🧵On October 22nd of 2017, I finished my last bartending shift and began my first day as Premier Horgan's EA the very next morning. For the next 4 years I spent nearly every day with John. He loved telling the unlikely story of how I was hired, so I'm going to tell it.
The Canadian Red Cross has launched the 2024 Alberta Wildfires Appeal.
Donations will be used to help people impacted in Jasper & other affected areas in Alberta with immediate & ongoing relief.
You can donate to the 2024 Alberta Wildfires Appeal at https://t.co/Vl8wR4nPrm
Today was both and exceptionally happy day but also a sad day for me with Taylor Swift.
After trying to rescue her for 4 months from breeding we succeeded. We changed her life.
And then the hard part. Saying goodbye as she heads off to a beautiful life… (1/8) 🧵
Like so many others in #Gaza, Amr — a media officer with @PalestineRCS — wakes up every day faced with the challenge of balancing work, family, and survival, including securing necessities like food & water, and keeping his family safe from armed violence.
This is his story ⤵Like so many others in #Gaza, Amr — a media officer with @PalestineRCS — wakes up every day faced with the challenge of balancing work, family, and survival, including securing necessities like food & water, and keeping his family safe from armed violence.
This is his story ⤵Like so many others in #Gaza, Amr — a media officer with @PalestineRCS — wakes up every day faced with the challenge of balancing work, family, and survival, including securing necessities like food & water, and keeping his family safe from armed violence.
This is his story ⤵Like so many others in #Gaza, Amr — a media officer with @PalestineRCS — wakes up every day faced with the challenge of balancing work, family, and survival, including securing necessities like food & water, and keeping his family safe from armed violence.
This is his story ⤵Like so many others in #Gaza, Amr — a media officer with @PalestineRCS — wakes up every day faced with the challenge of balancing work, family, and survival, including securing necessities like food & water, and keeping his family safe from armed violence.
This is his story ⤵Like so many others in #Gaza, Amr — a media officer with @PalestineRCS — wakes up every day faced with the challenge of balancing work, family, and survival, including securing necessities like food & water, and keeping his family safe from armed violence.
This is his story ⤵️
#Colombia is actively experiencing severe droughts throughout the country, leaving over 50,000 families with limited water availability.
@CanadaDev is contributing to the @IFRC_DREF to help @cruzrojacol provide immediate aid to approximately 8,600 people. (cc: @CanadaColombia)
Visitor: When will you tell us where you keep the unicorns? 🦄
Us: As soon as visitors stop feeding squirrels and taking dangerous selfies with bison, we'll let you know where the horses with giant spikes on their heads roam.
(1/3) ICYMI: Sharonya Sekhar, Director, Humanitarian Diplomacy, Policy and Movement Relations with Canadian Red Cross, joined @IFRC last week to discuss the important role of the Global #RefugeeForum.
Listen here ⤵️
https://t.co/4fIoH36Ylf
“What I really wanted to do is thank you” 🥹
@VancityReynolds sends a special message to Christine Sinclair ahead of her final two matches for Canada
@sincy12 sits down with @AndiPetrillo to reflect on her record-breaking career
Full interview: https://t.co/AaNW4jDfX5
Acting as a neutral intermediary in #Israel and #Gaza, the @ICRC has been facilitating the release of hostages held in Gaza and of Palestinian detainees to the West Bank.
Learn more about their role ⬇️
https://t.co/NtkGSAANj7
Under International Humanitarian Law the principle is clear: Hospitals are protected, because of their life-saving function for wounded & sick.
Yes, they can lose their protection, but this is not a free license to attack.
@CDroegeICRC, ICRC Chief Legal Officer, explains 👇
“We played our role as neutral intermediaries.”
@RMardiniICRC joined @RosieBarton to discuss how @ICRC helped facilitate the release by transporting two hostages from Gaza to Israel.
Two more hostages have been released since this interview took place. https://t.co/ZvRE3NfZTr