MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 25, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 25, 2025

GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING:

2 LETTERS IN THE LEADER POST RE COSTCO
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... ostco-deal ]


“A LIST OF 10 DEMANDS FOR PREMIER SCOTT MOE—a letter by Jim Holmes (scroll down)
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... d-practice ]


GLEN ELM TRAILER COURT RESIDENTS AT THE END OF THEIR ROPE, WITH MORE EVICTIONS SCHEDULED
[ https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/g ... scheduled/ ]


HUNDREDS OF SOCIAL HOUSING UNITS TO BE RENOVATED IN REGINA, SASKATOON, & PRINCE ALBERT—There are 500 vacant units in Regina alone, but this is at least a start!
[ https://www.discovermoosejaw.com/articl ... nce-albert ]


COUNCIL FINALIZES NEW ACCESSIBLE TAXI RULES FOR REGINA CAB COMPANIES
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... -companies ]


‘THREW ME A CURVEBALL’: SASK. TORONTO BLUE JAYS FAN HAS TRIP DERAILED BY AIRLINE DUE TO DISABILITY
[ https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/t ... isability/ ]


NO GOING BACK: THE FIGHT TO SAVE SASKATCHEWAN’S FORESTS
[ https://leaderpost.com/feature/no-going ... ns-forests ]


MANITOBA MUSEUM APOLOGIZES FOR KEEPING INDIGENOUS ANCESTRAL REMAINS IN COLLECTIONS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba ... -1.7541400 ]


MENTAL HEALTH IN RURAL AND REMOTE CANADA: COMMUNITY INSIGHTS AND SOLUTIONS
[ https://cmha.ca/brochure/mental-health- ... solutions/ ]


MIGRANTS ARE BUILDING CANADA’S HOMES—WHILE GETTING BLAMED FOR HOUSING POLICY FAILURES
[ https://breachmedia.ca/migrants-are-bui ... -failures/ ]


CAN WE BUILD HOMES THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE?
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-HYsbLx3p0 ]


THE PUSH FOR ACCESSIBLE HOUSING IN CANADA: WHY UNIVERSAL DESIGN MATTERS
[ https://www.elderado.ca/blog/169/the-pu ... gn-matters ]


HOW TO CREATE A GARDEN FOR POLLINATORS
[ https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/polli ... -earth-day ]


BUBBLE ZONE PROTEST-BANS THREATEN PALESTINE SOLIDARITY—AND PUBLIC DISSENT
[ https://breachmedia.ca/bubble-zone-prot ... c-dissent/ ]


AXWORTHY: CARNEY JOINING TRUMP'S GOLDEN DOME A ‘BETRAYAL’
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/axworthy-ca ... mps-golden ]


HOW TO ENABLE GENOCIDE & THEN COVER YOUR ASS, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyOVzL2-kZY&t=239s ]


THE “BIG 5” CANADIAN BANKS HAVE OVER $132 BILLION USD INVESTED IN COMPANIES COMPLICIT IN ISRAEL’S OCCUPATION, APARTHEID, AND GENOCIDE
[ https://www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/the-b ... -genocide/ ]


“THE WORST IT’S EVER BEEN”: U.K. SURGEON IN GAZA WARNS KIDS ARE BEARING BRUNT AS ISRAEL WIDENS ASSAULT
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/22/ ... er_been_uk ]


"THE SUFFERING IS BEYOND DESCRIPTION": REPORT FROM GAZA AS U.N. WARNS 14,000 BABIES COULD SOON DIE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbAl3BNJFWQ ]


THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR, DIPLOMACY, AND THE PEACE MOVEMENT
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isInUktEo3I ]


ABOUT NUCLEAR DIPLOMACY ABOUT: A PROJECT SAVE THE WORLD FORUM ABOUT THE RISKS OF NUCLEAR WAR AND THE HOPE OF DISARMAMENT
[ https://projectsavetheworld.substack.co ... -diplomacy ]


MAPPING MILITARISM 2025
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/mapping-militarism-2025/ ]


WHY ‘NON-VIOLENCE’ IS MORE EFFECTIVE EVEN IN A VIOLENT WORLD
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/05/why-n ... ent-world/ ]


ACTIVIST LEGAL AND TACTICAL GUIDE: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
This guide is meant to provide basic information on legal issues that Palestinian rights activists may face, and tips on how to navigate them. It provides some generally applicable information and some campus-specific information for student activists.
[ https://www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/legal ... cal-guide/ ]


SETH KLEIN AND EMERGENCIES
Seth, with David Suzuki's support, is promoting the development of a youth corps of Canadians to intervene in emergency climatic crises. Can we start solving infrastructure problems faster?
[ https://projectsavetheworld.substack.co ... mergencies ]


I’VE VISITED GUANTANAMO 28 TIMES AS A REPORTER. IT STILL DEFIES BELIEF
[ https://thewalrus.ca/guantanamo-bay/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

SUNDAY MAY 25 NOON: BUTTERFLYWAY WEBINAR: INTRO TO HABITAT GARDENING
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... wMqgOwnL6Q ]


MONDAY MAY 26, 7:30 am: OUR LAND, OUR VOICE: KEBAOWEK FIRST NATION ON NEAR SURFACE DISPOSAL FACILITY PLANS
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


MONDAY MAY 26, 11 am: NATO MILITARY BASE EXPANSION AROUND THE WORLD
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


THURSDAY MAY 29, 2 pm: DISARMAMENT EDUCATION WORKSHOP - ONTARIO SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS FEDERATION
[ https://zoom.us/meeting/register/Fud_ou ... gistration ]


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


WEDNESDAY JUNE 4, 7 pm: PRAIRIE WATER: SOVEREIGNTY, SCARCITY AND CONSERVATION
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


TUESDAY JUNE 10, 3 PM: WEBINAR: HEALTH IMPACTS OF FRACKING ON NEONATAL OUTCOMES
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/webinar-hea ... 8991321819 ]


THURSDAY JUNE 12, 11:30 am: 'NUCLEAR WAR - A SCENARIO: IN DISCUSSION WITH ANNIE JACOBSEN
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


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

PROTECT SASKATCHEWAN WORKERS FROM CORPORATE GREED
[ https://action.speakupsask.ca/stopgreed ]


TELL IMMIGRATION MINISTER LENA METLEDGE DIAB: BRING ZAIN HOME!
[ https://www.dogwoodbc.ca/petitions/brin ... mail-share ]


WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH: CANADA MUST TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO END COMPLICITY IN GENOCIDE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/words ... -genocide/ ]


DEMAND CANADA IMPOSE A FULL AND IMMEDIATE ARMS EMBARGO ON ISRAEL!
[ https://armsembargonow.ca/actnow/ ]


SUSPEND THE EU-ISRAEL AGREEMENT
[ https://action.eko.org/a/suspend-the-eu ... e=fwd&t=12 ]


PM CARNEY: CANADIANS WANT A NON-NUCLEAR, CLEAN, AFFORDABLE, AND SAFE RENEWABLE FUTURE.
[ https://stop-smrs.weebly.com/renewablesnotnuclear.html ]


FIGHT THE BILLIONAIRE TAKEOVER
[ https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/fight-t ... e-takeover ]


SANTANDER MUST CUT ITS TIES WITH OIL AND GAS IN THE AMAZON
[ https://act.stand.earth/page/82841/petition/1 ]


SHOW YOUR SOLIDARITY BY SENDING A MESSAGE TO INDIGENOUS NATIONS AND AMPLIFYING THEIR CALLS TO END AMAZON CRUDE!
[ https://amazonwatch.org/take-action/blo ... ty-message ]


RIGHTS FOR WHALES
[ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/wh ... onhood4_1/ ]


NEARLY HALF A MILLION DEATHS IN A SINGLE YEAR HAVE BEEN LINKED TO CHEMICALS IN OUR PLASTIC FOOD PACKAGING
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeact ... 3485303879 ]

- Making Peace Vigil