MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 31, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 31, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:


GET ON THE BUS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1- ... 77-get-bus ]


EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PASSES UP WASCANA POOL ELEVATOR FOR OTHER UPGRADES
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... aterslides ]


EXPERTS SAY SASK. RMs' VOTE AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES NOT ROOTED IN FACT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7158627 ]


PRISON SYSTEM IN SASK. HAS REPLACED RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS, by Doug Cutland
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu ... al-schools ]


DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVOR SAYS SASK. HOUSING AUTHORITY PUT HER IN MOULDY, SEWAGE-FILLED HOME
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7159313 ]


SASKATCHEWAN TEACHERS HOPE TO BE BACK AT BARGAINING TABLE WITH GOVERNMENT NEXT WEEK
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7158885 ]


OTTAWA HAS PROPOSED A RENTERS' BILL OF RIGHTS. WILL IT HELP?
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/renter-b ... -1.7159022 ]


LABOUR MOBILIZES ON CAMPUS, UNIVERSITIES RESIST
[ https://rabble.ca/labour/labour-mobiliz ... Newsletter ]



FIRST NATIONS GROUP CONDEMNS BC UNITED STATEMENT ON HAIDA LAND AGREEMENT
[ https://www.cheknews.ca/first-nations-g ... t-1196845/ ]



ENCAMPMENTS IN CANADA
[ https://housingrights.ca/encampments-in ... ts-webinar ]


WILL TRUDEAU CHOOSE WAR OR PEACE IN HIS UPCOMING BUDGET?
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/why-one-dol ... ato-is-one ]



ISRAEL EXPANDS ITS WAR ON LEBANON TO THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbOWmcgeO7Y ]



“LIKE LYING IN A COFFIN”: UNICEF SPOKESPERSON WARNS OF DEVASTATING TOLL ON GAZA’S CHILDREN
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/29/gaza_unicef ]



JULIAN ASSANGE, GAZA, UKRAINE, & TERRORIST ATTACK ON RUSSIA, with Vijay Prashad
[ https://www.actvism.org/en/latest/terro ... aine-gaza/ ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


THURSDAY APRIL 4, 11 am: THE TRUTH ABOUT OPEN-PEN SALMON FARMS
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... GVZCj-Cquw ]



THURSDAY APRIL 4, 7 pm: BOOK LAUNCH—SQUANDERED: CANADA’S POTASH LEGACY, BY ERIC CLINE, COLLEGE BUILDING, 2155 COLLEGE AVE, CB 139 MULTIPURPOSE HALL
[ https://uofrpress.ca/Books/S/Squandered ]



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/ ]



SATURDAY APRIL 6, 2 pm: RALLY DENOUNCING NATO, FEDERAL BUILDING SCARTH ST & VICTORIA AVE
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will soon be celebrating 75 years of its existence - a day that millions will be remembering the deaths of their loved ones at the hands of NATO. Join Regina Peace Council members to demonstrate for Peace, Disarmament, and Global Cooperation and Against Hate, War, and Aggression.
For more information call me, Ed, at: 306 718 8010.



SATURDAY APRIL 6, 1:30 pm: FOSSIL FOOLS DAY, RBC, 3425 E Quance St
Stand in solidarity with Indigenous Land Defenders resisting projects funded by RBC.
RBC is complicit in human rights abuses and genocide at home and around the world. This includes the Coastal GasLink pipeline violating Wet’suwet’en rights, tar sands extraction causing devastating health impacts, and weapons and surveillance technology used in the genocide in Palestine. They profit from land theft and war, ecocide and genocide.
[ https://you.leadnow.ca/events/fossil-fo ... ce=leadnow ]



FRIDAY APRIL 19, 7 pm: ORIGIN, SHOWING AT CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE, 12TH AVE & LORNE ST



SATURDAY APRIL 20, 10 am – 5 pm: ELECTRIFY REGINA, INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE, EVRAZ PLACE
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/4421675 ... f=newsfeed ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:


TELL THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT & THE SASK SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION TO RETURN TO THE TABLE & GET A DEAL DONE
[ https://www.tellthemtuesday.com/fix_edu ... tuesdaycom ]



TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR PUBLIC PHARMACARE LEGISLATION
[ https://canadians.org/action/pharmacare-cant-wait/ ]



TELL JOLY & MILLER: FIX CANADA’S BROKEN TERMPORARY VISA SYSTEM FOR PALESTINIANS & CANCEL WEAPONS PERMITS
[ https://act.leadnow.ca/embargo-immi-ETT-supportiveMPs/ ]



TAKE ACTION FOR A CAP ON OIL & GAS POLLUTION
[ https://act.cape.ca/newmode_climate_emissions_cap_en ]



MANDATE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT NDP'S MOTION FROM MARCH 18
[ https://www.change.org/p/mandate-canadi ... m-march-18 ]



STOP THE WAR ON GAZA! CEASEFIRE NOW!
[ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/ra ... e_now_loc/ ]



BAN ISRAEL FROM EUROVISION
[ https://action.eko.org/a/suspend-israel ... vision-now ]


- Making Peace Vigil