MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 11, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 11, 2025


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING:

'A DANGEROUS EXERCISE': COMMUNITY SPEAKS OUT AGAINST POSSIBLE CITY OF REGINA BUDGET CUTS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... udget-cuts ]


REGINA TRANSIT WORKERS VOTE FOR STRIKE MANDATE IN RESPONSE TO BUDGET
[ https://globalnews.ca/news/11569976/reg ... date-city/ ]


AUDITOR WARNS SASK. MAY NOT MEET TARGET FOR CHILD-CARE SPACES, RECOMMENDS GTH CHANGES AFTER COSTCO DISPUTE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.7008665 ]


A PRAIRIE ALLIANCE OF TRANS ADVOCATES AND UNIONS SHOULD BE A NATIONAL MODEL
[ https://breachmedia.ca/trans-alberta-sa ... ng-clause/ ]


P3s: HIDDEN OPEN WOUNDS, BLEEDING SASKATCHEWAN DRY
[ https://tammyrobert.substack.com/p/p3s- ... skatchewan ]


MOCCASIN MAKER TURNED ARTIST TAKES BEADING TO THE NEXT LEVEL
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.7005005 ]


ADVOCATES MAKE TIME TO REMEMBER THE ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE MONTREAL MASSACRE AT U OF R
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... 2daf326ead ]


MANITOBA WORKERS WILL FINALLY BE PROTECTED FROM ASBESTOS
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/manitoba-w ... -asbestos/ ]


'IT'S EMBARRASSING,' SAYS INDIGENOUS MAN WHO BELIEVES HE WAS RACIALLY PROFILED AT WINNIPEG HOME DEPOT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba ... -9.7004630 ]


THE FIGHT FOR HOUSING IN TORONTO’S DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE
[ https://socialistproject.ca/2025/12/fig ... town-east/ ]


THE TORONTO HOUSING PROJECT SAVING LIVES
[ https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1- ... ving-lives ]


AFTER DEATH OF 18-YEAR-OLD NIAGARA WOMAN, HER FAMILY TOLD THOROLD CEMETERY WON'T ACCOMMODATE MUSLIM BURIAL
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton ... -9.7009179 ]


MARK CARNEY’S PACT WITH DANIELLE SMITH IS CLIMATE CARNAGE
[ https://breachmedia.ca/mark-carneys-pac ... e-carnage/ ]


CARNEY’S PIPELINE DEAL LIFTS UP ALBERTA AND DEMOTES BC
[ https://thewalrus.ca/alberta-bc-pipeline/ ]


CANADA POST AND OTHER PUBLIC SERVICES ARE BEING CANNIBALIZED BY TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS MONOPOLIES
[ https://pvonline.ca/2025/12/09/canada-p ... onopolies/ ]


WATCH: CLEAN ENERGY FOR ALL NOT NUCLEAR FOR A FEW
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZb1bsyET1E ]


FOREIGN WORKERS ACCUSE HOTELIER WITH HISTORY OF LABOUR VIOLATIONS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba ... -9.7000043 ]


WAB KINEW WANTS MORE COPS IN SCHOOLS—DESPITE HIS OWN WORK EXPOSING THEIR HARM
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa2nUT3czxw ]


THE CANADIAN MUSEUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS FINALLY GRAPPLES WITH THE NAKBA
[ https://theconversation.com/the-canadia ... kba-270351 ]


CANADA’S POSITION ON THE TREATY ON THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
[ https://www.icanw.org/canada ]


THE MYTH OF PROGRESSIVE CANADA—not new but, unfortunately, still very relevant
[ https://jacobin.com/2020/10/canada-firs ... ign-policy ]


“I WAS PEPPER-SPRAYED”: REP. ADELITA GRIJALVA ON ICE RAID, EPSTEIN FILES, RISING HEALTH COSTS & MORE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/8/adelita_grijalva ]


THE US IS BY FAR THE WORLD’S NUMBER ONE JAILER
[ https://therealnews.com/us-is-by-far-th ... one-jailer ]


US STATE DEPARTMENT TRAVEL WARNING ON VENEZUELA: WHAT WASHINGTON FEARS MOST
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/12/us-st ... ears-most/ ]


“MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS”: WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR REED BRODY ON TRUMP’S BOAT STRIKES
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/8/ ... war_crimes ]


DOCTORS AGAINST GENOCIDE: GLOBAL UPDATES FROM BANGLADESH, CONGO, SUDAN & PALESTINE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyfHTxEhQQA ]


HOW ISRAEL ORGANIZES AND ARMS SETTLER MILITIAS TO TERRORIZE PALESTINIANS IN THE WEST BANK
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-o ... nding-arms ]


STANDING TOGETHER INSIDE ISRAEL’S JEWISH-ARAB MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE & PEACE
[ https://therealnews.com/inside-israels- ... -and-peace ]


TRUMP, KAGAME, TSHISEKEDI & THE DONALD J. TRUMP INSTITUTE FOR PEACE: A PEACE DEAL SHORT ON PEACE
[ https://substack.com/inbox/post/180936003 ]


SPACE MILITARIZATION: GLOBAL WOMEN UNITED FOR PEACE AGAINST NATO AND UNAC
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aOBIcDV3R0&t=5s ]


RICHEST 0.001% NOW OWN THREE TIMES MORE WEALTH THAN POOREST HALF OF HUMANITY COMBINED
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/world ... ity-report ]


IMAGINE AFRICA BEYOND WAR
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/africa2025/ ]


ADVANCING HUMAN RIGHTS IN A SHIFTING WORLD ORDER
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o0CvyPhUwQ ]


THE 6 MARKER CLIMATE EMERGENCY FRAMEWORK, with Seth Klein & Erin Blondeau
[ https://engagementcanadapledge.substack ... -6-markers ]


HISTORIC ICC POLICY PUTS ECOLOGICAL HARM AT THE CENTRE OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW
[ https://www.stopecocide.earth/bn-2025/h ... iminal-law ]

UN REPORT ESTIMATES BOLD CLIMATE ACTION WOULD DELIVER $100 TRILLION IN BENEFITS BY 2100
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-cl ... ion-report ]


GAZA’S DONKEYS: A CHRISTMAS STORY
[ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mSg ... it?tab=t.0 ]


CHRISTMAS TRUCES PAST AND FUTURE
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/christmastruce/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

NOW SHOWING AT THE SOUTHLAND CINEMA: MEADOWLARKS, DIRECTED BY TASHA HUBBARD
Four siblings, torn apart by the 60s Scoop, reunite for one week.
[ https://www.cineplex.com/theatre/cinepl ... -southland ]


THURSDAY DECEMBER 11, 7-8 pm: CLIMATE PLAY, GLOBE THEATRE, 1801 SCARTH ST
Members of the Centre for Socially Engaged Theatre (C-SET) and the community have been working hard to create a script using verbatim theatre, based on the topic of climate change. Hope you can come out and see the results.


FRIDAY DECEMBER 12, 7 pm: SCREENING OF THE LIBRARIANS, FILM THEATRE CENTRAL LIBRARY
Librarians unite to combat book banning, defending intellectual freedom on democracy's frontlines amid unprecedented censorship in Texas, Florida, and beyond.


MONDAY DECEMBER 15, 11 am: CARING FOR CARE: A CONVERSATION WITH PAT ARMSTRONG AND HUGH ARMSTRONG
Hear from Pat Armstrong and Hugh Armstrong on their work advancing better public health care in hospitals, homecare and long-term care.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


MONDAY DECEMBER 15, 6 pm: UBI WORKS + COMMONWEALTH CANADA
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


TUESDAY DECEMBER 16, 2 pm: GITXAAŁA V. BRITISH COLUMBIA: UNPACKING THE BC COURT OF APPEAL DECISION
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


TUESDAY DECEMBER 16, 6:30 pm: WHY WE MUST SANCTION ISRAEL
Speakers from Independent Jewish Voices, Just Peace Advocates, and CJPME will help piece together how Sanctions fit into the larger Palestinian solidarity movement, working to end Isreali occupation and for Palestinian liberation.
[ https://ijvcanada.zoom.us/webinar/regis ... 38qsjzKAkA ]


WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7, 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 FEBRUARY 4, 7 pm: QUEEN CITY URBANIST BOOK CLUB, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The book that will be discussed is Messy Cities, by Dylan Reid, Zahra Ebrahim, Leslie Woo, and John Lorinc


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS

STOP THE CUTS TO COMMUNITY GRANTS & ASSOCIATIONS
[ https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-cuts- ... sociations ]


YVES ENGER’S CANDIDACY FOR NDP LEADER BLOCKED. LET MEMBERS DECIDE!
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/engle ... ers-decide ]


TELL THE NDP: REJECT THE ZIONIST LOBBY
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ndp ]


INTERNATIONALISM BELONGS IN THE LEADERSHIP RACE. LET ENGLER RUN!
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/8717c ... be02515764 ]


REJECT DRONE WARFARE TESTING IN DOWNTOWN OTTAWA: NO CANADIAN CITY SHOULD HOST WAR "GAMES
[ https://www.change.org/p/reject-drone-w ... -war-games ]

TELL PM CARNEY: STOP THE PIPELINE MOU BEFORE IT GOES ANY FURTHER
[ https://environmentaldefence.ca/newmode ... -pipeline/ ]


STOP BILL C-9
[ https://iclmg.ca/withdraw-bill-c-9/ ]


SWEDEN'S NEW SUSTAINABLE, NUTRITIOUS, FREE SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM SHOULD EXPAND TO OTHER COUNTRIES, TOO!
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/330/386 ... 3530883319 ]


UEFA: SUSPEND ISRAEL FROM EUROPEAN FOOTBALL
[ https://www.codepink.org/banisrael?utm_ ... e=codepink ]


EUROVISION: NO STAGE FOR WAR CRIMES
[ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/eu ... es_sa_loc/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil