MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 16, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - March 16, 2025


SAD NEWS
John Conway passed away on March 4. John lived his life working for a world where social justice prevails—for a world that is a better place for everyone who lives here. He will be missed! Our thoughts are with his family. A celebration of John’s life will take place on May 11, 2:30 pm, in the Upper Hall at the Wa Wa Shriners, 2065 Hamilton St. In lieu of flowers, the family welcomes contributions in John’s memory to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)
[ https://paragonfuneralservices.tributec ... ick-Conway ]


SPECIAL REGINA CITY COUNCIL BUDGET MEETINGS
Presentations will be given tomorrow, Monday March17, starting at 9 am. Even if you are not presenting, 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.


1 SPECIAL READING, 1 SPECIAL WEBINAR, & 1 SPECIAL DECLARATION:

PROGRAM PROVIDES MORE THAN CLEAN LAUNDRY TO REGINA'S VULNERABLE POPULATION — IT OFFERS DIGNITY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7483097 ]

WEDNESDAY MARCH 19, 2 pm: MISSING & MURDERED INDIGENOUS PERSONS
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]

DECLARATION OF VOTERS’ RIGHTS ON PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION
[ https://secure.fairvote.ca/en/action/de ... droits-des ]


GOOD READING AND LISTENING AND VIEWING:

‘IT’S A CRISIS’: REGINA HOMELESS COUNT SEES 824, DOUBLE 2021 NUMBER
[ https://www.ckom.com/2025/03/13/its-a-c ... -number-2/ ]


REGINA POLICE ROLL OUT SECURITY CAMERA REGISTRY, ANNOUNCE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH PILOT—A very bad idea, in my view. We’ll all be spying on each other.
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... atch-pilot ]


INDIGENOUS LEADERS DENOUNCE ONLINE HARASSMENT AFTER ALLEGATIONS OF RACISM AT SMALL-TOWN SASK. HOCKEY GAME
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7481726 ]


SASKATOON DECLARES AS 'SAFE' CITY FOR GENDER DIVERSITY IN SASK
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... 1fedf3a771 ]


$10-A-DAY CHILDCARE SHOULD BE A NO-BRAINER
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... -with-feds ]


LIKE I’M 5. SASKATCHEWAN’S POTASH ROYALTY STRUCTURE
[ https://tammyrobert.substack.com/p/like ... sh-royalty ]


SASKATCHEWAN TREATY ELDERS ENVISIONED NATIONHOOD
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu ... nfulfilled ]


'THEY HAD NO RIGHT': INUIT WOMEN RECOUNT EXPERIENCES PAST AND PRESENT OF FORCED STERILIZATION
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/in ... -1.7479743 ]


CORE HOUSING NEED AND GENDER
[ https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/blog/2025/c ... eed-gender ]


THE BUSINESS CASE IS LACKING FOR NEW CANADIAN PIPELINE PROJECTS
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu ... e-projects ]


THE HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY’S COLLAPSE MIGHT BE ANOTHER CHANCE TO REWRITE CANADA’S STORY by Tanya Talaga
[ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion ... o-rewrite/ ]


SETTLERS FEAR OTHER SETTLERS WILL STEAL STOLEN LAND
[ https://walkingeaglenews.com/2025/01/10 ... olen-land/ ]


CANADA’S RESPONSE TO TRUMP’S TRADE WAR MUST CENTRE WORKERS
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/canadas-re ... e-workers/ ]


TRUMP FRIENDLY MEDIA
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/email/be73 ... newsletter ]


TRUMP’S TRADE WARS & CANADIAN WORKERS
[ https://socialistproject.ca/2025/03/tru ... n-workers/ ]


CHARTING A PATH IN UNCERTAIN TIMES, by Peggy Nash
[ https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news- ... ain-times/ ]


CANADA IN THE AGE OF TRUMP: NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY & FOREIGN POLICY IN A MULTIPOLAR WORLD
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6Rim4WRwmg ]


CANADA MUST RESIST ANTI-DEMOCRATIC CRUSADERS
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/canada-mu ... crusaders/ ]


ON TRUMP’S TRADE WAR & THE NEW LIBERAL LEADERSHIP, with Jen Hassum
[ https://broadbentinstitute.ca/trump-tra ... rk-carney/ ]


LLOYD AXWORTHY SAYS CANADA SHOULD CANCEL ITS F-35 DEAL WITH THE US
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRa_POfJ4rY ]


CANADA RECONSIDERING F-35 PURCHASE AMID TENSIONS WITH WASHINGTON
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/f35-bl ... -1.7484477 ]


CANADA REVIEWS F-35 DEAL—with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mBOmP-oNg4 ]


PORTUGAL CANCELS PURCHASE OF F-35 FIGHTER JETS. PLANNED PURCHASE COMING UNDER SCRUTINY IN GERMANY AND CANADA, with Tamara Lorincz, Yves Engler, & others
[ https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/13/portug ... nd-canada/ ]


THE FREEDOM SIDE, with Vijay Prashad
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjCFI0LHlEM ]


INTERNATIONAL PUSH FOR CONSUMER BOYCOTT OF US GROWS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/boycott-trump ]


‘EUROPE NEEDS AN INDEPENDENT FOREIGN POLICY’: PROFESSOR JEFFREY SACHS AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4c-YRPXDoM&t=1s ]


JUDGE BLOCKS DEPORTATION OF GREEN CARD HOLDER AND COLUMBIA CAMPUS PROTEST LEADER MAHMOUD KHALIL
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/03/judge ... ud-khalil/ ]


JEWISH AMERICANS AND ALLIES OCCUPY TRUMP TOWER DEMANDING RELEASE OF MAHMOUD KHALIL
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/jewis ... ns-protest ]


“NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE”: 100 JEWISH ACTIVISTS ARRESTED AT TRUMP TOWER PROTESTING MAHMOUD KHALIL ARREST
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/14/ ... oud_khalil ]


MAHMOUD KHALIL’S ARREST WON’T STOP THE FREE PALESTINE MOVEMENT
[ https://www.yesmagazine.org/political-p ... oud-khalil ]


HOW ACTIVISTS ARE DISRUPTING THE SUPPLY CHAIN OF WEAPONS TO ISRAEL
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vHyixlLWWk ]


AS U.N. ACCUSES ISRAEL OF GENOCIDAL ACTS, U.S. SURGEONS IN GAZA DENOUNCE AID BLOCKADE, JAILING OF DOCTORS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/13/ ... e_genocide ]


'BILLIONAIRES OVER LIFE ON EARTH': TRUMP EPA GUTS VAST ARRAY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/epa-r ... y-rollback ]


BILL MCKIBBEN ON THE BILLIIONARIE CONSPIRACY TO KILL GREEN ENERGY
[ https://therealnews.com/bill-mckibben-o ... een-energy ]


NOTE TO SELF: TRUMP’S INCITEMENT OF ANTI-TRANS HATRED IS A DISGRACE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/13/ ... itement_of ]


NATO NOT WANTED IN LATIN AMERICA
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9JnCbs-o28 ]


TO ACHIEVE PEACE IN WEST ASIA, WE MUST DEFEAT WHITE SUPREMACY
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=3qleGhCYL84 ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

MONDAY MARCH 17 – THURSDAY MARCH 20: CITY OF REGINA 2025 BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, REGINA CITY HALL
Presentations will be given tomorrow, Monday March17, starting at 9 am. If you are not presenting, 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.


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


MONDAY MARCH 17, 5 pm: BABIES, CHILDREN AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS: THE IMPACT OF THE OCCUPATION AND ASSAULT ON GAZA
[ https://masspeaceaction.org/event/pedia ... e-in-gaza/ ]


TUESDAY MARCH 18, 7 pm: GETTING TO ZERO—CHECKING IN ON LOCAL CARBON REDUCTION INITIATIVES, mâmawêyatitân centre
Join the conversation as panalists 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, NOON: IS EDI (EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION) DEAD? NAVIGATING THE FUTURE OF EDI - CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
[ https://uregina.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/fo ... xOCU1e3cnc ]


WEDNESDAY MARCH 19, 2 pm: MISSING & MURDERED INDIGENOUS PERSONS
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


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, 3:30 PM: "IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE POURED POP ROCKS INTO MY HEART"—TRANS-AFFIRMING AUGMENTED REALITY IN URBAN SPACES, with Evie Johnny Ruddy, U OF R, RIDDELL CENTRE RM 050


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


MONDAY MARCH 24, 5:30 pm: A NEW GENERATION OF NUCLEAR LIES—SMALL MODULAR NUCLEAR REACTORS & NUCLEAR PLANT REOPENINGS/RELICENSING
[ https://masspeaceaction.org/event/a-new ... lear-lies/ ]


TUESDAY MARCH 25, 4 pm: TANYA TALEGA—THE KNOWING, ONE FAMILY’S JOURNEY, U OF R, Ed 191 OR ON ZOOM
Based on her third, national best-selling book, The Knowing, Tanya Talaga creates an intimate experience for audiences as she tells the story of the search for her family’s matriarch, Annie Carpenter. The story of Annie represents every child and family member lost in Indian Residential Schools and Indian Hospitals. This is an intergenerational tale of survival and hope.
[ https://tanyatalaga.rsvpify.com/?securi ... FITEE1jx0z ]


WEDNESDAY MARCH 26, 10 am: IT’S CHEAPER—THE COST-BASED CASE FOR HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
[ https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/ ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY MARCH 26, 5 pm: PEOPLE, POWER, STRATEGY CONSULTATION—A WEBINAR HOSTED BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Amnesty International Canada is building its first-ever People Power Strategy—a plan to grow and diversify our activist base, strengthen our movement, and make even more impact for human rights from 2025-2030.
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


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 MAY 5, ALL DAY: RED DRESS DAY—A DAY TO REMEMBER MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN, GIRLS, & TWO-SPIRIT PEOPLE
One way to mark Red Dress Day is to hang a red dress in your window or in your yard.
[ https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/ ... -dress-day ]


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:


PROTECT CANADIAN HOUSING FROM TRUMP’S TRADE WAR
[ https://action.caeh.ca/sovereign-housing-plan ]


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


STOP CANADA’S PLAN TO SPEND BILLIONS ON US-MADE & CONTROLLED WEAPONS OF WAR
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/cancelf35contract/ ]


STOP TRUMP’S GENOCIDAL PLAN FOR GAZA
[ https://www.cjpme.org/trump_genocide?ut ... urce=cjpme ]


DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF MAHMOUD KHALIL
[ https://actionnetwork.org/forms/urgent- ... ud-khalil/ ]


RECOGNIZE PALESTINE AS A SOVERIGN STATE
[ https://action.eko.org/a/palestine-has- ... t-to-exist ]


END ISRAEL’S ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS NOW!
[ https://secure.waronwant.org/page/167753/petition/1 ]


- Making Peace Vigil