MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 10, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 10, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

MASTERS' TRAVEL TO FRANCE MARKS THIRD OVERSEAS TRIP IN A YEAR
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... -in-a-year ]
Note: Mayor Masters is travelling to France this summer for an 80th anniversary D-Day, end of World War II celebration. Such celebrations are displays of support for the military and for current wars. Why hasn’t Mayor Masters called for a ceasefire in Gaza? Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark has. We need to call for peace, not celebrate war!


SEND THEM ALL TO PARIS--REGINA POLITICIANS NEED TO EXPERIENCE WELL-PLANNED CITIES, by Paul Dechene
[ https://prairiedogmag.com/2024-mar/send-them-to-paris/ ]


REGINA PUBLIC LIBRARY BROADENS SEARCH FOR CENTRAL LIBRARY SITE (Central Library needs to stay where it is and be renovated, not demolished. Let’s make this an election issue!)
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7138463 ]



PEOPLE ARE FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS: QUESTIONS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN REGINA
[ https://leaderpost.com/feature/people-a ... the-cracks ]



SASK. PAUSES PERMANENT RESIDENCY PATHWAY, LEAVING SOME IMMIGRANTS SCRAMBLING
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7138511 ]



INFORMATION ON SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS (SMRs) & WHY SASKATCHEWAN SHOULDN’T GO FOR THEM
[ https://crednb.ca/2024/02/21/factsheet- ... on-mobile/ ]


SASK TEACHERS WILL ESCALATE JOB ACTION, STF SAYS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7136712 ]



STF NOT SWAYED BY MOE'S $180M BUMP IN EDUCATION FUNDING
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/stf-not-swa ... on-funding ]



UNRWA FUNDING RESUMPTION IS NECESSARY, BUT NOT ENOUGH
[ https://www.cjpme.org/pr_2024_03_08_unrwa_reinstated ]



ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, CANADA ANNOUNCES A MASSIVE $850 MILLION TO EXPAND MILITARY BASE
[ https://twitter.com/TamaraLorincz/statu ... fsrc=email ]



TRUDEAU’S DENIALS ARE “PATENTLY FALSE” ON WEAPONS EXPORTS TO ISRAEL: PLOUGHSHARES
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/trudeaus-de ... ntly-false ]



THE STRUGGLE FOR PALESTINE CONTINUES
[ https://yvesengler.com/2024/03/08/strug ... -to-build/ ]



AT LEAST 17 PALESTINIAN CHILDREN HAVE STARVED TO DEATH
[ https://www.dci-palestine.org/17_palest ... th_in_gaza ]



STARVING CHILDREN IN GAZA 'CANNOT WAIT' WEEKS FOR US PORT, AID GROUPS SAY
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/starv ... en-us-port ]



‘WHAT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY?' ASKS GAZA AMID ISRAELI GENOCIDE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/women-s-day-gaza ]



ISRAEL’S “KILLING MACHINE”: HOW U.S. MILITARY SUPPORT IS UNDERCUTTING CEASEFIRE TALKS, PROLONGING WAR
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/7/i ... fire_talks ]



IN AMMAN, JORDAN, PROTESTERS DENOUNCE ISRAEL AFTER FRIDAY PRAYER, with Dimitri Lascasis
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aODQ46jfwGY ]



RUSSIAN WARSHIP DOCKS IN QATAR DURING WESTERN-DOMINATED ARMS EXHIBITION
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnTeA2K_2_8 ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

SUNDAY MARCH 10, 1 pm: WOMEN’S MARCH, YWCA—1940 MCINTYRE ST
As part of International Women’s Day celebrations, join women & gender-diverse people to share your voice. Bring your signs, voices & allies. After the March, we will gather for a community social in the basement gym of the YWCA with organizations that are supporting women and gender-diverse people in our community.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/s/women ... 494144631/ ]


SUNDAY MARCH 10, 2 pm: CALL TO ACTION—WET’SUWET’EN VS RBC
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


TUESDAY MARCH 12, 1 pm: CONVERSATIONS LIVE—TENT CITY NATION
Postmedia and Conversations Live with Stuart McNish will host a livestreamed panel discussion on the impossible-to-ignore rise of homeless encampments across the nation and possible solutions. Our panellists include:

· Marie-Josee Houle, Federal housing advocate, Canadian Human Rights Commission
· Scott Aitchison, MP (Parry Sound-Muskoka), Conservative Party of Canada
· Adam Zivo, National Post columnist 
· Kaite Burkhold-Harris, Alliance to End Homeless
· Jena Pierre-Poulin, CEO, chairman of Devcore
· Rob Turnbull, President & CEO, Streettohome Foundation Vancouver

Readers are invited to participate in the discussion with a live Q&A.
[ https://leaderpost.com/events/2024-03-1 ... ity-nation ]


TUESDAY MARCH 12, 5 pm: RENEWABLE POWER FOR ALL—VIRTUAL ACTION PARTY WITH DAVID SUZUKI
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]



TUESDAY MARCH 12, 5 pm: CLIMATE JUSTICE, IMPERIALISM, & PALESTINE—UNPACKING GLOBAL SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION
Learn why there can be no climate justice without a free Palestine.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]



WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 12:00-1:30 pm: JOURNALISTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, ED 315
This free noon hour talk is jointly presented by SCIC and the U of R Department of Politics and International Studies. The U of R campus community and the public at large are invited to a conversation with human rights journalist Zein Almoghraby. With a focus on Global South regions such as Syria, Sudan, and Lebanon, Zein's talk will centre on his experiences and knowledge concerning international media development vs. local journalism, reproducing violence, reporting polarization, and more. Lunch will be provided.
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/uofr-global ... 6252854337 ]


FRIDAY MARCH 15, 7 pm: KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, SHOWING AT CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE, LORNE ST & 12TH AVE
[ https://www.reginalibrary.ca/film-theatre/browse-films ]


TUESDAY MARCH 26, 5 pm: BOOK LAUNCH—THE MEDICINE CHEST, BY JAROL BOAN, COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS, 2155 COLLEGE AVE, ROOM 139
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/916183116487491/ ]



THURSDAY MARCH 28, 7 pm: ZONE OF INTEREST SCREENING AT REGINA PUBLIC LIBRARY FILM THEATRE, LORNE & 12TH
Here’s a link to information about the film:
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zone_ ... rest_(film)#:~:text=The%20Zone%20of%20Interest%20is,the%20United%20Kingdom%20and%20Poland ]


THURSDAY APRIL 4, 7 pm: CANDIDATE 101—A WORKSHOP ON HOW TO BE AN EFFECTIVE CANDIDATE IN THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION, UNION CENTRE, 2709-12TH AVE
[ https://www.facebook.com/groups/58091333368/ ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

SIGN THE DECLARATION OF PEACE
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/individual/ ]


FIX THE EDUCATION CRISIS
[ https://www.tellthemtuesday.com/fix_education_crisis ]



TELL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: BUILD A BETTER BUDGET FOR HOUSING
[ https://action.caeh.ca/federal_budget_2 ... ource=caeh ]



TELL PARLIAMENT WE NEED ACCESSIBLE HOUSING NOW!
[ https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/tell-p ... ousing-now ]



SUPPORT THE NDP MOTION ON PALESTINE
[ https://www.cjpmecontent.org/support_ndp_motion ]



CALL ON CHRYSTIA FREELAND AND LIBERAL CABINET MINISTERS TO PASS A CORPORATE PROFITEERING TAX IN THE 2024 FEDERAL BUDGET
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/cpt-budget-2024-ett/ ]



PM TRUDEAU: PROTECT NATURE WITHIN CANADA’S BORDERS
[ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/ ... c-RzAugYgA ]



RESEARCH SUGGESTS WE COULD BOIL AND FILTER HARMFUL MICROPLASTICS OUT OF OUR DRINKING WATER. BUT SHOULDN'T THAT BE THE GOVERNMENT'S JOB?
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/t ... 3390958967 ]



INDUCT THE CHATHAM COLOURED ALL STARS INTO THE CANADIAN BASEBALL HALL OF FAME
[ https://www.change.org/p/induct-the-cha ... ll-of-fame ]


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