MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - October 23, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - October 23, 2025


HELP WANTED: SUNDAY FUNDAY
Sunday Funday, which as you probably know, is a volunteer-run effort to provide food, a free clothing market, and general support for low-income and unhoused people every Sunday, noon – 3 pm. We have been doing this for over 2 years, locating outdoors at Pepsi Park during the warmer months and then moving indoors as it gets colder. This Sunday we are moving indoors to the Heritage Community Centre.
Sunday Funday needs two kinds of help. I’m wondering if we at Making Peace Vigil could provide some of it.
First, money to buy food and other supplies. If you can spare a bit of cash, please give it to me either in person or in an envelope on my verandah (2818-19th Ave). I will make the donation on behalf of Making Peace Vigil. Any amount, however small, will help.
Second, more volunteers are needed. What do Sunday Funday volunteers do? Here’s a little list: Welcome guests. Serve food. Organize clothing donations. Hang out. Clean up.
If you would like to volunteer, please give Tiro Mthembu a call and he’ll provide more information: 306-807-9354. Or you could simply show up at a Sunday Funday one Sunday at noon and let folks know you want to volunteer.
The Heritage Community Centre, where we will be for the next 5 months, is located at: 1770 Halifax St. There are, however, a couple of Sundays in November when we will have to be elsewhere. So, if you are planning to start in November, please contact me for location.

3 SPECIAL EVENTS

FRIDAY OCTOBER 24, NOON: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION RALLY, REGINA CITY HALL
October 24 is the International Day for Climate Justice. We are holding a climate rally to call on all levels of government; municipal, federal and provincial to urgently take action on climate change. Too often governments live in the present. They’re consumed with responding to immediate financial pressures and make excuses for ignoring the long-term impacts of human made climate change. As a result of decades of inaction, these impacts are now immediate, urgent and very much in the present.

We call on the City of Regina to immediately make more funding available to support its own Sustainability Framework! We call on the provincial government to take action to commit to its own prairie resilience plan, to invest deeply in renewable energy, as well as to commit to its obligation to move away from coal based power. We call on the federal government to implement bold environmental protections and regulations that will allow it to fulfill its own obligations under the Paris climate accord.
Organized by Friday’s For Future
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10 ... 4478570221 ]


SATURDAY OCTOBER 25, 9:30 am- NOON—LUNCH TO FOLLOW: PALESTINE LAND EXERCISE—IT DIDN’T START ON OCTOBER 7, LIVING SPIRIT CENTRE, 3018 DOAN DRIVE
The Palestinian Land Exercise is an educational tool that that traces the history of Palestinian–Israeli relations up to the current genocide. In the exercise, participants take on the role of Palestinians to experience historical events and personal stories dating back to the late 19th century. Learn about the Nakba, loss of land, erasure, constant dehumanization, life at checkpoints, and other realities of life under Occupation. Talking circle to follow and a time of sharing ideas of what steps you might take to promote an end to The Occupation and to work for a just peace for Palestinians and Israelis. We end with a Palestinian lunch. Everyone is welcome.
[ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIp ... A/viewform ]


SATURDAY OCTOBER 25, 7 pm: HEATHER CRICHLOW WILL BE READING FROM HER BOOKS: PAUL IMMIGRATES TO CANADA & CARIBBEAN STORM, ABSTRACTIONS, 2161 ROSE ST
Paul Immigrates to Canada is Heather’s first book. It will be available for purchase.
Doors open at 6:30 with food available for purchase.
For more information call Ed at 306 718 8010.


2 SPECIAL PETITIONS

TELL YOUR MP: TAX THE ULTRA-RICH AND DEFEND PUBLIC SERVICES
[ https://broadbentinstitute.ca/stop-the-cuts-email/ ]


GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: END THE PURCHASE, SALE, AND TRANSFER OF ALL LETHAL AND NON-LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT, TECHNOLOGY, SERVICES, AND COMPONENTS BETWEEN CANADA AND ISRAEL, WHETHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH OTHER COUNTRIES, UNTIL ISRAEL WITHDRAWS FROM OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES +
[ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/ ... a55661b170 ]


WHITE POPPIES FOR PEACE
As Remembrance Day (November 11) approaches, please consider wearing a White Poppy:
To commemorate all victims of war
To mourn the environmental devastation it causes
To reject war as a tool for social change
To call for dialog and peaceful conflict resolution
To show your commitment to building better future
Because Remembering is important, but it isn’t enough.

If you only want 1 or 2 white poppies: They are available on the table on my veranda. Please drop by and pick them up, along with safety pins and “To Remember Is To Work For Peace” buttons: 2818-19th Ave.
If you want more than 2, please let me know and I’ll prepare a little package for you.
To learn more about the White Poppy: [ https://www.ppu.org.uk/remembrance-white-poppies# ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

PROTESTS HELD OUTSIDE OF LEGISLATIVE BUILDING ON DAY OF SASK. THRONE SPEECH
[ https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/p ... ne-speech/ ]


NEW REGINA MURAL BLENDS PRAIRIE ART WITH PUSH FOR FREE YOUTH TRANSIT
[ https://www.sasktoday.ca/regina-today/r ... t-11377751 ]


BISON RETURN TO A REGINA NEIGHBOURHOOD, BUT THIS TIME AS ART
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.6945700 ]


SASKATCHEWAN PREMIER EYES COMMUNITY SAFETY, ECONOMY AS LEGISLATURE RESUMES: Forced treatment for addiction on the agenda: UGH!!
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... one-speech ]


HOW SCOTT MOE’S GOVERNMENT BLED SASK POLYTECHNIC DRY & THEN BLAMED OTTAWA
[ https://tammyrobert.substack.com/p/how- ... -bled-sask ]


SASKATCHEWAN PLANS NUCLEAR FUTURE DESPITE UNCERTAIN COSTS, FUNDING—Boo!!
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.6947306 ]


SMRs: SPENDING MONEY RECKLESSLY IN SASKATCHEWAN—AND BEYOND, with Gordon Edwards
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pld4KVPd_UY ]


WHO OWNS SASKATCHEWAN NOW? by Tammy Robert
[ https://tammyrobert.substack.com/p/who- ... chewan-now ]


CITIES DECLARE HOUSING EMERGENCIES, SPARKING DEBATE OVER CLEARING HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS
[ https://www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/10/19 ... ss-encamp/ ]


AUDITOR GENERAL BLASTS INDIGENOUS SERVICES CANADA FOR FAILING TO IMPROVE ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/audi ... -9.6946819 ]


CANADA HELD THE DOOR OPEN FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS. THEN SLAMMED IT IN THEIR FACE
[ https://thewalrus.ca/canada-held-the-do ... heir-face/ ]


IN SCATHING REPORT, AG FINDS CRA CALL CENTRES ARE SLOW TO ANSWER AND OFTEN INACCURATE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ag-fal ... -9.6946672 ]


WELFARE IN CANADA—SECTION ON WELFARE IN SASKATCHEWAN pp 180-191
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTbdEC6d8zU ]


FIVE GOOD IDEAS ON SURVIVING AND THRIVING IN SOCIAL POLICY
[ https://maytree.com/five-good-ideas/fiv ... al-policy/ ]


THE PRIVATIZATION CRISIS AT CANADA POST
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... anada-post ]


DELIVERING COMMUNITY POWER: REIMAGINING CANADA POST WITH SERVICES TO SUPPORT EVERY COMMUNITY
[' https://www.deliveringcommunitypower.ca ... r_id=29617 ]


HOW CANADA’S TAX SYSTEM PUTS THE WEALTHY ABOVE WORKERS
[ https://www.taxfairness.ca/en/resources ... ve-workers ]


REAL CHANGE COMES FROM THE PEOPLE, NOT FROM ONE OUTSIDER, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... e48481dc58 ]


ACTIVISTS MAKE HISTORY: DRAW THE LINE WITH ATIYA JAFFAR
[ https://perspectivesjournal.ca/draw-the-line/ ]


CAPITALISM AND COLONIALISM: HOW MODERN CANADA WAS MADE
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/email/2972 ... ecd98e5fa/ ]


CANADIAN FORCES SCHEDULED MISSILE TRAINING IN ISRAEL LAST YEAR
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/canadian-f ... newsletter ]


THE BLOC QUÉBÉCOIS IS CALLLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE HALT TO THE TRANSFER OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE TO CHALK RIVER, ON THE SHORES OF THE DRINKING WATER SOURCE FOR MILLIONS OF QUEBECERS
[ https://nuclear-news.net/2025/10/21/1-b ... quebecers/ ]


THE GREAT AMERICAN CASH GRAB
[ https://jacobin.com/2025/10/canada-oil- ... ts-workers ]


NEW YORK: THE ENTHUSIASM OF ZOHRAN MAMDANI’S YOUNG SUPPORTERS
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/10/new-y ... upporters/ ]


A NEW WOLF IN AN OLD SHEEP’S CLOTHING
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... s-clothing ]


IT IS ISRAEL THAT MUST BE DERADICALIZED, NOT PALESTINE
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... -palestine ]


CHRIS HEDGES GIVES THE EDWARD SAID MEMORIAL LECTURE: 'REQUIEM FOR GAZA'
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/chri ... dward-said ]


ICJ REJECTS ISRAELI CLAIMS ABOUT UNRWA AND ORDERS OFFICIALS TO PROVIDE MORE AID TO GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/icj-israel-ruling ]


“THE WAR HAS NOT REALLY ENDED”: GAZA REPORTER ON ISRAELI ATTACKS & REUNITING WITH IMPRISONED BROTHER
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/20 ... al_khalili ]


THE FORGOTTEN CAPTIVES: ISRAEL STILL IMPRISONING 9,000 PALESTINIANS EVEN AFTER HOSTAGE DEAL
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/20/sari_bashi ]


TRUMP’S GAZA PEACE PLAN & TOMAHAWKS TO UKRAINE, with Vijay Prashad
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_a0JOHRcRs ]

“ARMED ONLY WITH A CAMERA”: HBO FILM ON LIFE & DEATH OF BRENT RENAUD, JOURNALIST KILLED IN UKRAINE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/21 ... nly_camera ]


BEYOND REPAIR: THE POLITICS OF A TIPPING PLANET
[ https://leftymorrill.substack.com/p/bey ... -a-tipping ]


THE WATERS ARE RUNNING RED IN AFRICA’S GREAT LAKES REGION—A WAR IS RAGING WE CAN’T IGNORE ANY LONGER
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2022/11/the-w ... ny-longer/ ]


CLIMATE CHANGE IS ALREADY FUELING GLOBAL MIGRATION
[ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/clim ... xperts-say ]


I WENT TO SPACE AND DISCOVERED AN ENORMOUS LIE
[ https://bigthinkmedia.substack.com/p/i- ... irect=true ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

THURSDAY OCTOBER 23, 5 PM: JOIN OUR ONE-HOUR WEBINAR REVEALING THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY’S HIDDEN TACTICS AND HOW TO RECOGNIZE THEM
Featuring Regina’s own Emily Eaton, along with Martin Lukacs, Breach journalist; Mary Stewart, Climate Justice Advocate; and Emilia Bellliveau, Environmental Defence
[ https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/pag ... id=8598389 ]


THURSDAY OCTOEBER 23, 6 pm: CLEAN AIR, HEALTHY KIDS & COMMUNITIES: THE CASE FOR STRONG METHANE REGULATIONS
[ https://www.forourkids.ca/methane-webinar ]


THURSDAY OCTOBER 23, 7 pm: SCREENING OF UNCHARITABLE, DARKE HALL, 2255 COLLEGE AVE
The film acts as a heartfelt call to action to change the way the non-profit sector is viewed and challenges the traditional constraints that that have hindered organizations’ ability to give back to the communities they serve.
[ https://cfss.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/lis ... te_id=2932 ]


FRIDAY OCTOBER 24, NOON: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION RALLY, REGINA CITY HALL
October 24 is the International Day for Climate Justice. We are holding a climate rally to call on all levels of government; municipal, federal and provincial to urgently take action on climate change. Too often governments live in the present. They’re consumed with responding to immediate financial pressures and make excuses for ignoring the long-term impacts of human made climate change. As a result of decades of inaction, these impacts are now immediate, urgent and very much in the present.

We call on the City of Regina to immediately make more funding available to support its own Sustainability Framework! We call on the provincial government to take action to commit to its own prairie resilience plan, to invest deeply in renewable energy, as well as to commit to its obligation to move away from coal based power. We call on the federal government to implement bold environmental protections and regulations that will allow it to fulfill its own obligations under the Paris climate accord.
Organized by Friday’s For Future
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10 ... 4478570221 ]


FRIDAY OCTOBER 24 – SUNDAY OCTOBER 26: EXPLORE WAR ABOLITION MOVEMENTS
[ https://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/nowar2025 ]


SATURDAY OCTOBER 25, 9:30 am- NOON—LUNCH TO FOLLOW: PALESTINE LAND EXERCISE—IT DIDN’T START ON OCTOBER 7, LIVING SPIRIT CENTRE, 3018 DOAN DRIVE
The Palestinian Land Exercise is an educational tool that that traces the history of Palestinian–Israeli relations up to the current genocide. In the exercise participants take on the role of Palestinians to experience historical events and personal stories dating back to the late 19th century. Learn about the Nakba, loss of land, erasure, constant dehumanization, life at checkpoints, and other realities of life under Occupation. Talking circle to follow and a time of sharing ideas of what steps you might take to promote an end to The Occupation and to work for a just peace for Palestinians and Israelis. We end with a Palestinian lunch. Everyone is welcome.
[ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIp ... A/viewform ]


SATURDAY OCTOBER 25, 7 pm: HEATHER CRICHLOW WILL BE READING FROM HER BOOKS: PAUL IMMIGRATES TO CANADA & CARIBBEAN STORM, ABSTRACTIONS, 2161 ROSE ST
Paul Immigrates to Canada is Heather’s first book. It will be available for purchase.
Doors open at 6:30 with food available for purchase.
For more information call Ed at 306 718 8010.


MONDAY OCTOBER 27, 5 pm: KING OF THE NORTH—MARTIN LUTHER KING’S FREEDOM STRUGGLE OUTSIDE OF THE SOUTH
[ https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/king ... -part-two/ ]


TUESDAY OCTOBER 28, 5 pm: VIRTUAL LAUNCH OF LISTEN! KNOWING THE WORLD AND FIGHTING TO CHANGE IT, by Scott Neigh
Listen! expands our understanding of "listening" as not an individual, passive act but as fundamental to constructing the social world — and to making it more just. As an activist, journalist, and host of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh shares what he's learned from decades of conversing with other activists and scholars.
What does it mean to find oneself overwhelmed by a world in turmoil, as the relentless news of genocide, climate change, and police violence drives home the urgent need for radical change but doesn't tell us how to make it happen? Listen! reflects deeply on the role of listening — from the moment of injustice to how we respond as individuals, to struggles by collective social movements. The book explores what these movements are, how they work, and what they do in the world, as well as the knowledge generated in and by them and the importance of listening to and within them. By sharpening our critical insight into listening, we can explicitly centre sensory pathways to understanding and strengthen our strategies for collective liberation as embodied and situated knowers.
[ https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/events/vi ... ook-launch ]


TUESDAY OCTOBER 28. 6 pm: 24-HOUR GLOBAL ONLINE PICKET TO END THE U.S. BLOCKADE ON CUBA!
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29, 7 – 9 p,: QUEEN CITY IMPROVEMENT BOO..REAU 10TH ANNIVERSARY LIVE SHOW, ARTESIAN, 2627 13TH AVE
The Queen City Improvement Bureau will be 10 years old this Halloween season. Join us for our big LIVE anniversary show at the Artesian.
Admission is by voluntary donation to the Artesian.
It'll be a night of spooo-o-oky civics!
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1210132314218265/ ]


WEDNESDAY OCTORBER 29, 7 pm: REPORT BACK FROM CHINA BY REGINA PEACE COUNCIL MEMBER MATT GEHL, SENIOR CENTRE, 2404 ELPHINSTONE ST
In September Matt Gehl represented the Regina Peace Council at an international peace conference in China commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Chinese people's war of resistance against Japanese aggression and the end of the global anti-fascist war. Matt also toured China at the invitation of the Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament.
Matt will report back on the conference and his impressions of China. For more information please contact Ed at: 306 718 8010


THURSDAY OCTOBER 30, 5 pm DOORS OPEN: QUEER & TRANS JUSTICE IN EDUCTION, EDUCATION AUDITORIUM
This event promises to be an engaging and informative session on how to best support 2SLGBTQIA+ youth in schools and is intended for all teachers, pre-service teachers, education support staff, parents/families, and other education community members more broadly, along with University of Regina community members.
The event will include a moderated panel discussion (5:30 pm - 7:15 pm) with Dr. Elizabeth Meyer (Colorado; author of Queer Justice at School: A Guide for Youth Activists, Allies, and Their Teachers), Dr. Qui Alexander (OISE), and Madelaine Enns (Indigenous Teachers for Two-Spirit Youth), followed by a reception (7:30 pm - 8:30 pm).
If you are planning on attending either in-person or online, please RSVP by Wednesday, October 15th. You can register using the following link:
[ https://uregina.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/fo ... 8?Q_CHL=qr ]


TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4, 11 am: ‘HOUSING FIRST’ REQUIRES HOUSING FIRST
[ https://mcmaster.zoom.us/meeting/regist ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 5, 7 pm: QUEEN CITY URBANIST BOOK CLUB, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The book that will be discussed is Gentrification Is Inevitable And Other Lies, by Leslie Kern


THURSDAY NOVEMBER 6, 7 pm: STAPLEFORD LECTURE, FEATURING DR. CAMERON ROBERTSON— PICTURING LAND: INDIGENOUS AESTHETICS ON THE FLATLAND, COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS, 2155 COLLEGE AVENUE, ROOM 139


FRIDAY NOVEMBER 7, 8 pm: SASK. COALITION TO REPEAL BILL 137 COMMUNITY EVENT, ARTESION, 2627 13TH AVE
Join us at Artesian for an evening of community support for the repealing of Bill 137, otherwise known as the Parents' Bill of Rights. Bill 137 revokes the right to a student's self-determination of gender under the age of 16 and demands teachers receive parental consent before calling a student by their preferred name and pronouns.
[ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIp ... g/viewform ]


TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11, 4 pm: “THE PEOPLE OF CANADA WILL LOVE US AGAIN”: SEDUCTION, ABUSE, AND SUBSERVIENCE IN CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18, 7 pm: SCREENING OF ARNA’S CHILDREN, CENTAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE
Arna’s Children follows the story of a small theatre group of Palestinian children in the Jenin refugee camp. Shot over a 13-year period, it follows the children as they rehearse and perform amid the daily violence of the occupation, and ultimately join the armed resistance against Israel’s invasion of the camp in 2002. Candid interviews provide an intimate look at the personal stories and political context of the resistance in Palestine. To see the trailer, click on the following link:
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyFEKzSBz3A ]


WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 27 & THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28: IMAGINE AFRICA BEYOND WAR: WORLD BEYOND WAR’S THIRD AFRICA REGIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/africa2025/ ]


THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28, 6-9 pm: TRANS DAY OF DISABILITY, LAKEVIEW UNITED CHURCH, 3200 MCCALLUM AVE


WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3, 7 pm: QUEEN CITY URBANIST BOOK CLUB, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The book that will be discussed is Places of the Heart, by Colin Ellard


WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7, 7 pm: QUEEN CITY URBANIST BOOK CLUB, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The book that will be discussed is Living Disability, Emily Macrae (ed)


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: BUILD A PEOPLE’S POWER GRID
[ https://act.350.org/sign/ppg?r=CA&c=NA ]


TELL CANADA: STOP MARINELAND FROM EUTHANIZING THEIR CAPTIVE BELUGAS
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/406/347 ... 3520673390 ]


ISRAEL: RELEASE DR HUSSAM ABU SAFIYA, A PAEDIATRICIAN AND THE DIRECTOR OF KAMAL ADWAN HOSPITAL IN THE OCCUPIED GAZA STRIP
[ https://www.amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actio ... director-0 ]


TO WORLD LEADERS: HAND IN HAND WITH THOUSANDS OF JEWISH VOICES, WE IMPLORE YOU TO HOLD THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE ATROCITIES IN GAZA
[ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/st ... n_loc_cp1/ ]


VENEZUELA: NO WAR, NO OVERTHROW, NO COUP, NO SANCTIONS
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/venezuela-no-war/ ]


LULU’S LAST CHANCE TO PROTECT NATURE AND CLIMATE
[ https://action.eko.org/a/lula-s-last-ch ... nd-climate ]


CALL ON BANKS TO STOP FUELING AMAZON DESTRUCTION
[ https://act.stand.earth/page/54896/petition/1 ]


- Making Peace Vigil