MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 14, 2025
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 9:31 amMAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 14, 2025
GOOD READING AND LISTENING AND VIEWING:
REGINA CITY COUNCIL TO RE-EXAMINE TAKING REINS FROM REAL
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/city-counci ... -from-real ]
REGINA NON-PROFIT REVAMPS PLAN TO TURN DOWNTOWN PARKING LOT INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... le-housing ]
REGINA’S GLEN ELM MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY RECEIVES EVICTION NOTICE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1- ... s-eviction ]
CAPILANO COURT TENANT NOW LIVING ON THE COLD STREETS AFTER EVICTION
[ https://www.moosejawtoday.com/local-new ... n-10197369 ]
HOW READING ABOUT THE FREEZING DEATHS INSPIRED WIIDAASEH’S HONEST SONG WRITING
[ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/audio/9.6640233 ]
SASK FINALLY FOCUSES ON FENTANYL AFTER HUNDREDS OF DEATHS
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 071e707588 ]
POLICE WATCHDOG INVESTIGATING DEATH OF SURREY, B.C., STUDENT FOLLOWING CONFRONTATION WITH RCMP
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -1.7455119 ]
BLACK WOMEN FACE HIGH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RATES, BUT STIGMA KEEPS MANY SILENT, SUPPORT GROUPS SAY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -1.7452404 ]
CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, FEBRUARY 10, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FspPi_PyZW8 ]
THE POWER OF BOYCOTT, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/the ... he-boycott ]
MOE MUST DENOUNCE TRUMP’S 51ST STATE DRIVEL ON WASHINGTON TRIP, by Murray Mandryk
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... ngton-trip ]
DONALD TRUMP’S TARIFF THREATS SHOW WHY CANADA NEEDS TO BE LESS DEPENDENT ON THE US, EXPERTS SAY
[ https://pressprogress.ca/donald-trumps- ... perts-say/ ]
TRUMP SANCTIONS ICC, THREATENS INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OVER ISRAEL INVESTIGATIONS, with Ray McGovern
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=yG4LH5ahVtE ]
ELON MUSK WILL PERSONALLY PROFIT FROM DISMANTLING CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU: EX-CFPB OFFICIAL
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/12/ ... _musk_doge ]
IN BID TO HELP WHITE LANDOWNERS, TRUMP CUTS OFF AID TO SOUTH AFRICA, PUTTING MILLIONS OF LIVES AT RISK
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/10/ ... uth_africa ]
ELON MUSK WAS RAISED UNDER RACIST APARTHEID LAWS IN SOUTH AFRICA. WHAT DOES HE BELIEVE NOW?
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/11/ ... der_racist ]
MUSTAFA BARGHOUTI ON TRUMP, ETHNIC CLEANSING & ISRAEL “MOVING THE WAR” FROM GAZA TO THE WEST BANK
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/10/ ... li_assault ]
TRUMP AIMS TO ERASE PALESTINE
[ https://socialistaction.org/2025/02/10/ ... palestine/ ]
TRUMP’S CRIMINAL ‘GAZA RIVIERA’ PROJECT, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXSDT30loMo ]
RESISTING TRUMP’S RIVIERA OF THE MIDDLE EAST, by Kathy Kelly
[ https://peaceandplanetnews.org/resistin ... ddle-east/ ]
PALESTINIAN WRITER MOHAMMED EL-KURD ON “PERFECT VICTIMS,” TRUMP & ISRAEL’S CRIMINALIZATION OF THOUGHT
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/11/ ... ct_victims ]
PALESTINIANS REJECT TRUMP PLAN FOR GAZA THAT WOULDN'T INCLUDE RIGHT TO RETURN
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-hama ... -1.7455890 ]
HAMAS REPORT TO MEDIATORS ACCUSES ISRAEL OF PERVASIVE GAZA CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/hamas-re ... -netanyahu ]
WEST MILITARIZING ITSELF TO DEATH
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au_BjXXzrZA ]
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS GROUPS ARE PLAYING KEY ROLE IN CONFRONTING TRUMP’S NEOFASCIST COUP, with Juan González
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/11/ ... n_gonzalez ]
WHY WHITE WOMEN BENEFITTED THE MOST FROM DEI PROGRAMS
[ https://www.writersandeditorsofcolor.co ... 431836893b ]
YES! NET ZERO WITHOUT NUCLEAR ENERGY
[ https://share.sender.net/campaigns/9XLX ... %C3%A9aire ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13: SINGING BACK THE BUFFALO—SCREENING & STORYTELLING, WITH TASHA HUBBARD
4:15-5:00 pm - free stew and bannock will be provided in Multipurpose Room 128.1, Dr. William Riddell Centre
5:15-9:00 pm - film screeening, storytelling, and Q&A in Shumiatcher Open Stage Theatre (Shu-Box), Dr. William Riddell Centre
[ https://www.uregina.ca/50th/events/2025 ... bbard.html ]
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13, 5 pm: HOW WE FIGHT BACK—FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
[ https://you.leadnow.ca/events/how-we-fi ... ign-launch ]
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 18, 5 pm: THE URGENCY OF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS TO END THE WAR IN UKRAINE
[ https://secure.everyaction.com/L3BzTTqVs0W_kgXzVmmQ9Q2 ]
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 6 pm: JUBILEE 2025—TURN DEBT INTO HOPE LAUNCH WEBINAR
[ https://www.kairoscanada.org/event/laun ... -into-hope ]
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 6:30 pm: OFF THE HILL—FEDERAL LEADERSHIP RACE
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, NOON: ART & THE POWER OF PRESENCE—A RED DRESS PROJECT, WITH JAMIE BLACK- MORSETTE
[ https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN ... gistration ]
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, U OF R COLLEGE AVE CAMPUS, CB 139
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28, 7 pm: SCREENING OF FROM GROUND ZERO: STORIES FROM GAZA, U OF R COLLEGE AVE CAMPUS, RM 139
No filmmaker, writer, or artist should ever have to tell the story of their own genocide. Yet 22 brave Palestinian filmmakers found a way to film their story this past year in Gaza using whatever tools they could pull from the rubble of their homes and cities. FROM GROUND ZERO is the collection of these short films – stories of taxi drivers and mothers, toddlers and teachers, comedians and artists, finding ways to feed their families, bathe their children, bring joy to their community, and to survive.
ADMISSION BY DONATION
Watch the trailer here. [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu1ynfL1g70 ]
SATURDAY MARCH 15 – SATURDAY MARCH 29: FILM FEST—THE UNTOLD STORIES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/02/2025- ... r-weapons/ ]
MONDAY MARCH 17 – FRIDAY MARCH 21: CANADA READS, CBC RADIO ONE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/books/meet-the-canad ... -1.7431920 ]
WEDNESDAY MARCH 19, 7 pm: 2025 WOODROW LLOYD LECTURE, WITH JENNIE STEPHENS—CLIMATE JUSTICE AND THE UNIVERSITY: SHAPING A HOPEFUL FUTURE, COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS, 2155 COLLEGE AVE
[ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-woodr ... 7082960899 ]
SATURDAY MARCH 29, 10 am – 4 pm: REPAIR CAFÉ, 1770 HALIFAX ST
A Repair Cafe is a community event where people can bring broken or damaged items to be fixed for free by volunteers. The goal is to promote repairing and reusing items instead of throwing them away, which helps reduce waste and encourages sustainability.
[ https://www.envirocollective.ca/repair-cafe/ ]
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:
LIBERAL LEADERSHIP CANDIDATES: PUT PEOPLE OVER CORPORATIONS
[ https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/liberal-leadership/ ]
VOTE FOR NATURE. TAKE THE PLEDGE
[ https://naturecanada.ca/defend-nature/h ... or-nature/ ]
CALL ON THE CRTC TO REMOVE i42NEWS FROM ITS LIST OF NON-CANADIAN NEWS
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/e2025 ... rect_link& ]
TELL MICROSOFT TO STOP PARTNERING WITH ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... s-genocide ]
TELL THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION TO CALL FOR THE RELEASE OF MEDICS IN IRAELI DETENTION
[ https://www.codepink.org/wmaletter?utm_ ... e=codepink ]
CANADA: BAN THE JEWISH DEFENCE LEAGUE
[ https://www.nccm.ca/jdl/ ]
ARAB LEADERS: PLEASE WORK TOGETHER TO RESIST TRUMP & STOP THE ETHNIC CLEANSING OF PALESTINIANS
[ https://action.eko.org/a/arab-leaders-resist-trump ]
- Making Peace Vigil
GOOD READING AND LISTENING AND VIEWING:
REGINA CITY COUNCIL TO RE-EXAMINE TAKING REINS FROM REAL
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/city-counci ... -from-real ]
REGINA NON-PROFIT REVAMPS PLAN TO TURN DOWNTOWN PARKING LOT INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... le-housing ]
REGINA’S GLEN ELM MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY RECEIVES EVICTION NOTICE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1- ... s-eviction ]
CAPILANO COURT TENANT NOW LIVING ON THE COLD STREETS AFTER EVICTION
[ https://www.moosejawtoday.com/local-new ... n-10197369 ]
HOW READING ABOUT THE FREEZING DEATHS INSPIRED WIIDAASEH’S HONEST SONG WRITING
[ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/audio/9.6640233 ]
SASK FINALLY FOCUSES ON FENTANYL AFTER HUNDREDS OF DEATHS
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 071e707588 ]
POLICE WATCHDOG INVESTIGATING DEATH OF SURREY, B.C., STUDENT FOLLOWING CONFRONTATION WITH RCMP
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -1.7455119 ]
BLACK WOMEN FACE HIGH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RATES, BUT STIGMA KEEPS MANY SILENT, SUPPORT GROUPS SAY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -1.7452404 ]
CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, FEBRUARY 10, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FspPi_PyZW8 ]
THE POWER OF BOYCOTT, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/the ... he-boycott ]
MOE MUST DENOUNCE TRUMP’S 51ST STATE DRIVEL ON WASHINGTON TRIP, by Murray Mandryk
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... ngton-trip ]
DONALD TRUMP’S TARIFF THREATS SHOW WHY CANADA NEEDS TO BE LESS DEPENDENT ON THE US, EXPERTS SAY
[ https://pressprogress.ca/donald-trumps- ... perts-say/ ]
TRUMP SANCTIONS ICC, THREATENS INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OVER ISRAEL INVESTIGATIONS, with Ray McGovern
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=yG4LH5ahVtE ]
ELON MUSK WILL PERSONALLY PROFIT FROM DISMANTLING CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU: EX-CFPB OFFICIAL
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/12/ ... _musk_doge ]
IN BID TO HELP WHITE LANDOWNERS, TRUMP CUTS OFF AID TO SOUTH AFRICA, PUTTING MILLIONS OF LIVES AT RISK
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/10/ ... uth_africa ]
ELON MUSK WAS RAISED UNDER RACIST APARTHEID LAWS IN SOUTH AFRICA. WHAT DOES HE BELIEVE NOW?
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/11/ ... der_racist ]
MUSTAFA BARGHOUTI ON TRUMP, ETHNIC CLEANSING & ISRAEL “MOVING THE WAR” FROM GAZA TO THE WEST BANK
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/10/ ... li_assault ]
TRUMP AIMS TO ERASE PALESTINE
[ https://socialistaction.org/2025/02/10/ ... palestine/ ]
TRUMP’S CRIMINAL ‘GAZA RIVIERA’ PROJECT, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXSDT30loMo ]
RESISTING TRUMP’S RIVIERA OF THE MIDDLE EAST, by Kathy Kelly
[ https://peaceandplanetnews.org/resistin ... ddle-east/ ]
PALESTINIAN WRITER MOHAMMED EL-KURD ON “PERFECT VICTIMS,” TRUMP & ISRAEL’S CRIMINALIZATION OF THOUGHT
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/11/ ... ct_victims ]
PALESTINIANS REJECT TRUMP PLAN FOR GAZA THAT WOULDN'T INCLUDE RIGHT TO RETURN
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-hama ... -1.7455890 ]
HAMAS REPORT TO MEDIATORS ACCUSES ISRAEL OF PERVASIVE GAZA CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/hamas-re ... -netanyahu ]
WEST MILITARIZING ITSELF TO DEATH
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au_BjXXzrZA ]
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS GROUPS ARE PLAYING KEY ROLE IN CONFRONTING TRUMP’S NEOFASCIST COUP, with Juan González
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/11/ ... n_gonzalez ]
WHY WHITE WOMEN BENEFITTED THE MOST FROM DEI PROGRAMS
[ https://www.writersandeditorsofcolor.co ... 431836893b ]
YES! NET ZERO WITHOUT NUCLEAR ENERGY
[ https://share.sender.net/campaigns/9XLX ... %C3%A9aire ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13: SINGING BACK THE BUFFALO—SCREENING & STORYTELLING, WITH TASHA HUBBARD
4:15-5:00 pm - free stew and bannock will be provided in Multipurpose Room 128.1, Dr. William Riddell Centre
5:15-9:00 pm - film screeening, storytelling, and Q&A in Shumiatcher Open Stage Theatre (Shu-Box), Dr. William Riddell Centre
[ https://www.uregina.ca/50th/events/2025 ... bbard.html ]
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13, 5 pm: HOW WE FIGHT BACK—FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
[ https://you.leadnow.ca/events/how-we-fi ... ign-launch ]
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 18, 5 pm: THE URGENCY OF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS TO END THE WAR IN UKRAINE
[ https://secure.everyaction.com/L3BzTTqVs0W_kgXzVmmQ9Q2 ]
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 6 pm: JUBILEE 2025—TURN DEBT INTO HOPE LAUNCH WEBINAR
[ https://www.kairoscanada.org/event/laun ... -into-hope ]
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 6:30 pm: OFF THE HILL—FEDERAL LEADERSHIP RACE
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, NOON: ART & THE POWER OF PRESENCE—A RED DRESS PROJECT, WITH JAMIE BLACK- MORSETTE
[ https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN ... gistration ]
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, U OF R COLLEGE AVE CAMPUS, CB 139
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28, 7 pm: SCREENING OF FROM GROUND ZERO: STORIES FROM GAZA, U OF R COLLEGE AVE CAMPUS, RM 139
No filmmaker, writer, or artist should ever have to tell the story of their own genocide. Yet 22 brave Palestinian filmmakers found a way to film their story this past year in Gaza using whatever tools they could pull from the rubble of their homes and cities. FROM GROUND ZERO is the collection of these short films – stories of taxi drivers and mothers, toddlers and teachers, comedians and artists, finding ways to feed their families, bathe their children, bring joy to their community, and to survive.
ADMISSION BY DONATION
Watch the trailer here. [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu1ynfL1g70 ]
SATURDAY MARCH 15 – SATURDAY MARCH 29: FILM FEST—THE UNTOLD STORIES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/02/2025- ... r-weapons/ ]
MONDAY MARCH 17 – FRIDAY MARCH 21: CANADA READS, CBC RADIO ONE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/books/meet-the-canad ... -1.7431920 ]
WEDNESDAY MARCH 19, 7 pm: 2025 WOODROW LLOYD LECTURE, WITH JENNIE STEPHENS—CLIMATE JUSTICE AND THE UNIVERSITY: SHAPING A HOPEFUL FUTURE, COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS, 2155 COLLEGE AVE
[ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-woodr ... 7082960899 ]
SATURDAY MARCH 29, 10 am – 4 pm: REPAIR CAFÉ, 1770 HALIFAX ST
A Repair Cafe is a community event where people can bring broken or damaged items to be fixed for free by volunteers. The goal is to promote repairing and reusing items instead of throwing them away, which helps reduce waste and encourages sustainability.
[ https://www.envirocollective.ca/repair-cafe/ ]
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:
LIBERAL LEADERSHIP CANDIDATES: PUT PEOPLE OVER CORPORATIONS
[ https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/liberal-leadership/ ]
VOTE FOR NATURE. TAKE THE PLEDGE
[ https://naturecanada.ca/defend-nature/h ... or-nature/ ]
CALL ON THE CRTC TO REMOVE i42NEWS FROM ITS LIST OF NON-CANADIAN NEWS
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/e2025 ... rect_link& ]
TELL MICROSOFT TO STOP PARTNERING WITH ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... s-genocide ]
TELL THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION TO CALL FOR THE RELEASE OF MEDICS IN IRAELI DETENTION
[ https://www.codepink.org/wmaletter?utm_ ... e=codepink ]
CANADA: BAN THE JEWISH DEFENCE LEAGUE
[ https://www.nccm.ca/jdl/ ]
ARAB LEADERS: PLEASE WORK TOGETHER TO RESIST TRUMP & STOP THE ETHNIC CLEANSING OF PALESTINIANS
[ https://action.eko.org/a/arab-leaders-resist-trump ]
- Making Peace Vigil