MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 2, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 2, 2025

GOOD READING AND LISTENING AND VIEWING:

CHANGES COMING TO REGINA'S RECYCLING PROGRAM, INCLUDING FINES FOR BANNED MATERIALS IN BLUE BINS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... -blue-bins ]


BUSINESSES NEAR NEW REGINA SHELTER CONCERNED CITY WAVERING ON RELIEF FUND (NIMBYism?)
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... elief-fund ]


SASK COULD MISS OUT ON MILLIONS IF IT DOESN'T SIGN ON TO NATIONAL SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAM
[ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6667734 ]


SASK CONSIDERING INVOLUTARY TREATMENT FOR ADDICTION. BUT DOES IT WORK?
[ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6666962 ]


SUPREME COURT SIDES WITH MÉTIS NATION-SASKATCHEWAN IN LAND CONSULTATION BATTLE WITH SASK GOVERNMENT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7470696 ]

HIGH CANADIAN WEALTH DOESN’T TRANSFER TO FIRST NATIONS, BUT IT SHOULD, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 4b3794ec8a ]


AFTER TRUDEAU, CANADA CAN DO BETTER FOR FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE, by Bill Waiser
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu ... ons-people ]


FEDERAL GOVERNMENT APOLOGIZES FOR 'PROFOUND HARM' OF DUNDAS HARBOUR RELOCATIONS IN NUNAVUT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/fe ... -1.7469690 ]


ONTARIO LIBRARIANS SAY 'THEY HAVE TO BE READY' AMID GROWING CALLS IN U.S. TO BAN BOOKS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/l ... -1.7470332 ]


HOUSING IN A TIME OF CRISIS: CUPE POLICY STATEMENT
[ https://cupe.ca/housing-time-crisis-cup ... -statement ]


LOBLAW’S GALEN WESTON JR. WINNER OF LEADNOW’S CANADIAN PROFITEER OF THE YEAR AWARD
[ https://leadnow.ca/profiteer-release/ ]


BANG FOR OUR BUCK: COMPARING PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING FUNDING IN 19 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING CANADA
[ https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news- ... -our-buck/ ]


CANADIAN VIEWS OF THE US HAVE TRENDED NEGATIVELY FOR DECADES
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/canadian-v ... newsletter ]


RESPONSE TO TRUMP’S THREATS AGAINST CANADA’S SOVEREIGNTY & ECONOMY
[ https://www.scienceforpeace.org/post/re ... nd-economy ]


UK, CANADA, GERMANY SUPPLY THE DEADLIEST WEAPONS TO UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES
[ https://tass.com/politics/1921245 ]


IS THE UKRAINE WAR ABOUT $$$? With Aaron Maté
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=bXyiG60g5yw ]


CANADIANS FOR JUSTICE & PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST CALL FOR RESIGNATION OF QUEBEC HIGHER ED MINISTER
[ https://www.cjpme.org/pr_2025_02_27_res ... n_minister ]


ISRAEL’S WEST BANK ESCALATION UNDERSCORES THE URGENT NEED FOR A FULL ARMS EMBARGO
[ https://www.cjpme.org/pr_2025_02_25_isr ... ms_embargo ]


HEATED TRUMP-ZELENSKYY MEETING DIVIDES U.S. LAWMAKERS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6667531 ]


THE STATE OF GAZA ‘CEASEFIRE’ + AN INTERVIEW WITH HEZBOLLAH
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-cea ... ah-lebanon ]


HOW TRUMP TWISTED DEI TO BENEFIT ONLY WHITE CHRISTIANS
https://theintercept.com/2025/02/22/tru ... Newsletter

GROW A SPINE: DEMOCRATS HAVE A LOT TO LEARN FROM THE GERMAN LEFT
[ https://theintercept.com/2025/02/25/ger ... Newsletter ]


JEFFREY SACHS’ EXPLOSIVE ADDRESS AT THE EU PARLIAMENT SENDS SHOCKWAVES ACROSS EUROPE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUbBU0OqCgE ]


TRUMP’S NEW WORLD DISORDER
[ https://www.stopwar.org.uk/article/trum ... n-webinar/ ]


WANT TO SAVE TAXPAYERS MONEY? CLOSE GUANTANAMO
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/27/ ... oney_close ]


GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST LANDMINES UNDER THREAT
[ https://www.icblcmc.org/our-impact/glob ... commitment ]


PEACE & JUSTICE CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY PEACE-MAKING TEAMS
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq81ER4Icso ]


THE WIDENING GULF BETWEEN BIG OIL & HUMANITY
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/the-widen ... -humanity/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


TODAY UNTIL MAY 14: BLACK PRAIRIES, DUNLOP ART GALLERY, CENTRAL LIBRARY
BLACK PRAIRIES honours more than one hundred years of Black/African-Canadian cultural production in the Prairies, spanning the 1920s to the present, with a focus on lens-based media. The exhibition includes newly commissioned contemporary artwork, original glass plate negatives by early 1900s Black Manitoban photographer William “Billy” Beal, and archival photographs from the City of Edmonton’s Frank B. Jamerson fonds.
[ https://www.reginalibrary.ca/dunlop-art ... s/12703307 ]


MONDAY MARCH 3, 7 pm: REVOLUTIONARY WOMEN—HISTORIES, PRINCIPLES, & PRACTICES
[ https://www.codepink.org/iwd33?utm_camp ... e=codepink ]


TUESDAY MARCH 4, NOON: NON-PROFITS IN ACTION—EFFECTIVELY ENGAGING IN ELECTION ADVOCACY
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nonprofits- ... tdtcreator ]


TUESDAY MARCH 4, 5 pm: COUNCIL OF CANADIANS NATIONAL CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: GETTING FROM THE CANADA WE’VE GOT TO THE CANADA WE WANT
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


TUESDAY MARCH 4, 6 pm: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS—COMMUNITY SAFETY TRAINING FOR DIRECT ACTION
[ https://www.codepink.org/kyt34?utm_camp ... e=codepink ]


WEDNESDAY MARCH 5, NOON: CO-OP CONVERSATION - INTRODUCING THE COOPERATIVE WORLD MAP: A SNAPSHOT OF THE GLOBAL COOPERATIVE ONLINE PRESENCE,” with Tom Ivey
[ https://uregina.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/fo ... plLy1qSppQ ]


WEDNESDAY MARCH 5, 2:30 pm: CLEAN ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY JUSTICE IN CANADA: WINS, CHALLENGES AND WHERE TO GO FROM HERE
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... -43SIc7qRw ]


WEDNESDAY MARCH 5, 5:30 pm: SENIORS FOR CLIMATE UPDATE WEBINAR
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... tiJnAuX5rQ ]


THURSDAY MARCH 6, 7 pm: WHY CIVIL DISCOURSE MATTERS, WITH RANDY BOYAGODA, CENTRAL LIBRARY
[ https://www.reginalibrary.ca/attend/programs/12603187 ]


SATURDAY MARCH 8, 11:30 am: WOMEN & THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
“Towards the Abolition of the Death Penalty” is a panel discussion series on Zoom that aims to provide in-depth discussions on the death penalty from diverse legal, philosophical, sociological, psychological, and political perspectives. The speakers address and put in context current instances of the death penalty, exploring the dynamics involved in this criminal sanction. The series aims to create a dialogical platform for everyone interested in engaging with the abolitionist discourse to discuss the possibilities and challenges to put an end to the death penalty.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... 808a0IadUA ]


WEDNESDAY MARCH 12, 4 pm: CANADA IN THE AGE OF TRUMP—NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY & FOREIGN POLICY IN A MULTIPOLAR WORLD
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/3875320099463630/ ]


SATURDAY MARCH 15 – SUNDAY MARCH 16: INTERNATIONAL US-CUBA NORMALIZATION CONFERENCE
[ https://us-cubanormalization.org/CubaConference2025/ ]


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 – THURSDAY MARCH 20: CITY OF REGINA 2025 BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, REGINA CITY HALL


MONDAY MARCH 17 – FRIDAY MARCH 21: CANADA READS, CBC RADIO ONE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/books/meet-the-canad ... -1.7431920 ]


WEDNESDAY MARCH 19, 10 am: WOMEN IN CONFLICT ZONES
[ https://www.codepink.org/319webinar?utm ... e=codepink ]


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 ]


WEDNESDAY MARCH 17, 7 pm: A RIGHT TO STRIKE—10 YEARS AFTER SFL VERSUS GOVERNMENT OF SASKATCHEWAN, ARTESIAN, 2627 13TH AVE
Panelists:
Barb Byers (past president of the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour & Exec VP of the Canadian Labour Congress)
Barb Cape (president of SEIU West Saskatchewan)
Rick Engel (co-counsel on behalf of the SFL & other unions at the Supreme Court of Canada)
Larry Hubich (past president of the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour)
Jeff Sweet (business manager, IBEW Local 2038)


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:


SUPPORT POSITIVE CHANGE FOR SASK DENTAL ASSISTANTS
[ https://www.change.org/p/support-positi ... assistants ]


DEMAND THE BC GOVERNMENT DEFUND THE CRITICAL RESPONSE UNIT—A UNIT THAT HAS BROUGHT VIOLENCE TO COMMUNITIES
[ https://win.newmode.net/defundcirg ]


DO NOT ALLOW TRUMP TO VISIT CANADA
[ https://www.change.org/p/do-not-allow-t ... sit-canada ]


STOP THE TILBURY LNG PROJECT
[ https://act.stand.earth/page/78759/action/1 ]


- Making Peace Vigil