MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 13, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 13, 2025


URGENT CORRECTION—REGINA CITY COUNCIL BUDGET MEETINGS: MONDAY MARCH 17 – THURSDAY MARCH 20: REGINA CITY HALL
I just learned that all presentations--whether on the Police budget or the City budget, or the Library—will be given on Monday March 17. The meeting starts at 9 am. It will be a very long day.

If you haven’t already submitted a presentation, you have until noon tomorrow, Thursday March 13. Below is information on how to do so.

If you are not presenting, do please come and sit in the gallery and cheer—though not too loudly, or you will be asked to leave—for the good things: especially: money to end houselessness; more funding for public transit; getting the lead out of Regina water; repairing not demolishing Central Library.

To present, you must fill out an online form:
[ https://www.regina.ca/city-government/c ... e-Council/ ]
Include in the request that your presentation be made part of the meeting record.

The City of Regina 2025 budget is available here—click on “Agenda Packet”:
[ https://reginask.iqm2.com//Citizens/default.aspx ]


SONG FOR THE DAY: THERE BUT FOR FORTUNE GO YOU AND I
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lehzwfD9TVU ]


GOOD READING AND LISTENING AND VIEWING:

REGINA FOLK FESTIVAL SAYS 'GOODBYE' AS ORGANIZATION PREPARES TO DISSOLVE—How sad! What a loss!
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... -dissolved ]


TRUMP’S TARIFF WAR UNIFIES REGINA SHOPPERS IN BUYING LOCAL
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/tr ... ying-local ]


TRUMP’S TRADE WAR: WHY LACK OF UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE MAKES U.S. LESS COMPETITIVE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/12/tariffs ]


SASK 2ND LAST PROVINCE TO SIGN ON TO NATIONAL SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAM
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7479660 ]


AMID A STAFFING CRISIS, FOREIGN-TRAINED NURSES FACE ENDLESS BARRIERS
[ https://thewalrus.ca/nurse-shortage/ ]



SMALL THINGS, MASSIVE IMPACT: HOW ONE SMALL CITY IS SHOWING FAMILY DOCTORS THE LOVE (AND GETTING IT IN RETURN)
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -1.7469225 ]


WHY HALIFAX TRANSIT BOSS IS TAKING THE BUS EVERY DAY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-sco ... -1.7479717 ]


FAR-FLUNG '60S SCOOP SIBLINGS — ONE IN TEXAS, ONE IN NEW ZEALAND — MEET MANITOBA UNCLE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/60s- ... -1.7477466 ]


COURT INJUNCTION SOUGHT AGAINST ALBERTA GOVERNMENT’S NEW TRANSGENDER YOUTH HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ ... -1.7479396 ]


BLACK RCMP OFFICER SAYS HE WAS REMOVED FROM POSITION AFTER RAISING CONCERNS OVER TRAINING COURSE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-sco ... -1.7476808 ]


POLICE FUNDING AND CRIME RATES IN 20 OF CANADA'S LARGEST MUNICIPALITIES: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY—After the abstract the rest is in English.
[ https://utppublishing.com/doi/full/10.3138/cpp.2022-050 ]


10 EXAMPLES OF MODERN POLICE REFORM
[ https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/98 ... ad37680803 ]


PRISON PROFITEERING EXPLOITS WHOLE COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST THE INCARCERATED—very similar things happen in the Canadian prison system.
[ https://therealnews.com/prison-profitee ... carcerated ]


PROTECTING THE PEOPLE’S HOUSE FROM TYRANNY, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/pro ... house-from ]


TRUMP’S AUTO-TARIFFS: FORM FORMAL SOVEREIGNTY TO SUBSTANTIVE SOVEREIGNTY
[ https://socialistproject.ca/2025/03/tru ... gnty/#more ]


CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, MARCH 10, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t3H2NL65bY ]


IMPACT OF THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA ON THE ISRAELI MILITARY
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWdPNABjAqk ]


REMEMBERING AARON BUSHNELL: HOW HE INSPIRED PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY TO QUESTION U.S. EMPIRE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJAbwv6iRqY ]


WHY THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR PROVOKED OMAR EL AKKAD'S 'BREAKUP' WITH THE WEST
[ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/audio/9.6677913 ]


WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A DRONE STRIKE HAS NO KILLER AND A WAR HAS NO DEAD, by Omar El Akkad
[ https://thewalrus.ca/what-happens-when- ... s-no-dead/ ]


'GENOCIDE ALERT!' ISRAEL SLAMMED FOR CUTTING OFF POWER TO GAZA WATER PLANT
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-electricity ]


AS ISRAEL PULLS PLUG ON GAZA, SMOTRICH SAYS TRUMP'S ETHNIC CLEANSING PLAN 'TAKING SHAPE'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/smotr ... -plan-gaza ]


TRUMP’S CHRISTIAN FASCISTS AND THE WAR ON PALESTINE, with Chris Hedges
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/trum ... ts-and-the ]


UPDATES ON GAZA ‘CEASEFIRE’ NEGOTIATIONS, with Jeremy Scahill
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-cea ... gotiations ]


‘NOW DO NETANYAHU’: PHILIPPINES' DUTERTE ARRESTED UNDER ICC WARRANT FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/duter ... urt-arrest ]


MAHMOUD KHALIL: ICE DETAINS GREEN CARD HOLDER OVER COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GAZA ACTIVISM
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/10/ ... oud_khalil ]


FIRST THEY CAME FOR…
[ https://joycevance.substack.com/p/first-they-came-for ]


THE EVIL EMPIRE’S VICTORY OVER SYRIA—AND WHAT TO DO NEXT
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENEuD4CUuDA ]


CAN TRUMP & PUTIN STRIKE A DENUCLEARIZATION DEAL?
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=wMxTCBK1D40 ]


CELEBRATING INDIGENOUS ROOTS IN CHILE’S ARICA CARNIVAL
[ https://therealnews.com/celebrating-ind ... -carnivalf ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

THURSDAY MARCH 13, 3:30 pm: TARIFFS—THE US TRUMPS CANADA, U OF R , CLASSROOM BUILDING 112
Join the Department of Economics for an engaging conversation on Trump’s proposed tariffs, the ensuing trade wars, and their economic and political impacts on the global economy, Canada, and Saskatchewan.
MODERATOR: Mr. John Wright, Former Lecturer, Department of Economics

PANELISTS:
Dr. Viktoriya Galushko, Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Mr. Ron Styles, Lecturer, Department of Economics
Dr. Jim Farney, Professor and Director, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (JSGS)


THURSDAY MARCH 13, 7 – 9 pm: RAISING TATANGA CONSCIOUSNESS—WITH JOELY BIGEAGLE-KEQUAHTOOWAY, MACKENZIE ART GALLERY, 3475 ALBERT ST
[ https://mackenzie.art/event/raising-tat ... uahtooway/ ]


THURSDAY MARCH 13, 6:30 pm: REPORTING ON A REVOLUTION
Independent media in Burma are resisting a military dictatorship.
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/reporting-o ... tdtcreator ]


THURSDAY MARCH 13, 7 pm: SISTERS IN SONG REGINA INTERNATIONAL WOMAN’S DAY CONCERT, CENTRAL LIBRARY MEZZANINE


SATURDAY MARCH 15, 11 am: RAISE THE BAR—FEDERAL ELECTION TOWNHALL, CENTRAL LIBRARY 2311 12TH AVE, ROOM CE 1
[ https://you.leadnow.ca/events/raise-the ... -town-hall ]


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/ ]


SUNDAY MARCH 16, 10 am: REFUSE THE WAR—ISRAELI CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS SHARE THEIR STORIES
[ https://actionnetwork.org/events/refuse-the-war ]


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 ]


TUESDAY MARCH 18, 7 pm: GETTING TO ZERO—CHECKING IN ON LOCAL CARBON REDUCTION INITIATIVES, mâmawêyatitân centre
Join the conversation as panelists discuss how local plans for reducing carbon emissions can contribute to climate justice in our community.
Panelists include:
Robbie Humble, Manager of Sustainable Energy and Adaptation at the City of Regina
Neil Paskewitz, Associate Vice-President of Facilities Management at the University of Regina
Abhay Singh Sachal, Graduate Student at the University of Regina and Founder of Break The Divide
Dr. Jennie Stephens, Professor of Climate Justice at the National University of Ireland Maynooth
[ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/getting-to ... tdtcreator ]


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 19, 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)


THURSDAY MARCH 20, 9 am – 1 pm: RUTH CUTHAND TALKING CIRCLE, MACKENZIE ART GALLERY, 3475 ALBERT ST
[ https://mackenzie.art/event/ruth-cuthan ... ng-circle/ ]


THURSDAY MARCH 20, 5 pm: NOT FOR SALE—A WEBINAR ABOUT WATER WITH MAUDE BARLOW
[ https://canadians.org/event/not-for-sal ... ow-mar-20/ ]


FRIDAY MARCH 21, 7 pm: SCREENING OF THE BRUTALIST AT RPL FILM THEATRE, CENTRAL LIBRARY
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brutalist ]


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/ ]


THURSDAY APRIL 3, 5 pm: HOPE IN THE ERA OF TRUMP—with Douglas Roche
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


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:

IN RESPONSE TO TARIFFS: NO ONE LEFT BEHIND!
[ https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/tariff-response/ ]


DEMAND AN END TO FIRST NATIONS DRINKING WATER ADVISORIES
[ https://canadians.org/action/first-nations-water/ ]


GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO: CANCEL THE STARLINK CONTRACT
[ https://www.change.org/p/petition-to-th ... to-the-can ]


TELL CANADIAN POLITICAL PARTIES TO STAND WITH PALESTINE
[ https://votepalestine.ca/pledge ]


FEDERAL PARTY LEADERS: DELIVER A NEW GREEN DEAL FOR ALL OF US
[ https://allofustogether.ca/fedup/#action ]


GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: CANCEL THE F-35 CONTRACT. CANADA SHOULDN’T SPEND BILLIONS ON US FIGHTER JETS
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/cance ... ns-systems ]


TELL COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: STOP WORKING WITH ICE
[ https://www.codepink.org/icecolumbia?ut ... e=codepink ]


STAND WITH THE MAASAI. 4,720 ACRES OF THE MAASAI MARA IS GOING TO BE GIVEN AWAY TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL
[ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/la ... _mara_1_0/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil