The Hudson's Bay point blanket is an iconic part of Canadian culture. First created during the fur trade era, it continues to be sold today and is instantly recognizable.
But what is the history of the blanket?
Let's learn more about it :)
🧵1/18
Nicholas Winton helped 669 Jewish children escape the Nazis and his efforts went unrecognised for 50 years.
Then, in 1988, while sitting as a member of a TV audience, he suddenly found himself surrounded by the kids he had rescued, who were now adults.
Just hours before #HurricaneMilton is set to strike Florida, residents in several neighborhoods have witnessed an eerie spectacle
Groups of Sandhill cranes gathering and emitting sharp, urgent calls, as if signaling the need to flee
#Milton
#ONStorm#ONwx Another example of stunning asperitas clouds over Eastern Ontario - this time in Carleton Place. This photo looks so unreal it could be a painting! 😮
These clouds tend to form when there’s a disturbance in the atmosphere, often after a storm or in the presence of strong wind shear.
Photo taken by Andy via Ontario Storm Reports: https://t.co/Jt4WxmGUMa
- Brennen
This 500-year-old portrait may seem ordinary, but it's one of the most mysterious in history.
There's so much detail that you can read every musical note on this small page.
But look closer — an unsettling secret is hiding in plain sight... 🧵
On the dark night of Sept. 11, 2001, I stepped into St. Alban's Episcopal Church next to the National Cathedral to report on how Washington was reacting. By luck I heard a profound impromptu call to resist our worst instincts from a wise priest, The Rev. Dr. Francis H. Wade. His "Prayer For Those Who Do Great Harm" set me on years of reporting on how to win the war on terror without losing our national soul. Recently, I asked him to send a copy of his service. Here's what he said:
"Almighty God, whose will it is to place awesome power into the hearts, minds and hands of your children, let your care and our compassion be on those who do harm as well as those who are harmed. Lord, you reached across the limits of human understanding to embrace the outcast and the lost, reach now beyond our understanding and embrace those who have caused so much pain and death this day. We cannot but commend them to you for in our hearts are seeds of hatred and in our nostrils the stench of madness. As you touch them in your healing ways, Lord God, dry also that hate that could grow in us, smother the fear that would blind us and deliver us from the temptation to follow instincts that are far from the path you have set before us. In the Name of the One we always hope to follow, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen."