cell transplant with cord blood stem cells when he was just a few weeks old

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Nadine Law and her friend Lynne Raven Fahey at a plasma donation event in Sudbury.
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A grateful recipient shares why plasma is important

After decades of chronic illness, Nadine Law celebrated a milestone birthday thanks to plasma donors

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