MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 20, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 20, 2025

GOOD READING AND LISTENING AND VIEWING:


REGINA CITY COUNCIL DENIES APARTMENT PROJECT AFTER AIRPORT OPPOSITION
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... opposition ]


DOORBELL VIDEO SHOWS MAN IN COLD HOURS BEFORE HE DIED IN SASKATOON—What could have saved this man’s life?
[ https://www.ckom.com/2025/02/13/doorbel ... saskatoon/ ]


SASK SCHOOLS TO GET $1 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR FOOD PROGRAMS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... d-programs ]


SASK. AFRO-INDIGENOUS TEACHER HELPING STUDENTS UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY COME FROM
[ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6654360 ]


SASK. UNIVERSITIES SEE SIGNIFICANT DROP IN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ENROLMENTS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7461157 ]


BLACK HISTORY MONTH AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS ON DIVERSTIY IN SASK
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... bc8c48c56a ]


ALBERTA'S RED TAPE BLOCKS TRADE FOR SASKATCHEWAN FARM RETAILER, AS U.S. TARIFF THREATS CONTINUE
[ https://leaderpost.com/business/it-does ... m-retailer ]


THE FREAKOUT ABOUT CANADA’S INTERNAL TRADE BARRIERS IS A CORPORATE SCAM
[ https://breachmedia.ca/freakout-about-c ... rate-scam/ ]


NATION TO NATION COLLABORATION SEES YELLOWSTONE BISON COME TO CANADA
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/nati ... -1.7459869 ]


THE BUSINESS LOBBY WANTS TO TAKE PAID HOLIDAYS FROM TORONTO WORKERS
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/ ]


GORDON EDWARDS' TESTIMONY TO THE CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION ON NUCLEAR ENERGY
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq0zG1Z_GrU ]


HOW TO BECOME AN ‘APOCALYPTIC OPTIMIST’ DURING SCARY TIMES, with Dana Fisher
[ https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1- ... cary-times ]


MEDIA, POLITICIANS ARE REBRANDING COERCION AGAINST DRUG USERS AS ‘CARE’
[ https://breachmedia.ca/media-politician ... rug-users/ ]


CANADIAN RESIDENTS ARE RACING TO SAVE THE DATA IN TRUMP'S CROSSHAIRS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada ... -1.7457627 ]


NEOLIBERALISM’S EMBRACE OF CRUELTY AND ITS ASSAULT ON SOCIAL BONDS
[ https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/17 ... f-cruelty/ ]


TRUMP VS. PUBLIC HEALTH: FUNDING CUTS GUT CDC’S DISEASE DETECTORS, MEDICAL RESEARCH & MORE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/17/ ... ih_funding ]


POLICE ANGRY AT MY WRITING ABOUT RIDICULOUS CHARGES TO ADD MORE, by Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/02/19/polic ... -add-more/ ]


PUBLIC PRESSURE: MOVING WITHOUT INTERRUPTION TO GET THE ISRAELI EMBASSY SHUT DOWN
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fioq7CMYnvw ]


THOUSANDS MARCH TO US EMBASSY IN LONDON WITH MESSAGE FOR TRUMP: 'HANDS OFF GAZA'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/londo ... trump-gaza ]


PALESTINIAN DIRECTOR BASEL ADRA: AS “NO OTHER LAND” GETS OSCAR NOD, ISRAEL RAMPS UP WEST BANK ATTACKS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/18/basel_adra ]


DANISH SATIRICAL PETITION OFFERS TO BUY CALIFORNIA IN RESPONSE TO TRUMP
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq27lbLNwY8 ]


START A LASTING PEACE IN UKRAINE NOW—by David Swanson
[ https://peaceandplanetnews.org/start-a- ... raine-now/ ]


BRITISH MUSICIAN ROGER WATERS' EXPLOSIVE ADDRESS AT THE UNSC SENDS SHOCKWAVES ACROSS THE WEST
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYKetrodpoY ]


TRUMP & PUTIN PEACE SUMMIT—MIAMI ANTI-PALESTINIAN SHOOTING TURNED WRONG—with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm9R9ZoLD0U ]


“A VICTORY FOR PUTIN”? JEFFREY SACHS & MATT DUSS DEBATE U.S.-RUSSIA TALKS TO END UKRAINE WAR
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/18/russia_ukraine ]


REBELS TAKE 2ND MAJOR CITY IN EASTERN DRC AMID FIGHT TO CONTROL CONGO’S VAST MINERAL WEALTH
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/17/ ... c_m23_goma ]


CONGO, JAZZ & THE CIA: OSCAR-NOMINATED “SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT” REVISITS LUMUMBA ASSASSINATION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/17/ ... detat_full ]


THE DAY THE WORLD SAID NO TO WAR
[ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion ... -humanity/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20, 11 am: WHAT SCIENTISTS ARE TELLING US ABOUT RADIATION THAT NUCLEAR BOOSTERS WON’T
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


MONDAY FEBRUARY 24, 5 pm: BREAKING BARRIERS—BLACK WOMEN SHAPING HUMAN RIGHTS IN POLITICS
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, NOON: ART & THE POWER OF PRESENCE—A RED DRESS PROJECT, WITH JAMIE BLACK- MORSETTE
[ https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN ... gistration ]


TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 5:30 – 6:30 pm: REGINA HOMELESS MEMORIAL, CITY SQUARE PLAZA, 12TH AVE JUST EAST OF LORNE ST
Hosted by Phoenix Residential Society, it is a memorial for all those who died of being unhoused in 2024. Last year 93 names were read out. How many more will there be this year?
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=101 ... 4478570221 ]


TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 6 pm: BIG NUCLEAR—NUCLEAR EXPANSION IN CANADA
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 26, 11 am: WE MUST DO OUR HOMEWORK—THE HISTORY BEHIND HOMELESSNESS IN BLACK COMMUNITIES
[ https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/ ... gistration ]


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27, 8 am: SANCTIONS AGAINST CUBA—IMPACT, LEGALITY, & POTENTIAL FOR CHANGE
[ https://www.youtube.com/live/cyKJjdJ7D4k ]


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27, 7 pm: RACE IN THE LINE OF DUTY—UNCOVERING ITS IMPACT ON POLICING ATTITUDES, BEHAVIOURS, & THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, U OF R COLLEGE AVE CAMPUS, CB 139


FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28, 1 pm: ADDRESSING HATE CRIMES—STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE REPORTING, TRACKING, & RESPONSE
[ https://globeandmailevents.com/findingc ... GlobeEmail ]


FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28, 7 pm: SCREENING OF FROM GROUND ZERO: STORIES FROM GAZA, U OF R COLLEGE AVE CAMPUS, RM 139
No filmmaker, writer, or artist should ever have to tell the story of their own genocide. Yet 22 brave Palestinian filmmakers found a way to film their STORY this past year in Gaza using whatever tools they could pull from the rubble of their homes and cities. FROM GROUND ZERO is the collection of these short films – stories of taxi drivers and mothers, toddlers and teachers, comedians and artists, finding ways to feed their families, bathe their children, bring joy to their community, and to survive.
ADMISSION BY DONATION
Watch the trailer here. [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu1ynfL1g70 ]


TUESDAY MARCH 4, 5 pm: COUNCIL OF CANADIANS NATIONAL CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: GETTING FROM THE CANADA WE’VE GOT TO THE CANADA WE WANT
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY MARCH 5, 2:30 pm: CLEAN ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY JUSTICE IN CANADA: WINS, CHALLENGES AND WHERE TO GO FROM HERE
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... -43SIc7qRw []


THURSDAY MARCH 6, 7 pm: WHY CIVIL DISCOURSE MATTERS, WITH RANDY BOYAGODA, CENTRAL LIBRARY
[ https://www.reginalibrary.ca/attend/programs/12603187 ]


SATURDAY MARCH 15 – SATURDAY MARCH 29: FILM FEST—THE UNTOLD STORIES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/02/2025- ... r-weapons/ ]


MONDAY MARCH 17 – THURSDAY MARCH 20: CITY OF REGINA 2025 BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, REGINA CITY HALL


MONDAY MARCH 17 – FRIDAY MARCH 21: CANADA READS, CBC RADIO ONE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/books/meet-the-canad ... -1.7431920 ]


WEDNESDAY MARCH 19, 7 pm: 2025 WOODROW LLOYD LECTURE, WITH JENNIE STEPHENS—CLIMATE JUSTICE AND THE UNIVERSITY: SHAPING A HOPEFUL FUTURE, COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS, 2155 COLLEGE AVE
[ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-woodr ... 7082960899 ]


SATURDAY MARCH 29, 10 am – 4 pm: REPAIR CAFÉ, 1770 HALIFAX ST
A Repair Cafe is a community event where people can bring broken or damaged items to be fixed for free by volunteers. The goal is to promote repairing and reusing items instead of throwing them away, which helps reduce waste and encourages sustainability.
[ https://www.envirocollective.ca/repair-cafe/ ]


SATURDAY APRIL 5, 2 pm: CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF JUNE MITCHELL (1926 - 2024), 2 pm, BLUE ROOM, HOTEL SASK, 2125 VICTORIA AVE
June was a long-time peace and justice activist. She participated in Making Peace Vigil when we handed out pamphlets on the Scarth Street Mall.


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

TORONTO POLICE: DROP CHARGES AGAINST YVES ENGLER
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/drop- ... ves-engler ]


MANITOBA: POWER UP THE RENEWABLES
[ https://www.mbenergyjustice.org/power_u ... r_id=15083 ]


TELL FEDERAL PARTY LEADERS: TAX CORPORATE BILLIONS
[ https://act.350.org/letter/all-of-us-ltt-ads/ ]


TELL TORONTO CITY COUNCIL TO CHOOSE COMPASSION OVER HOSTILITY
[ https://www.change.org/p/homelessness-e ... -hostility ]


KEEP ELON MUSK OUT OF CANADA’S ELECTION
[ https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/musk-elxninterference-ett/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil