Vicky

Civil servant, java bean addicted, Starbucks loyalist, who enjoys books, adventures and a passion for the greater good of humankind. Tell me what's interesting?

[Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau]

You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game.

[Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau]

There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States.

Workers and communities in both our countries benefit from being each other’s biggest trading and security partner.

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

From The Boss. He put it perfectly. Thank you Bruce Springsteen.

[Alex George Pickering @AlexGPickering]

Indeed.

[Vicky @micri00]

😭 👏 ❤️

[Wil Reynolds @wilreynolds]

That kid got his head on straight. : ❤️❤️

[Toronto Maple Leafs @MapleLeafs]

1 RT = 1 VOTE EACH!

⭐️#NHLAllStarVote John Tavares ⭐️
⭐️ #NHLAllStarVote Morgan Rielly ⭐️
⭐️ #NHLAllStarVote Mitch Marner ⭐️
⭐️ #NHLAllStarVote William Nylander ⭐️

[This Hour Has 22 Minutes @22_Minutes]

What to expect when your in-laws are expecting charcuterie.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

I absolutely love this story........ It made me cry.

"An 87 Year Old College Student Named Rose
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know.

I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned round to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me
with a smile that lit up her entire being.

She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”

I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked.

She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…”

“No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.

“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake.

We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this “time machine”
as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us.

She was introduced and stepped up to the podium.
As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, “I’m sorry I’m so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.”

As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop
playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success.

1) You have to laugh and find humor every day.

2) You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.

We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it!

3) There is a huge difference between growing
older and growing up.

If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old.

If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight.

Anybody can grow older.

That doesn’t take any talent or ability.

The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change.

4) Have no regrets.

The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those
with regrets.”

She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose.

She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died
peacefully in her sleep.

Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s
never too late to be all you can possibly be.

When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they’ll really enjoy it!

These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.

REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS
OPTIONAL.

We make a Living by what we get,

We make a Life by what we give."

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

NEW: Who’s been talking to Premier Doug Ford?

Global News attempted to access the calls logs of the Premier’s cell phone (for gov’t related business)

The request was denied, because the government said it doesn’t have access.

https://t.co/ifKYDxKNJd

#onpoli

[Theo Moudakis @TheoMoudakis]

Please enjoy my #DougFord cartoon for Thursday's @TorontoStar

[Ted Lasso @TedLasso]

Belief is kinda like MC Hammer. Sure, you can’t touch it, but it’s still super infectious.

[Green Shirt Day @GreenShirtDay]

Today marks 5 years since the Humboldt Broncos tragedy. Honouring the 16 lost, and celebrating the resilience of the 13 survivors and their families. This event united us in support and generosity. We stand with you, always.

#HumboldtStrong #GreenShirtDay #LoganBouletEffect

[Vicky @micri00]

Shout out to @passportcan
/ @ServiceCanada. Your staff was friendly, and fast. Was in and out 1:30 min! Thank you!!! ❤️

📍Toronto : Younge & Sheppard

[daisy @weltonsmac]

keeley calling rebecca her angel-mentor-guru and rebecca telling keeley, ‘you’re alright, i’m here’. thank you ted lasso s3 for giving me this in ep 1 🥹 these two are chicken soup for the soul

[Marc Garneau @MarcGarneau]

This week I mourn the loss of my great friend Ken Money, one of the original six Canadian astronauts chosen in 1983. Ken was an internationally recognized physiologist, an RCAF pilot, an Olympic athlete and a fine human being. RIP my dear friend.

[Laura, just a regular pilot turned writer @LauraSavino747]

You have 11 months to think about this. You're welcome.

[Goodable @Goodable]

When Fredrick Banting and Charles Best discovered insulin, they received a US patent for it.

Instead of using it to make millions, they sold it to the University of Toronto for $1.

When asked why, Banting said: “Insulin does not belong to me, it belongs to the world.”

[LittleBoats 🇬🇧NI🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿En @LittleBoats2020]

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what's in front of him, but because he loves what's behind him” G.K. Chesterton

... & at the going down of the sun, we will remember them🇬🇧❤️

"God Save The King"

[𝚂𝚎á𝚗 𝙾’𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚊 Global News @ConsumerSOS]

My colleague @ColinDMello asked @fordnation why anyone should now believe his promise to rescind legislation if CUPE calls off the strike. Colin pointed to Ford’s promise not to build on the Greenbelt back in 2018. Last Friday he said there’d be housing there. #onpoli