MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 24, 2026

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 24, 2026


3 SPECIAL EVENTS:

TODAY, SUNDAY MAY 24, 2 – 5 pm: FREE FILM SCREENING OF NUCLEAR POWER—HOW WILL IT AFFECT YOUR ENERGY BILL? UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, RESEARCH & INNOVATION CENTRE, RM 119
Following the film, Simon Enoch will discuss the economics of nuclear vs Renewables; Ingrid Alesich will talk about the dangers of ionizing radiation and the problems with no safe technology for high level waste storage for 200,000 years. There will also be a skit.
[ https://www.facebook.com/story.php?stor ... 77614&_rdr ]


MONDAY MAY 25, 3 – 5 pm: THE NATIVE BROTHERHOOD AT SASKATCHEWAN PENITENTIARY, THE ARCHWAY EXHIBITION SPACE AT ARCHER LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA
Curated by: Jason Demers, Kihêw Flamont, Elder Errol Kinistino, Elder Harvey Knight, Josie Linka, and Emily Reid
The Native Brotherhood was formed in Saskatchewan Penitentiary in 1964. Produced under the eyes of censors, their newsletter captures the power of brotherhood, culture, identity, and prisoner advocacy just as the crisis of Indigenous over-incarceration was beginning to take hold. The exhibit features writing produced by prisoners in the 1960s and 1970s, and artwork produced by men currently incarcerated at Saskatchewan Penitentiary. Light refreshments will be served.


TUESDAY MAY 26, 8:45 am: ROCK THE POLICE, REGINA POLICE SERVICE MAIN OFFICE, 1717 SASK DRIVE
Come to a rally outside the cop shop in sisterhood with women stalked by Regina police through the police database. We can stand in for women who want their issues in the public eye, but not their identities.
Update to a Call For Justice for women victimized by Regina Police:
[ https://openletter.earth/a-call-for-jus ... e-af4c4d34 ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING:

CITY OF REGINA ADDS POWER TO INVESTIGATE COUNCIL FOR CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... f-interest ]


LANDMARK COURT DECISION COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING FOR HOW CANADA ADDRESSES HOMELESSNESS
[ https://housingrights.ca/waterloo-decis ... elessness/ ]


WHY CANADA SHOULD REBUILD PUBLIC TELECOMS
[ https://perspectivesjournal.ca/rebuild-public-telecom/ ]


NATION‑BUILDING OR CORPORATE WELFARE? MARK CARNEY’S AI DATA CENTRE GAMBLE
[ https://tammyrobert.substack.com/p/nati ... te-welfare ]


PETE HOEKSTRA AND THE ALBERTA VOTER SCAM
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/pet ... erta-voter ]


SORRY WORLD, BUT CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY IS NOT THE CLIMATE GUY YOU THOUGHT, by Seth Klein
[ https://sethdklein.substack.com/p/sorry ... e-minister ]


“CLEAR RACISM”: TRUMP ADMIN BLOCKS REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, EXCEPT FOR WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS—Are similar things happening in Canada?
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/21/afrikaners ]


COMMON FRONTIERS: IN THE FACE OF THE U.S. FUEL BLOCKADE, CANADA MUST WORK WITH OTHER COUNTRIES TO SUPPORT CUBA
[ https://engagementcanadapledge.substack ... ace-of-the ]


AFTER CASTRO CHARGES, CRITICS ASK: WHEN ARE INDICTMENTS COMING FOR TRUMP-HEGSETH ‘EXTRAJUDICIAL MURDERS’?
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/are-t ... ikes-legal ]


US WEAPONS TO ISRAEL—with Josh Paul
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBatKb0g1_0 ]


PALESTINIAN UN AMBASSADOR DROPS BID FOR VP OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOLLOWING US THREATS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/pales ... sembly-bid ]


JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE LEADERS OF THE E4 + CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY AND THE NETHERLANDS ON THE SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK
[ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/join ... -west-bank ]


CHRIS HEDGES, STEPHEN WALT, AND RYAN GRIM ON THE LIMITS OF U.S. POWER IN IRAN
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/chri ... t-and-ryan ]


IRANIAN OFFICIAL OUTLINES LATEST PROPOSAL TO END THE U.S. WAR AS TRUMP WEIGHS NEW STRIKES
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/exclusiv ... hs-strikes ]


“POLITICALLY DRIVEN EPIDEMIC”: EBOLA RESPONSE HAMPERED BY IMPOVERISHMENT & U.S. GLOBAL HEALTH CUTS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/22/ebola_outbreak ]


“AI RESIST LIST”: KAREN HAO ON DATA CENTER RESISTANCE, TECH BILLIONAIRES, “EMPIRE OF AI” & MORE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/22/ ... ers_and_ai ]


GREENPEACE RAISES ALARM AFTER MICROPLASTICS FOUND IN TOP COMPANIES’ BABY FOOD POUCHES
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/baby-food-pouches ]


DON’T THROW THAT HOME AWAY
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/dont-thro ... home-away/ ]


THE WARNING SHOT, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/war ... irect=true ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

SUNDAY MAY 24, 10 am: URGENT WEBINAR, DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... m750Nc6iFg ]


SUNDAY MAY 24, 2 – 5 pm: FREE FILM SCREENING OF NUCLEAR POWER—HOW WILL IT AFFECT YOUR ENERGY BILL? UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, RESEARCH & INNOVATION CENTRE, RM 119
Following the film, Simon Enoch will discuss the economics of nuclear vs Renewables; Ingrid Alesich will talk about the dangers of ionizing radiation and the problems with no safe technology for high level waste storage for 200,000 years. There will also be a skit.
[ https://www.facebook.com/story.php?stor ... 77614&_rdr ]


MONDAY MAY 25, NOON: TOWN HALL—ACCESSIBLE HOUSING
[ https://plan-9.hubspotpagebuilder.com/m ... 6-townhall ]


MONDAY MAY 25, 3 – 5 pm: THE NATIVE BROTHERHOOD AT SASKATCHEWAN PENITENTIARY, THE ARCHWAY EXHIBITION SPACE AT ARCHER LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA
Curated by: Jason Demers, Kihêw Flamont, Elder Errol Kinistino, Elder Harvey Knight, Josie Linka, and Emily Reid
The Native Brotherhood was formed in Saskatchewan Penitentiary in 1964. Produced under the eyes of censors, their newsletter captures the power of brotherhood, culture, identity, and prisoner advocacy just as the crisis of Indigenous over-incarceration was beginning to take hold. The exhibit features writing produced by prisoners in the 1960s and 1970s, and artwork produced by men currently incarcerated at Saskatchewan Penitentiary. Light refreshments will be served.


TUESDAY MAY 26, 8:45 am: ROCK THE POLICE, REGINA POLICE SERVICE MAIN OFFICE, 1717 SASK DRIVE
Come to a rally outside the cop shop in sisterhood with women stalked by Regina police through the police database. We can stand in for women who want their issues in the public eye, but not their identities.


WEDNESDAY MAY 27, NOON: THE TRILLION DOLLAR WAR MACHINE: AN ONLINE EVENT WITH WILLIAM D. HARTUNG AND KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL
[ https://www.thenation.com/events/the-tr ... r-machine/ ]


WEDNESDAY MAY 27, 2 pm: JUST SUSTAINABILITIES IN POLICY, PLANNING, AND PRACTICE WEBINAR
[ https://masspeaceaction.org/event/just- ... e-webinar/ ]


SATURDAY MAY 30, 10 am- 4 pm: TREATY 4 TO PALESTINE—KEFFIYEH RIBBON SKIRT SOLIDARITY WORKSHOP, YWCA 2817 12TH AVE
Contact rosemelaniemonique@gmail.com to reserve your spot. Sponsored by Palestine Solidarity Regina


SATURDAY MAY 30, NOON: "RALLY—HANDS OFF CUBA", SCARTH STREET MALL, SOUTH END, NEAR THE BUFFALO AT 12TH AVE


SATURDAY MAY 30, 6 pm: CAN POLITICS BE CIVIL AGAIN
[ https://canadian-vote-summit-2026.raise ... lrusdebate ]


SUNDAY MAY 31, NOON: INTRODUCTION TO HABITAT GARDENING, by the David Suzuki Foundation
The natural world is full of drama and beauty, and it is a powerful antidote to distraction and stress. Consider the way you feel when listening to birds sing and frogs call, when watching a butterfly emerge from its chrysalis or a turtle laying its eggs, or when taking in the scent of pine needles and milkweed blooms. Now consider how it would feel to nurture all this and more right outside your kitchen window or front door. This webinar will demonstrate how careful plant choices and a few tweaks to garden design and maintenance will help you create your own nature reserve. As a bonus, you will join a welcoming community of Canadians learning, sharing and healing the earth and themselves one garden at a time.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... TE1VjYCUBg ]


SUNDAY MAY 31, 2-4 pm: BOOK CLUB—EVERY MOMENT IS A LIFE: GAZA IN THE TIME OF GENOCIDE, ABSTRACTIONS CAFÉ, 2161 ROSE ST
Join us for a discussion of Susan Abulhawa’s “Every Moment is a Life,” an anthology of short stories by 18 young writers in Gaza whom Abulhawa mentored during the genocide.
As Abulhawa said in a recent statement, “These young people risked dangers that most of us cannot begin to fathom just to attend writing workshops, because it was a singular outlet for intellectual exercise and creative expression. They came so they could be reminded of their potential. They came to feel that they are more than creatures seeking food and water and shelter. That they have a place in the world; that they have a voice, a relevance, something to contribute. They came to touch the lives that they thought they might still have, even if it was just for a few hours. It has been my honour and my privilege to know these beautiful, courageous individuals who deserve to be heard, to be read, to be protected.”
[ https://www.instagram.com/?target_user_ ... eed&__bp=1 ]


MONDAY JUNE 1, 1 pm: INDIGENOUS CLIMATE LEADERSHIP FOR OUR COLLECTIVE FUTURE
[ https://indigenousclimateaction.zoom.us ... FwNZ-oKEPg ]


WEDNESDAY JUNE 3, 1 pm: COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO ESCALATING CLIMATE THREATS—with David Suzuki
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... yj3AmeZypQ ]


THURSDAY JUNE 4, NOON: UNBROKEN NATIONS, ACCOUNTABLE SYSTEMS: ADVANCING NATIONAL STANDARDS IN INDIGENOUS WOMEN’S HIV & STBBI WELLNESS CARE
[ https://uregina-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi ... gistration ]


FRIDAY JUNE 5, NOON: END THE 500 YEAR WAR AGAINST AFRICA NOW
[ https://actionnetwork.org/events/end-wa ... frica-now/ ]


MONDAY JUNE 8, 7 pm: WHEN THE FOREST BREATHES—A WEBINAR WITH SUZANNE SIMARD
[ https://sierraclub.bc.ca/our-work/re-co ... ne-simard/ ]


FRIDAY JUNE 12, 7 pm: MUSIC FOR PALESTINE, FEATURING ALBERT VON LEDEBUR, ABSTRACTIONS CAFÉ, 2161 ROSE ST
Performers include Jeff Mertick, Cullen Angus, Beya, Deadwood Ted, Tobrey Weston, Ariana Giroux, and myself! All money raised split between Pales
tine Children's Relief Fund and Gaza Soup Kitchen, two incredible organizations! Free admission, all ages.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1496499225279297/ ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS

TELL YOUR MP: DON’T GUT ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
[ https://ecojustice.ca/take-action/tell- ... ntal-laws/ ]


TELL THE MEDIA TO STOP CLIMATE HUSHING NOW!
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... shing-now/


FIGHT ONLINE HARMS: CANADA NEEDS A DUTY OF CARE
[ https://action.openmedia.org/page/188461/action/1 ]


CLOSE THE DOORS ON ELBIT AND IAI. TELL CBSA TO TAKE ACTION
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/close ... ake-action ]


IN THE FACE OF THE U.S. FUEL BLOCKADE, CANADA MUST WORK WITH OTHER COUNTRIES TO SUPPORT CUBA
[ https://engagementcanadapledge.substack ... ace-of-the ]


TELL AXIOS: STOP PUSHING FEAR NARRATIVES THAT PAVE THE WAY TO WAR AGAINST CUBA
[ https://www.codepink.org/axios_cuba?utm ... e=codepink ]


CANADA: SANCTIONS ON ISRAEL NOW
[ https://nccm.ca/sanctionscall/ ]


JOIN FORMER DIPLOMATS: DEMAND SANCTIONS ON ISRAEL NOW
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... israel-now ]


END THE WEST BANK SETTLEMENT CRISIS
[ https://www.justiceforallcanada.org/set ... risis.html ]


- Making Peace Vigil