MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 11, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 11, 2025


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

PROTEST GROUPS CLASH OVER ABORTION AT SASKATCHEWAN LEGISLATURE AS POLICE WATCHED—Note how biased the reporting is! However, there doesn’t seem to be any other coverage.
[ https://www.westernstandard.news/saskat ... ched/64638 ]


‘STRESS IS UNBELIEVABLE’: HOW MUCH IT COSTS EVICTED RESIDENTS TO MOVE FROM THE GLEN ELM MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY
[ https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/s ... community/ ]


REGINA RELUCTANTLY AGREES TO $6.78M INCENTIVE IN HOPES OF KEEPING SECOND COSTCO IN WESTERRA—But City Council won’t, however, reluctantly, cough up money to end houselessness!
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/regina-relu ... n-westerra ]


EVRAZ FINED OVER HALF-A-MILLION DOLLARS FOR REGINA OHS VIOLATION
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... -violation ]


'COMPLETELY BURNT OUT': REGINA HOSPITAL WORKERS RAISE ALARM BELLS OVER STAFF AND PATIENT SAFETY
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... ent-safety ]


SASKATCHEWAN’S HEALTHCARE HELLSCAPES AND THE GTH: MOE’S LEGACY IS CASH GIVEAWAYS AND DEATH
[ https://tammyrobert.substack.com/p/sask ... hellscapes ]


CANADA’S NEW GOVERNMENT MUST SHOW COURAGE ON CLIMATE
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/canadas-n ... n-climate/ ]


GAZA: EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS TO CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/gaz ... -to-crimes ]


THE PEOPLE’S PEACE SUMMIT IN JERUSALEM, FINAL DAY. ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS TOGETHER TO SAY ‘PEACE NOW’
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/05/the-p ... peace-now/ ]


BLACK LIVES MATTER: CHALLENGING POLICE IMPUNITY
[ https://soundcloud.com/democracynow/col ... ves-matter ]


WHO KILLED SHIREEN ABU AKLEH? REPORTER’S FAMILY RESPONDS AFTER FILM NAMES ISRAELI SOLDIER WHO SHOT HER
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/8/w ... _abu_akleh ]


WARNINGS GROW OVER US AND ISRAEL-BACKED PLAN FOR GAZA AID
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-ai ... foundation ]


BLOOD MIXED WITH RUBBLE: GAZA & THE CEASEFIRE THAT WASN’T
[ https://therealnews.com/blood-mixed-wit ... that-wasnt ]


PEOPLE’S PEACE SUMMIT IN JERUSALEM: WHAT KIND OF PEACE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/05/peopl ... ing-about/ ]


BREAD NOT BOMBS—Doctors Against Genocide
[ https://www.youtube.com/live/_YTGCJYu1VY ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS


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 ]


MONDAY MAY 12, 5:30 pm: FIFTH ANNUAL BERRIGAN-MCALISTER AWARD CELEBRATION
The award winner, Omar Haramy, is a Palestinian Christian who works for a more just future in which all people -- Muslims, Jews, Christians, and others -- can live together in peace and justice through the power of nonviolent action.
[ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fifth-annu ... tdtcreator ]


TUESDAY MAY 13, NOON: GENDER POLICY IN SCHOOLS: BUILDING BETTER PATHS FORWARD
[ https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/ ... orward.php ]


TUESDAY MAY 13, 3 pm: 2025 GLOBAL LABOR RIGHTS DEFENDERS CELEBRATION
[ https://laborrights.app.neoncrm.com/np/ ... 6& ]


WEDNESDAY MAY 14, 11 AM: RACING TOWARDS A WASTED FUTURE: GENERATIVE AI AND THE RESURGENCE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY
[ https://uregina.libcal.com/event/3891415?f=h ]


WEDNESDAY MAY 14, 5 pm: CANADA RESPONDS TO TRUMPISM: ARMS, TRADE, & ALLIANCES, with Steve Staples
Since the 1783 Treaty of Paris, the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842, and Oregon Treaty of 1846 the U.S. and Canada have had a friendly, deeply rooted cultural, economic, military and diplomatic relations. No more. Donald Trump’s threats to bring Canada to its knees in order to more completely dominate and annex Canada have backfired. Few in the United States realize how profoundly their northern neighbor has recoiled and is turning away from the United States and deepening its ties with more democratic Europe.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY MAY 14, 5:30 PM: SAFEGUARDING CANADA'S SOVEREIGNTY: CANADA'S MOMENT OF CRISIS AND OPPORTUNITY
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


THURSDAY MAY 15, 11 am: 2025 JOINT NAKBA REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY
[ https://secure.everyaction.com/RUJGPRawKk2heJohjRmXfw2 ]


THURSDAY MAY 15, 7 pm: SCREENING OF DEEP RED, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE
[ https://table9mutant.wordpress.com/2019 ... ot-review/ ]


FRIDAY MAY 16, NOON: FRIDAY’S FOR FUTURE CLIMATE RALLY, LEGISLATIVE BUILDING
Join local youth fighting for their futures at this Fridays for Future rally on May 16th. It will begin at 12pm at the Saskatchewan Legislature and then move to a march on Albert Street. Let's get a crowd together like we had pre-Covid and show our youth that we haven't given up! Please share widely.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/2156442801480623/ ]


FRIDAY MAY 16, 7 pm: SCREENING OF ABERDEEN, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE
Now an adult, sleeping on public benches, Winnipeg-based Aberdeen is in survival mode. The last remaining stable parts of her life begin slipping away — her reliable brother Boyd (Ryan Black, Dance Me Outside, TIFF ’94) is ill and gives up Aberdeen’s grandkids to the foster care system. Then she loses her ID.
Houseless, and without proper identification, she is rebuffed time and again as she seeks out services meant to help her. It’s only when she hitches a ride back to her home community that she’s treated like a valued person and can see the potential to stop generational trauma.
[ https://tiff.net/events/aberdeen ]


FRIDAY MAY 16, 7 pm: ANTI-MILIATRISM AGENDA
Wars of aggression, military occupations, severe sanctions, and a staggering rise in military posturing and base construction around the world are a defining aspect of the world today. But the world is also full of rising militancy and mass actions for peace against the aggressive US-led war machine.
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


SUNDAY MAY 18, 9 AM: THE FIGHT AGAINST FASCISM, THEN & NOW: 80 YEARS AFTER THE DEFEAT OF NAZISM
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-fight-a ... tdtcreator ]

TUESDAY MAY 20, 11 am: THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR, DIPLOMACY, & THE PEACE MOVEMENT, with Richard Sakwa
[ https://secure.everyaction.com/JazYN6dMsEuoUcHvFXDAxQ2 ]


TUESDAY MAY 20, 7 pm: TEACH-IN TUESDAY—THE STATE OF THE ARTS, PAUSE CAFÉ, 3434 13TH AVE
How can we support our artistic community? The loss of the film tax credit in 2022 has had long lasting impacts, including losing Regina’s Folk Festival (one of the longest running festivals in Canada!). The Arts are a vital component of building an inclusive, vibrant community and cutting funding to the Arts damages our communities. . Sponsored by Good Trouble YQR
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/2067875643678909/ ]


FRIDAY MAY 23 – SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21: INDIAN THEATRE—NATIVE ART, PERFORMANCE, & SELF-DETERMINATION SINCE 1969, MACKENZIE ART GALLERY
[ https://mackenzie.art/exhibition/indian ... ince-1969/ ]


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


SATURDAY JUNE 14, 2 – 5 pm: FUNDRAISER FOR PALESTINE—BAZAAR OF MIDDLE EASTERN FOOD, CLOTHING + MORE, ST MARY’S ANGLICAN, 3337 15TH AVE
Sponsored by Palestine Solidarity Regina


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS


TELL PM CARNEY AND YOUR MP: NO MORE CORPORATE HANDOUTS; INVEST IN OUR FUTURE
[ https://win.newmode.net/350org/carney ]


PM CARNEY: MAKE CANADA’S VOTING SYSTEM FAIR AND PROPORTIONAL
[ https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/prime- ... for-canada? ]


PM CARNEY: INVEST IN PEOPLE TO TRUMP-PROOF CANADA
[ https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/throne-speech-ett/ ]


CALL ON PRIME MINISTER CARNEY TO BLOCK DONALD TRUMP’S BILLIONAIRE DONORS FROM OWNING OR BUILDING PIPELINES IN CANADA.
[ https://www.dogwoodbc.ca/petitions/carn ... -pipeline/ ]


BREAD NOT BOMBS! LET CHILDREN EAT!
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/bread ... ldren-eat/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil