MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - April 27, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - April 27, 2025


SPECIAL EVENT
MONDAY APRIL 28, 5:30 pm: DAY OF MOURNING FOR WORKERS KILLED ON THE JOB, CITY HALL PLAZA, 2476 VICTORIA AVE
[ https://sk.cupe.ca/2025/04/15/workers-d ... l-28-2025/ ]


SPECIAL LISTENING
HARRY BELAFONTE: USING ART FOR GOOD
[ https://therealnews.com/harry-belafonte ... t-for-good ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

URSU FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST UNIVERSITY OF REGINA OVER STUDENT FEES, TERMINATED AGREEMENT
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... -agreement ]


REGINA–LEWVAN RIDING SEES HIGHEST ADVANCE VOTER TURNOUT IN SASKATCHEWAN
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/regina-lewv ... skatchewan ]


LETTER TO THE EDITOR: SASKATCHEWAN PARTY GOVERNMENT HAS IGNORED FENTANYL, HOMELESS CRISIS, by Andrew Stevens
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... ess-crisis ]


SASK. HEALTH-CARE WORKERS CALL FOR ACTION, HIGHER WAGES AT LEGISLATURE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7516671 ]


ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP SAYS LAKE DIEFENBAKER IRRIGATION STUDY DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... ntal-study ]


NEW EXHIBIT EXPLORES PAST LGBTQ DISCRIMINATION WITHIN CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7516884 ]


MEASLES & PREDATORS, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/mea ... -unleashed ]


LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ON THE RCMP’S VISIT TO THE UBYSSEY, by Sean Tucker
[ https://ubyssey.ca/opinion/letter-rcmp- ... e-ubyssey/ ]


SIFTING THE RUBBLE AFTER REBEL NEWS WORKED THE ELECTION DEBATE
[ https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/04/23/Rebe ... on-Debate/ ]


EVEN IF POILIEVRE LOSES THE ELECTION HE WILL HAVE JOLTED CANADA RIGHTWARD
[ https://breachmedia.ca/even-if-pierre-p ... rightward/ ]


WHAT POST-SECONDARY STUDENTS WANT THIS ELECTION
[ https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/04/23/What ... -Election/ ]


ELECTION 2025: WHERE THE MAJOR PARTIES STAND ON LABOUR
[ https://rabble.ca/labour/election-2025- ... Newsletter ]


WHAT THE ELECTION MEANS FOR INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
[ https://breachmedia.ca/what-the-federal ... us-rights/ ]


COMPARING THE PARTY PLATFORMS ISSUE BY ISSUE
[ https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/04/24/Comp ... Platforms/ ]


SOLVING THE ‘CRIME PROBLEM’ BY LOCKING UP INNOCENT PEOPLE
[ https://johnhoward.ca/blog/solving-crim ... nt-people/ ]


WILL FEDERAL PARTY PROMISES HELP REDUCE CRIME?
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFjk25JnnxA ]


TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/tak ... or-granted ]


CANADIANS FOR JUSTICE & PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST—FEDERAL ELECTION GUIDE 2025
[ https://www.cjpme.org/election_guide_20 ... urce=cjpme ]


IS THERE A REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LIBS AND CONS ON PALESTINE?
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/is-there-a ... palestine/ ]


ISRAEL’S NUKES THREATEN HUMANITY—Rant of the week, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBycEoK3AZ4 ]


YOUTH CLIMATE CORPS MAKES ITS WAY INTO PARTIES’ ELECTION COMMITMENTS
[ https://www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/blog ... -platforms ]


IF WE’RE IN AN ECONOMIC WAR, WHY AREN’T WE TALKING ABOUT WAR TAXES? By Seth Klein
[ https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/0 ... seth-klein ]


IN THE TARIFF WAR, CANADA IS FORGETTING ABOUT INDIGENOUS NATIONS
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... us-nations ]


COULD A TRUMP-DRIVEN TRADE CRISIS SPUR US TO RETHINK ECONOMIC GROWTH?
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... mic-growth ]


A PLEA FOR CANADA TO HELP END SUDAN’S NIGHTMARE
[ https://interpares.ca/news/plea-canada- ... -nightmare ]


NEW GAZA CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL CONTAINS “RED LINES” FOR HAMAS ON CONTINUED ISRAELI OCCUPATION AND DISARMAMENT, by Jeremy Scahill
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/new-gaza ... ines-hamas ]


HARVARD SUES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER $2.2B US GRANT FREEZE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/harvard-u ... -1.7514999 ]


150+ UNIVERSITY LEADERS DENOUNCE 'UNPRECEDENTED' OVERREACH AND POLITICAL COERCION BY TRUMP
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump ... iversities ]


“ULTIMATE GRIFTER”: BOB KUTTNER ON HOW TRUMP COULD DROP HIS TARIFFS & TAKE CREDIT FOR SAVING ECONOMY
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/24/ ... -192192697 ]


TRUMP’S ‘GRAND PROTECTION RACKET,’ with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTP7v4BB-Bo ]


NUMBER OF JAILED WRITERS INCREASES WORLDWIDE FOR SIXTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/prison-writers ]


'I AM HORRIFIED': WHY AUTISTIC PEOPLE SAY RFK JR.'S COMMENTS ON AUTISM ARE SO DANGEROUS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/rfk-jr-autism-1.7516252 ]


REMEMBERING POPE FRANCIS ON EARTH DAY: HOW HE LINKED CAPITALISM, CLIMATE & CATHOLICISM
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/22/ ... ate_crisis ]


HONOURED GUESTS AT POPE FRANCIS’S FUNERAL: ROME’S MOST VULNERABLE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pope-fran ... -1.7517315 ]


STUDY ESTIMATES FOSSIL FUEL GIANTS HAVE INFLICTED $28 TRILLION IN CLIMATE DAMAGE WORLDWIDE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/pollu ... -principle ]


LEADING A GREEN FUTURE: CHINA INJECTS CERTAINTY INTO GLOBAL CLIMATE GOVERNANCE
[ https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202504/1332843.shtml ]


'WE NEED URGENT GLOBAL ACTION': STUDY WARNS HUMANITY ON PATH TO TRIGGER 16 CLIMATE TIPPING POINTS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/climate-tipping-point ]


DIVERSITY IS ESSENTIAL TO ALL LIFE
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/diversity ... -all-life/ ]


WHEN FOOD BECOMES A GAMBLING GAME
[ https://waronwant.org/news-analysis/whe ... bling-game ]


TOWARDS THE PEOPLE’S PEACE SUMMIT IN JERUSALEM, MAY 8-9. INTERVIEW WITH AZIZ ABU SARAH
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/04/towar ... abu-sarah/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

MONDAY APRIL 28, 11 am: NATO & THE RISE OF THE FAR RIGHT
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


MONDAY APRIL 28, 1 pm: ELDER TEACHING WITH LORETTE GOULET
Elder Kokum Lorette Goulet, will share her wisdom on Creation, balance, and the interconnection of all living things.
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


MONDAY APRIL 28, 5:30 pm: DAY OF MOURNING FOR WORKERS KILLED ON THE JOB, CITY HALL PLAZA, 2476 VICTORIA AVE
[ https://sk.cupe.ca/2025/04/15/workers-d ... l-28-2025/ ]


MONDAY APRIL 28, 6-10 pm: ELECTION COVERAGE BY THE BREACH
[ https://breachmedia.ca/election-2025-live/ ]


TUESDAY APRIL 29: UNDERSTANDING ZIONISM—A 6 PART STUDY FOR THE PALESTINE LIBERATION MOVEMENT
[ https://peoplesforum.org/events/course- ... -movement/ ]


SUNDAY MAY 4, NOON: BUTTERFLY WAY PROJECT—NATIVE PLANTS & POLLINATORS
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


MONDAY 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 ]


MONDAY MAY 5, 5 pm: SAFEGUARDING CANADA’S SOVEREIGNTY: NON-VIOLENT CIVILIAN DEFENCE
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY MAY 7, NOON: CO-OP CONVERSATION - "THE DISSOLUTION AND EVOLUTION OF AGRICULTURAL CO-OPERATIVES: HISTORIC REFLECTIONS AND FUTURE PROJECTIONS" FEATURING DR. MURRAY FULTON
[ https://uregina.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/fo ... d4L6AUoc4e ]


FRIDAY MAY 9 NOON: A CONVERSATION WITH KETTY NIVYABANDI, SECRETARY GENERAL FOR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CANADA’S ENGLISH-SPEAKING SECTION. HOSTED BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SASKATCHEWAN
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... DfDf32DHWA ]


SATURDAY MAY 10, 2:15 pm: COMMEMORATION OF 80 YEARS SINCE FASCISM'S DEFEAT, CENTAL LIBRARY, CE-1
Host: Regina Peace Council. For more information call Ed at 306 718 8010.


SUNDAY MAY 11, 2:30 PM: CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF JOHN CONWAY, WA WA SHRINERS, 2065 HAMILTON ST
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.
[ https://leaderpost.remembering.ca/obitu ... 1092752460 ]


FRIDAY MAY 30, 7 pm: THE BLACK BIRD COMMONS PRESENTS AN ADULTS ONLY BOOKFAIR—A FUNDRAISER FOR REGINA’S NEW BOOKSTORE, THE EVERYDAY KITCHEN, 1378 HAMILTON ST


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS

ASK YOUR CANDIDATES TO STAND ON GUARD FOR CHILD CARE
[ https://childcarenow.ca/stand-on-guard- ... hild-care/ ]


VOTE TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTHCARE
[ https://action.publicservicevoter.ca/voteforhealthcare ]


WEARING A KEFFIYEH IS NOT AN ACT OF AGGRESSION. NO PLACE FOR RACISM IN THE OTTAWA-CARLETON DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/weari ... hool-board ]


TELL TRUMP THESE TARIFFS AREN’T WORKING
[ https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-no ... rect_link& ]


DEMAND THE CPP DIVEST FROM TESLA
[ https://www.change.org/p/demand-the-can ... from-tesla ]


HALT THE UNJUST DEPORATION OF THE MAKINDE FAMILY FROM CANADA
[ https://www.change.org/p/halt-the-unjus ... rom-canada ]


SUDAN'S PEOPLE ARE FACING CATASTROPHE. DEMAND IMMEDIATE GLOBAL ASSISTANCE TO SAVE LIVES.
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/214/289 ... 3480376077 ]


- Making Peace Vigil