Rick Green
@bcbrews.bsky.social
Writer with an interest in 🍺☕🍴🧳🤘🏻📰 culture, history, politics • #WW2TV SLK • #NAFO 🇺🇦 🇬🇪
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#LestWeForget🍁 In September 1939, Chinese Canadians volunteered for military service. Their country rejected them because of their race. In 1944, #SOE gave them a second chance. Learn about #Force136 and the making of modern Canada at www.youtube.com/live/dEebnwD....
#WWII #CanadianHistory
#WWII #CanadianHistory
From Oblivion to Triumph - How Two Vancouverites Meeting in Free China Changed Canadian History
YouTube video by WW2TV
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November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
#LestWeForget🍁 In September 1939, Chinese Canadians volunteered for military service. Their country rejected them because of their race. In 1944, #SOE gave them a second chance. Learn about #Force136 and the making of modern Canada at www.youtube.com/live/dEebnwD....
#WWII #CanadianHistory
#WWII #CanadianHistory
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#LestWeForget🍁 Raymond Young Lowe (1913–2005), “The Voice,” was a Victoria-born businessman and one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136 ...
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
#LestWeForget🍁 Raymond Young Lowe (1913–2005), “The Voice,” was a Victoria-born businessman and one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136 ...
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
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NEW: “Toderian says it’s easy to be distracted by futuristic innovations like electric cars, drone delivery networks & hyperloops. ‘The real solutions are a lot less sexy and a lot more common sense… Tech won’t save us if we get the fundamentals wrong.”
I was 1 of 3 urban experts asked to weigh in.
I was 1 of 3 urban experts asked to weigh in.
A world without traffic? Three urban experts rethink how cities move
Gridlock is costing us billions, but bold solutions like bus-only lanes, congestion charges and flexible work hours could get cities moving again
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
NEW: “Toderian says it’s easy to be distracted by futuristic innovations like electric cars, drone delivery networks & hyperloops. ‘The real solutions are a lot less sexy and a lot more common sense… Tech won’t save us if we get the fundamentals wrong.”
I was 1 of 3 urban experts asked to weigh in.
I was 1 of 3 urban experts asked to weigh in.
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#LestWeForget🍁 Wing Lee Wong (1901–1992) was one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136. At 43, he was the oldest of the group and the only one not born in Canada.
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
November 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
#LestWeForget🍁 Wing Lee Wong (1901–1992) was one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136. At 43, he was the oldest of the group and the only one not born in Canada.
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
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#LestWeForget🍁 Norman Donald Wong (1916–2008), “Sarge,” was born in London, Ontario. He and his cousin, Hank Wong, were recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136 …
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
November 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
#LestWeForget🍁 Norman Donald Wong (1916–2008), “Sarge,” was born in London, Ontario. He and his cousin, Hank Wong, were recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136 …
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
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#LestWeForget🍁 Wreath for Chinese Canadians to be Laid at University of Toronto Soldiers’ Tower
Join Keith Lock (son of Sgt. Tom Lock) & Rick Wong (son of Sgt. Hank Wong) for the University of Toronto's November 11 2025 Service of Remembrance: alumni.utoronto.ca/community/so....
#SOE #Force136
Join Keith Lock (son of Sgt. Tom Lock) & Rick Wong (son of Sgt. Hank Wong) for the University of Toronto's November 11 2025 Service of Remembrance: alumni.utoronto.ca/community/so....
#SOE #Force136
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
#LestWeForget🍁 Wreath for Chinese Canadians to be Laid at University of Toronto Soldiers’ Tower
Join Keith Lock (son of Sgt. Tom Lock) & Rick Wong (son of Sgt. Hank Wong) for the University of Toronto's November 11 2025 Service of Remembrance: alumni.utoronto.ca/community/so....
#SOE #Force136
Join Keith Lock (son of Sgt. Tom Lock) & Rick Wong (son of Sgt. Hank Wong) for the University of Toronto's November 11 2025 Service of Remembrance: alumni.utoronto.ca/community/so....
#SOE #Force136
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#LestWeForget🍁 Edward “Eddie” Chow (1919–1999), “The Entertainer,” was a Vancouver-born performer and one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136 …
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
#LestWeForget🍁 Edward “Eddie” Chow (1919–1999), “The Entertainer,” was a Vancouver-born performer and one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136 …
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
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What the heck! So while City of Vancouver is proposing huge cuts to most departments, all the accommodate Sim's zero % property tax gimmick, the police budget is nonetheless to go up 10% in a single year?!
vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
Leaked memo says Vancouver's 'back to basics' budget will mean slashing 400 jobs
Draft budget contemplates cuts in 12 of 20 areas, and spending freezes in two. Five departments will get spending boosts. Read more.
vancouversun.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
What the heck! So while City of Vancouver is proposing huge cuts to most departments, all the accommodate Sim's zero % property tax gimmick, the police budget is nonetheless to go up 10% in a single year?!
vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
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#LestWeForget🍁 George Thomas Sing Wah Lock (1916–2003), “The Extractor,” was a Toronto-born pharmacist and one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert SOE mission in southern China under #Force136 …
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
#LestWeForget🍁 George Thomas Sing Wah Lock (1916–2003), “The Extractor,” was a Toronto-born pharmacist and one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert SOE mission in southern China under #Force136 …
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
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Learn about the conflicts of the Earth's largest continent with Helion's Asia@War series!
Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/6wpypb2p
#militaryhistorybooks #historyofasia #historybooks
Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/6wpypb2p
#militaryhistorybooks #historyofasia #historybooks
November 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Learn about the conflicts of the Earth's largest continent with Helion's Asia@War series!
Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/6wpypb2p
#militaryhistorybooks #historyofasia #historybooks
Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/6wpypb2p
#militaryhistorybooks #historyofasia #historybooks
#Budget2025 21st century inequality has created a massive $$$ pool chasing limited returns = serial bubbles (Dot-com, Housing, Crypto) + soaring asset prices (commodities, real estate, stocks), while wage growth for the majority is stagnant. What is the solution? It is deeply political. 👇🏼
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
#Budget2025 21st century inequality has created a massive $$$ pool chasing limited returns = serial bubbles (Dot-com, Housing, Crypto) + soaring asset prices (commodities, real estate, stocks), while wage growth for the majority is stagnant. What is the solution? It is deeply political. 👇🏼
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#LestWeForget🍁 Henry Albert “Hank” Wong (1919–2019), “The Trigger,” was a London, Ontario-born union auditor. He was one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136 ….
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
#LestWeForget🍁 Henry Albert “Hank” Wong (1919–2019), “The Trigger,” was a London, Ontario-born union auditor. He was one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136 ….
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
#cdnpoli 88.9% of Canadians say they are living paycheque to paycheque, yet Carney's #Budget2025 gives $ billions in tax cuts to corporations, claiming it will "trickle down" to you. This trickle-down theory has FAILED for 40 years! It's why the rich are richer while we get more "austerity".
- 88.9% of Canadians say they are living paycheque to paycheque
- 83% have cut back on essentials such as food, heating and transportation
- 81% say they feel financially stressed
- 80% do not have any emergency savings set aside
#Budget2025 #Canada #CDNPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis
- 83% have cut back on essentials such as food, heating and transportation
- 81% say they feel financially stressed
- 80% do not have any emergency savings set aside
#Budget2025 #Canada #CDNPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis
89% of Canadians living paycheque to paycheque
It's becoming the alarming new financial norm.
More and more Canadians and British Columbians are living paycheque to paycheque, are $200 away.
www.kelownanow.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:36 AM
#cdnpoli 88.9% of Canadians say they are living paycheque to paycheque, yet Carney's #Budget2025 gives $ billions in tax cuts to corporations, claiming it will "trickle down" to you. This trickle-down theory has FAILED for 40 years! It's why the rich are richer while we get more "austerity".
#Budget2025 $40 million over two years for a Youth Climate Corps? This is a sick joke. Compare to the $ billions in public funds + full regulatory power to expand Canada's fossil fuel production & exports with CCUS — a high-risk gamble on an unproven cleanup tool. #WWS is cheaper, proven.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
This could be interesting:
"The budget includes $40 million over two years for a Youth Climate Corps, which will provide paid skills training for young Canadians — an NDP request."
#cdnpoli #youth #skillstraining #Budget2025
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
"The budget includes $40 million over two years for a Youth Climate Corps, which will provide paid skills training for young Canadians — an NDP request."
#cdnpoli #youth #skillstraining #Budget2025
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Carney's 1st budget calls for billions in new spending to prop up tariff-hit economy | CBC News
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne presented his first federal budget Tuesday and it includes big-ticket items to prop up an economy grappling with major economic disruptions but also cuts t...
www.cbc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
#Budget2025 $40 million over two years for a Youth Climate Corps? This is a sick joke. Compare to the $ billions in public funds + full regulatory power to expand Canada's fossil fuel production & exports with CCUS — a high-risk gamble on an unproven cleanup tool. #WWS is cheaper, proven.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
#Budget2025 Expect media to focus on details without giving the big picture: $60 billion in "savings" (cuts to services) = $27.2 billion tax cut + massive military spending. This is taking from the public (your services, your government's capacity) and gifting it to corporations.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
#Budget2025 Expect media to focus on details without giving the big picture: $60 billion in "savings" (cuts to services) = $27.2 billion tax cut + massive military spending. This is taking from the public (your services, your government's capacity) and gifting it to corporations.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
#Budget2025 Greenwashes fossil fuel expansion under the guise of business jargon (Climate Competitiveness Strategy), while doing nothing to reduce global emissions. It prioritizes the health of the fossil fuel industry over the safety & wellbeing of our communities.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
We spent a night in Trepassey years ago. Now much of the lovely and spectacular coastline of southeast Newfoundland is taking a beating: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Some residents evacuated in Trepassey as heavy winds, rain continue to pound N.L. | CBC News
CBC meteorologist Ashley Brauweiler warns of a storm surge from the Burin Peninsula to the southern Avalon that could bring waves as high as 12 metres breaking along the shore.
www.cbc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
#Budget2025 Greenwashes fossil fuel expansion under the guise of business jargon (Climate Competitiveness Strategy), while doing nothing to reduce global emissions. It prioritizes the health of the fossil fuel industry over the safety & wellbeing of our communities.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
Sad if Yukon won't get electoral reform. It might create more momentum for change to chop FPTP.
Not enough people are talking about the actual biggest political story in North America this week.
A majority of voters in the Yukon voted (in a non-binding plebiscite) in favour of moving to a ranked-ballot voting system.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A majority of voters in the Yukon voted (in a non-binding plebiscite) in favour of moving to a ranked-ballot voting system.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Yukoners voted for electoral reform. They probably won't get it | CBC News
Yukon's incoming premier may have campaigned on a message of "change," but when it comes to the territory's voting system, Currie Dixon says he's happy to keep things just the way they are. That's des...
www.cbc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Sad if Yukon won't get electoral reform. It might create more momentum for change to chop FPTP.
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#LestWeForget🍁 Douglas Hin Wah Jung (1924–2002), “The Insider,” was a prominent Victoria-born lawyer and Member of Parliament. He was one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136.
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
#LestWeForget🍁 Douglas Hin Wah Jung (1924–2002), “The Insider,” was a prominent Victoria-born lawyer and Member of Parliament. He was one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136.
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
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Wartime entertainment was just some toothy bloke with a ukulele. Hold my beer! Excited to be presenting a topic close to my heart on @ww2tv.bsky.social in early December! #histbookchat
November 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Wartime entertainment was just some toothy bloke with a ukulele. Hold my beer! Excited to be presenting a topic close to my heart on @ww2tv.bsky.social in early December! #histbookchat
What's happening with them Tomahawks, Donald?
Two weeks, Turkish.
It was two weeks five weeks ago.
🌮
Two weeks, Turkish.
It was two weeks five weeks ago.
🌮
November 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
What's happening with them Tomahawks, Donald?
Two weeks, Turkish.
It was two weeks five weeks ago.
🌮
Two weeks, Turkish.
It was two weeks five weeks ago.
🌮
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If you missed my Reddit AMA last week, you can check it out here — it sparked a lot of great discussion: www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...
I negotiated face-to-face with Putin. I’m Michael McFaul, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia. AMA about Russia, China, or American foreign policy.
www.reddit.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
If you missed my Reddit AMA last week, you can check it out here — it sparked a lot of great discussion: www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...
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A new GRU investigation dropping tomorrow. And later this week: a translated KGB trainining manual about infiltrating U.S. institutions. Oh, and cruise missile talk with two special guests. Subscribe to and follow Foreign Office: open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
A new GRU investigation dropping tomorrow. And later this week: a translated KGB trainining manual about infiltrating U.S. institutions. Oh, and cruise missile talk with two special guests. Subscribe to and follow Foreign Office: open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
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#LestWeForget🍁 Norman Mon Low (1923–1960), “The Wire,” was a Vancouver-born radio operator and one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136 …
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
November 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
#LestWeForget🍁 Norman Mon Low (1923–1960), “The Wire,” was a Vancouver-born radio operator and one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136 …
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
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Why the US is deporting so many people
YouTube video by Johnny Harris
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November 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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#LestWeForget🍁 James “Jimmy” Shiu (1921– ?), “The Brain,” was a Saskatoon-born engineer and one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136.
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
November 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
#LestWeForget🍁 James “Jimmy” Shiu (1921– ?), “The Brain,” was a Saskatoon-born engineer and one of 13 Chinese Canadians recruited by Mike Kendall for Operation Oblivion, a covert #SOE mission in southern China under #Force136.
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay
#WWII #CanadianHistory #RemembranceDay