MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 23, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 23, 2025


GOOD READING AND LISTENING AND VIEWING:


BOO! SASK COURT DISMISSES COURT CHALLENGE TO SASK GOVERNMENT’S DISABILITY PROGRAM
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7437427 ]


PENSION INCOMES BENEFIT THE ENTIRE ECONOMY
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/pension-in ... e-economy/ ]


A SIMPLE WAY TO DE-STRESS? STOP AND NOTICE NATURE, EXPERTS SAY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/not ... -1.7434315 ]


'MISSED OPPORTUNITY': GRAIN GROWERS OF CANADA PANS APPROVAL OF BUNGE'S VITERRA ACQUISITION
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-n ... cquisition ]


ART AS RESISTANCE: A DIGITAL ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS HOW PROTEST ARTS ADDRESS POLICE VIOLENCE
[ https://theconversation.com/art-as-resi ... nce-246092 ]


UNIVERSITIES FACE ‘ACROSS THE BOARD’ CUTS IN THE WAKE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CAP
[ https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/pol ... c18d9.html ]


MINISTER OF HEALTH MUST DO MORE TO STOP UNFAIR PATIENT CHARGES
[ https://www.healthcoalition.ca/minister ... t-charges/ ]


AMAZON TO CLOSE QUEBEC FACILITIES, INSISTS IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF NEW UNION
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal ... -1.7438078 ]


I’M ONE OF THE ‘INDIGO 11.’ HERE’S WHY I DID IT
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/im-one-of- ... newsletter ]


THE TRUDEAU RECORD: EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON JUSTIN TRUDEAU'S LEGACY AS PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edH1gksMpB0 ]


CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, JANUARY 20, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5GtMafbLig ]


WHY GREENLAND? HOW TRUMP LEARNED TO LOVE THE BOMB, by Paul Jay
[ https://socialistproject.ca/2025/01/why ... bomb/#more ]


FREELAND MUST PAY THE POLITICAL PRICE FOR SUPPORT OF ISRAEL, by Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/01/20/freel ... of-israel/ ]


IS THE GLOBE AND MAIL PROUD OF SUPPORTING GENOCIDE? by Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/01/22/is-th ... -genocide/ ]


GAZA CEASE-FIRE TAKES EFFECT AFTER DEADLY THREE-HOUR DELAY
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... -ceasefire ]


ISRAELI SETTLERS WAGE 'VICIOUS TERROR ATTACKS' IN WEST BANK OVER PRISONER RELEASES
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/west-bank-attack ]


ISRAEL INVADES JENIN DAYS AFTER SIGNING GAZA “CEASEFIRE”
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-i ... -ceasefire ]


'HAUNTING' FOOTAGE AS GAZANS RETURN TO HOMES IN RUIN
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gazan ... -destroyed ]


DR MARTIN LUTHER KING’S PROPHETIC WARNING DENOUNCING THE MERCHANTS OF DEATH
[ https://peaceandplanetnews.org/dr-marti ... c-warning/ ]


CRITICS WARN MEDIA OUTLETS FAILING TO EXPLAIN CLIMATE CAUSE BEHIND LOS ANGELES FIRES
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/media ... re-climate ]


ON DAY 1 OF PRESIDENCY, TRUMP BEGINS TO MOVE U.S. AWAY FROM CLIMATE ACTION AND TOWARD FOSSIL FUELS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/trump-c ... -1.7437276 ]


A THIRD OF THE ARCTIC'S LANDMASS IS NOW A SOURCE OF CARBON: STUDY
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/alaska-arctic-climate ]


ADDRESSING ELITES AT DAVOS, UN CHIEF SAYS FOSSIL FUEL ADDICTION IS A 'FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/anton ... rres-davos ]


“PEOPLE ARE AFRAID”: IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES BRACE FOR RAIDS AND MASS DEPORTATION UNDER TRUMP
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/21/ ... mmigration ]


CHICAGO’S UNDOCUMENTED PREPARE FOR TRUMP’s CRACKDOWN
[ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6618785 ]


TRUMP WHITE HOUSE DECLARES A PERSON'S GENDER CAN'T BE CHANGED
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-gen ... -1.7436438 ]


'A NEW ARISTOCRACY': BILLIONAIRE WEALTH SURGED BY $2 TRILLION LAST YEAR
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/billi ... ealth-2024 ]


CHANGE THE CONVERSATION FROM DOOMSDAY TO PEACE DAY
[ https://peaceandplanetnews.org/change-t ... peace-day/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


SUNDAY JANUARY 26, 12:30 pm: BOYCOTT4PALESTINE—STRATEGIES & COMPAIGNS
A session by the Canadian BDS Coalition and International BDS Allies.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


SUNDAY JANUARY 26, 2 – 5 pm: ART FOR PALESTINE, mâmawêyatitân centre, 3355 6TH AVE
Join us in this healing space as we celebrate the ceasefire and express our continued support for the liberation of Palestine. Together, we will create art, learn, and visit, and this Sunday we will also enjoy the musical talents of Albert Von Ledebur. Food and snacks provided, please feel free to contribute food or a donation.



WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29, 11 am: YES IT WORKS! HOW HOUSING FIRST FOR YOUTH TRANSFORMS LIVES
[ https://preventhomelessness.ca/webinar/ ... newsletter ]


WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29, 3 pm: JOIN THE VITUAL CLIMATE ACTION HOUR
https://act.sierraclub.org/events/detai ... ActionHour ]


WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29, 6 PM: WHAT’S NEXT FOR CANADA’S EMISSIONS CAP: DELIVERING FOR HEALTH & CLIMATE IN A SHIFTING POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
[ https://act.cape.ca/whats_next_for_cana ... ssions_cap ]


TUESDAY FEBRUARY 4, 6 pm: GREAT GREEN WALL, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE, 12TH AVE & LORNE ST
[ https://thegreatgreenwall.org/film ]


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13, 9 am – 3 pm: FIRST UNDERGRADUATE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CONFERENCE (it’s open to everybody), UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, CONFERENCE FEE $7.00
[ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-unde ... tdtcreator ]


TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 5:30 – 6:30 pm: REGINA HOMELESS MEMORIAL, CITY SQUARE PLAZA, 12TH AVE JUST EAST OF LORNE ST
Hosted by Phoenix Residential Society, it is a memorial for all those who died of being unhoused in 2024. Last year 93 names were read out. How many more will there be this year?
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=101 ... 4478570221 ]


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27, 7 pm: RACE IN THE LINE OF DUTY—UNCOVERING ITS IMPACT ON POLICING ATTITUDES, BEHAVIOURS, & THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, COLLEGE AVE COMPUS, CB 139


SATURDAY APRIL 5, 2 pm: CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF JUNE MITCHELL (1926 - 2024), 2 pm, BLUE ROOM, HOTEL SASK, 2125 VICTORIA AVE
June was a long-time peace and justice activist. She participated in Making Peace Vigil when we handed out pamphlets on the Scarth Street Mall.


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:


TELL DONALD TRUMP: HANDS OFF CANADA
[ https://ndp.ca/stand-up-for-canada ]


RECOGNIZE PALESTINE AS A STATE
[ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/pa ... n_now_loc/ ]


STOP FOSSIL FUEL PROJECTS IN THE CORAL TRIANGLE
[ https://action.eko.org/a/stop-fossil-fu ... l-triangle ]


- Making Peace Vigl