MAKING PEACE VIGIL NEWSLETTER - August 17, 2023 . . . .

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL NEWSLETTER - August 17, 2023 . . . .


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

CITY COUNCILLORS WANT REGINA TO DECLARE 'HOUSELESSNESS EMERGENCY'
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... -emergency ]



FOUR REGINA CITY COUNCILLORS LOOK TO DECLARE A HOUSELESSNESS EMERGENCY
[ https://regina.ctvnews.ca/mobile/four-r ... -1.6519149 ]



4 CITY COUNCILLORS WANT REGINA TO DECLARE 'HOUSELESSNESS EMERGENCY'; WANT ACTION BEFORE WINTER
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.6937423 ]



REGINA CITY HALL TO REMAIN FENCED OFF FOR THE TIME BEING
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.6938833 ]



NEW DOWNTOWN REGINA MURAL REPRESENTS ACCESSIBLE TRANSIT, HOME, RECLAMATION OF CULTURE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.6912669 ]



COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECTS DONATES 3,000 LBS. OF VEGGIES TO REGINA FOOD BANK
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... -food-bank ]



SASK PREMIER SAYS FEDERAL NET-ZERO ELECTRICITY TARGETS ARE UNACHIEVABLE BUT EXPERTS DISAGREE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.6937188 ]



STOP THE RUSH TO GAS, GO RENEWABLE FOR ZERO EMISSIONS ELECTRICITY BY 2035, by Mark Bigland-Pritchard
[ https://climatejusticesaskatoon.ca/stop ... y-by-2035/ ]



STARK TRUTHS: INDIGENOUS HOUSING REALITIES & SOLUTIONS IN NORTHERN, REMOTE COMMUNITIES
[ https://www.homelesshub.ca/resource/sta ... newsletter ]



FIRST NATIONS LEADERS SAY SASK. GOVERNMENT'S UPDATED CONSULTATION POLICY IS STILL PROBLEMATIC
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.6934724 ]



NEARLY 500 PEOPLE IN CANADA HAVE DIED IN CUSTODY IN THE LAST TWO DECADES
[ https://ricochet.media/en/3977/new-data ... -each-year ]


CANADIAN BUSINESSES SEEK EXTENSION ON 2024 RULES TARGETING SLAVERY IN SUPPLY CHAINS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/modern ... rebar&s=03 ]



CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, AUGUST 14, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svl2LhU ... e=youtu.be ]



CLIMATE CHANGE: WHY ACTION ON THE CRISIS IS ALL HOT AIR
[ http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57724.htm ]



“WATERSHED MOMENT”: MONTANA RULES YOUTH HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO HEALTHY CLIMATE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/16/ ... limste_win ]


‘GAME-CHANGER’: JUDGE RULES IN FAVOR OF YOUNG ACTIVISTS IN US CLIMATE TRIAL
[ https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... udge-order ]



MEET ONE OF THE TEENS SUING MONTANA OVER CLIMATE CRISIS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/6/29/ ... mate_trial ]



THE ENEMY IS US: WALKING IN AN OVEN WORLD ONE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, by Frida Berrigan
[ http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57734.htm ]



FASHIONING THE FUTURE: FIXING THE FASHION INDUSTRY FOR WORKERS & CLIMATE
[ https://waronwant.org/resources/fashioning-future ]



SCIENTISTS WARN OF TOXIC PARTICLE POLLUTION IN MAUI WILDFIRE SMOKE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/maui-fires ]



GAZA FREEDOWN FLOTILLA & EMERGING MULTI-POLAR WORLD, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svl2LhU ... e=youtu.be ]



PRESIDENT OF SOS MEDITERRANEE ITALY: “THE PHENOMENON OF MIGRATION CANNOT BE STOPPED, BUT MUST BE FACED TOGETHER, WITHOUT IDEOLOGIES AND EXPLOITATION”
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2023/08/abdel ... loitation/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

THURSDAY AUGUST 17, 5 pm: CANADA & CUBA, PAST & PRESENT
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]



FRIDAY AUGUST 18, 11 am: LEARN ABOUT THE CANADIAN OWNED OPEN-PIT FENIX NICKEL MINE IN GUATEMALA
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]



MONDAY SEPTEMBER 4, NOON – 3 pm: LABOUR DAY PICNIC, PLAZA ON NORTH SIDE OF VICTORIA PARK
Free food, entertainment, and fun. Sponsored by Regina Trade Unions
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/268215452592268 ]



WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 1 pm: MEETING OF REGINA CITY COUNCIL—MOTION TO DECLARE A HOUSELESSNESS EMERGENCY WILL BE DEBATED

Lots of folks need to make presentations in support of this motion. Presentations have to be submitted to the City Clerk by noon, Monday September 11: clerks@regina.ca

Here’s the resolution: Be it resolved that: 1. The City of Regina declare a houselessness emergency; 2. Regina City Council call on the Governments of Saskatchewan and Canada to contribute emergency funding to address the urgent houselessness crisis immediately; 3. Council direct Administration to create a plan by the end of Q3 (2023) to provide temporary barrier-free shelter for all Regina residents in need, with the opportunity to provide input from the houseless, Indigenous leaders and local organizations working in mental health, addictions, and housing; 4. The City of Regina makes a long-term commitment to addressing houselessness as part of the 2024 budget process; and that the City of Regina calls on the Provincial and Federal levels of government to collaborate by making long-term commitments to address houselessness in Regina; and 5. Until all houseless residents have access to shelter, the City of Regina and its partners will utilize the following procedures to address encampments: a. Encampments will receive a written safety checklist and help to ensure they are compliant; and b. Encampments can only be dismantled for safety reasons if a documented pattern of unwillingness to address multiple safety concerns can be demonstrated in writing to the encampment residents and City Council.

For further information, go to page 360 of the meeting documents:
[ reginask.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=1&ID=4840&Inline=True ]



THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 10 – 10:30 am: RAISING OF THE PEACE FLAG IN FRONT OF CITY HALL FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY
Hope you can make it down to City Hall for this always inspiring event. A call will go out for both peace and justice.



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

SEARCH BRADY & PRAIRIE GREEN LANDFILLS FOR MISSING REMAINS IN WINNIPEG
[ https://www.change.org/p/search-brady-a ... n-winnipeg ]



STOP GRACE GITAU’S DEPORTATION
[ https://www.change.org/p/stop-grace-git ... ation/sign ]



TELL YOUR MP TO SUPPORT PHARMACARE LEGISLATION
[ https://canadians.org/action/pharmacare/ ]



TELL BLACKROCK TO STOP FUNDING DEFORESTATION
[ https://action.foe.org/page/55629/actio ... id=1928472 ]



HANDS OFF HAITI: NO TO US/CARICOM MILITARY INTERVENTION
[ https://afgj.salsalabs.org/HandsOffHait ... d2cc8d145e ]