MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - August 31, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - August 31, 2025



SPECIAL LABOUR DAY EVENT: MONDAY SEPTEMBER 1, NOON – 3 pm: LABOUR DAY BBQ, REGINA & DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL, PAT FIACCO PLAZA, BY VICTORIA PARK, 12TH AVE
Free food. Entertainment. Fun!
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/726549353711806/ ]


SPECIAL PETITON: TELL PM CARNEY: PROTECT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND BUILD SOCIAL HOUSING
[ https://win.newmode.net/acorncanada/tel ... ialhousing ]


SPECIAL (SAD) READING: GOODBY TO GLEN ELM: LOVE, LOSS, AND NEW BEGINNINGS AS TRAILER PARK RESIDENTS DEAL WITH EVICTION
[ https://leaderpost.com/feature/reginas- ... dismantled ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

COUNCIL CREATES GRASSLAND RESERVE ON REGINA'S WEST SIDE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7619488 ]


SASK. GOVERNMENT HAS PAID REGINA’S COACHMAN INN $243K SINCE 2022 TO HOUSE SOCIAL SERVICES CLIENTS
[ https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/s ... s-clients/ ]


RECORD-HIGH HOMELESS COUNT IN WINNIPEG SPARKS CALLS FOR ACTION—What will Regina’s 2025 count reveal? We will know on October 2.
[ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/r ... i-AA1Lrbz7 ]


PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS STAGE PHOTO 'GALLERY OF HORROR' FOR ONGOING PEST, MAINTENANCE ISSUES
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/p ... -1.7620384 ]


HAMILTON ENCAMPMENT RESIDENTS FRUSTRATED WITH ENDLESS EVICTION CYCLE
[ https://www.chch.com/chch-news/hamilton ... ion-cycle/ ]


WHY THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS’ STRIKE WAS ‘A PERFECT STORM’ FOR LABOUR
[ https://pressprogress.ca/air-canada-fli ... ect-storm/ ]


HOW RICH CANADIANS GOT EVEN RICHER
[ https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/08/25/How- ... en-Richer/ ]


CANADA ON NOTICE: THE ATTACK ON INTERNATIONAL LAW IS AN ATTACK ON CANADA, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/canada-on-notice ]


MICCOSUKEE TRIBE MEMBERS SEEK TO JOIN LAWSUIT TO CHALLENGE ‘ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ'
[ https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/mic ... z/3658791/ ]


ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ MUST CLOSE BUT THE FIGHT ISN’T OVER
[ https://grist.org/indigenous/alligator- ... isnt-over/ ]


ENTIRE UN SECURITY COUNCIL EXCEPT US SAYS GAZA FAMINE 'MAN-MADE' AS 10 MORE PEOPLE STARVE TO DEATH
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-se ... aza-famine ]


THE BETRAYAL OF PALESTINIAN JOURNALISTS, by Chris Hedges
[ https://outlook.office.com/mail/inbox/i ... ABcougwgAA ]


IN GAZA CITY, I HAVE SURRENDERED TO AN UNKNOWN FATE
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-cit ... eli-attack ]


ABOUT ISRAEL & PALESTINE NOW
[ https://projectsavetheworld.substack.co ... estine-now ]


PLASTICS TREATY FAILURE REVEALS A BROKEN SYSTEM
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/plastics- ... en-system/ ]


BORN TO PREVENT WARS, IT ENDED UP CERTIFYING MASSACRES
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/08/born- ... massacres/ ]


SINCE 1945, NUCLEAR ARMED STATES HAVE DETONATED OVER 2000 WEAPONS, IMPACTING COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD
[ https://www.nucleartestimpacts.org/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 1, NOON – 3 pm: LABOUR DAY BBQ, REGINA & DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL, PAT FIACCO PLAZA, BY VICTORIA PARK, 12TH AVE
Free food. Entertainment. Fun!


WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 7 pm: QUEEN CITY URBANIST BOOK CLUB, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The book that will be discussed is Reclaiming Indigenous Planning, by Ryan Walker et al.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1638879343488097/ ]


FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 8 am: EMERGENCY CALL TO GLOBAL ACTION THAT CAN END THE GENOCIDE NOW!
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... Q0XHho9iWw ]


SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 10 am – 4 pm: REPAIR CAFÉ, GEORGE BOTHWELL LIBRARY, 2965 GORDON ROAD
[ https://www.envirocollective.ca/repair-cafe/ ]


STARTING MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8, FIGHTING TO WIN: A 10 WEEK COURSE WITH JOHN CLARK
[ https://www.tickettailor.com/events/pan ... ol/1782334 ]


TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 4:30 pm: FIRE WEATHER: THE MAKING OF A BEAST, with John Vaillant
Presented by Seniors for Climate
[ https://seniorsforclimate.org/en/webina ... -vaillant/ ]


TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 6 pm: GLOBAL NETWORK 33RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE—NATO-US PREPARE FOR WAR ON CHINA
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 17, NOON: TOXIC CHEMICALS IN OUR DRINKING WATER
[ https://ecojustice-ca.zoom.us/webinar/r ... nAranynUSw ]


FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 10 am: RAISING OF THE PEACE FLAG TO MARK INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY, REGINA CITY HALL
Making Peace Vigil and Regina Peace Council


SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 4 pm: DISCUSSION OF ONE DAY EVERYONE WILL HAVE BEEN AGAINST THIS by Omar El Akkad, ABSTRACTIONS CAFÉ, 2161 ROSE ST
Sponsored by Palestine Solidarity Regina


TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 6:30 pm: SUGARCANE SCREENING AT CENTRAL LIBARY
A documentary set amidst the investigation of unmarked residential school graves, Sugarcane illuminates the beauty of a community breaking cycles of inter-generational trauma and finding the strength to persevere.


THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 7 pm: 40 ACRES SCREENING AT CENTRAL LIBRARY
In a post-apocalyptic world with food scarcity, a Black family of Canadian farmers descended from American Civil War migrants defend their homestead against cannibals trying to seize their reources.


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1, 7 pm: QUEEN CITY URBANIST BOOK CLUB, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The book that will be discussed is Better Buses, Better Cities, by Steven Higashide
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/2486789288326245/ ]


THURSDAY OCTOBER 2, 4:30 – 11:30 pm: REGINA 2025 POINT-IN-TIME—PiT—COUNT OF HOMELESSNESS IN REGINA,
Volunteers are needed for Regina’s 2025 PiT Count, which will take place on October 2. Namerind Housing Corporation, as the Reaching Home Community Entity for Regina, will be leading the 2025 PiT Count of homelessness on October 2nd, and they need volunteers to make it happen.
To volunteer, go to: [ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/call-for-vo ... tdtcreator ]


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22, 7 pm: DR. DEIDRE NUNAN, ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON FROM SASKATOON, ON HER TIME AT NASSER HOSPITAL IN GAZA CITY, KNOX-MET, 2340 VICTORIA AVE
This event is co-hosted by Amnesty International Saskatchewan, Regina Peace Council, Regina Public Interest Research Group, Students for Justice in Palestine (UofR), Faculty for Palestine (UofR), and Regina Making Peace Vigil.


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS


EXTREME HEAT IS ALREADY HITTING PEOPLE IN CANADA. CITIES MUST ACT NOW.
[ https://cape.ca/action/extreme-heat/ ]


Stop public service cuts from weakening Canada
[ https://broadbentinstitute.ca/stop-the-cuts/ ]


BAN AI FROM ACTING AS COUNSELLORS OR THERAPISTS IN CANADA
[ https://www.change.org/p/ban-ai-from-ac ... -in-canada ]


NO TAX BREAKS FOR GENOCIDE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tax-b ... cal-center ]


TELL LINKED IN: STOP PLATFORMING WAR PROFITEERS
[ https://www.codepink.org/linkedin?utm_c ... e=codepink ]


EUROPE’S GREEN TRANSITION MUST NOT COST CONGO’S BLOOD AND FORESTS
[ https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petit ... nd-forests ]


TELL THE UN: NO INVASION OF VENEZUELA
[ https://afgj.salsalabs.org/WritetheUNSt ... index.html ]


- Making Peace Vigil