MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 22, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 22, 2025


BOOK RECOMMENDATION

ENCAMPMENT: RESISTANCE, GRACE, AND AN UNHOUSED COMMUNITY, BY MARRIE HELWIG


LOOKING AHEAD: MARK YOUR CALENDARS

WEDNESDAY JULY 23, 1 pm: MEETING OF REGINA CITY COUNCIL—CITY OF REGINA ENCAMPMENT RESPONSE WILL BE ON THE AGENDA
Hope lots of us turn out for this meeting to show our support for a city encampment response that supports, rather than takes-down, encampments.


SPECIAL EVENT

SATURDAY JUNE 28, 4-8 pm: GRILLING FOR A GRIDDLE FUNDRAISER, 3408 MACLACHLAN CRESC
Darin and Christian Milo are hosting a fundraiser for Good Trouble Network YQR so they can purchase a commercial griddle for food prep. They have been working with Heritage Homies and The Hawk Principle preparing breakfast for the children at Thompson School, and also hosting the Sunday Fun Day, providing free meals every Sunday at Pepsi Park. Good Trouble YQR recently got approved to utilize the space at the old fire hall on 11th Avenue to help with these initiatives, but all that food prep is difficult without the proper equipment. This fundraiser will help them immensely for the food security initiatives that they are undertaking in this city.
The event itself is a backyard BBQ with all the food and beverages supplied, and there will also be an acoustic band playing.

The food will be appetizers, smash burger sliders made with local sourced beef, hot dogs, and vegan options. Beverages will be pop & juice, and I will be providing my homemade beer and cider.

There is no cost, but we encourage people to give a donation to the griddle fund. We are also requesting people to drop off sanitary products that can be handed out underprivileged people by these community organizations.
This fundraiser is family friendly and inclusive.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/2153444581825962/ ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

‘GOTTA GO, I GUESS’: REGINA’S HOMELESS PACK UP AS ENCAMPMENT CLEARED
[ https://www.cjme.com/2025/06/19/gotta-g ... t-cleared/ ]


INDIGNEOUS ORAL HISTORY VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT HISTORY BOOKS SAY, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu ... s-creation ]


SASKATCHEWAN GOVERNMENT PLANS TO EXTEND LIFE OF COAL PLANTS—BOO!! Doesn’t the Sask government know about climate destruction?
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... e5629aa33c ]


SCOTT MOE BURNED SASKATCHEWAN’S FUTURE ON A FOSSIL FUEL FARCE
[ https://tammyrobert.substack.com/p/scot ... ans-future ]


RESIDENT RAISES HEALTH CONCERNS ABOUT CENOVUS WELL LEAK IN SASKATCHEWAN
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7566744 ]


HOW AN INDIGENOUS HEALTH CENTRE IN MONTREAL IS MAKING CARE MORE WELCOMING
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/montreal ... -1.7567251 ]


LET’S TALK ABOUT CLIMATE POLICY, PIPELINES, AND LAND BACK
[ https://rabble.ca/podcast/lets-talk-abo ... land-back/ ]


NAMING THE ARSONISTS, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/nam ... irect=true ]


A WEALTH TAX COULD RAISE HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS FOR A STRONGER, FAIRER CANADA
[ https://bcpolicy.ca/2025/06/04/wealth-tax/ ]


CANADA IS FACING A HOUSING CRISIS. COULD IT TAKE A PAGE FROM EUROPE?
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/europe-so ... -1.7565611 ]


PROTESTING THE 2025 CANSEC MILITARY SHOW
[ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RQf ... it?tab=t.0 ]


WHEN ‘PROGRESSIVES’ PUSH MILITARISM THEY REVEAL TRUE POLITICS
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/06/19/when- ... -politics/ ]


TRUMP UPS THE ANTE ON CARNEY FOR THE GOLDEN DOME, by Steve Staples
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/trump-ups-t ... carney-for ]


WHILE ICE ROUNDS UP MIGRANTS, CANADA RAMPS UP COOPERATION WITH THE US
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/while-ice- ... -with-u-s/ ]


THIS ACTIVIST SPENT 4 GRUELLING DAYS IN ISRAELI CUSTODY, BUT SAYS HE'LL TRY AGAIN TO BRING AID TO GAZA
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/aid-vesse ... -1.7567344 ]


SOME GOOD NEWS! MAHMOUD KHALIL IS FREED
[ https://mailchi.mp/adalahjusticeproject ... dabafccd2c ]
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mahmoud-k ... -1.7567219 ]


JUDGE HALTS TRUMP’S ATTEMPT TO KEEP INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FROM HARVARD
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-har ... -1.7567393 ]


DODGERS ANNOUNCE $1 MILLION DONATION TO AID FAMILIES OF IMMIGRANTS AFFECTED BY FEDERAL RAIDS
[ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/do ... r-AA1H7Mbx ]


DOCTORS ON THE FRONTLINE: VICTORIA ROSE AND TOM POTOKAR TAKE YOU INSIDE THE WAR IN GAZA
[ https://news.sky.com/video/gaza-doctors ... y-13385838 ]


ISRAEL'S BLOCKADE CAUSING 'MAN-MADE DROUGHT' IN GAZA: UNICEF
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza- ... de-drought


COALITION OF CANADIANS HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE ON GAZA
[ https://cpac.ca/headline-politics/episo ... 55a16d8e28 ]


HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TOOK TO THE STREETS OF MONTREAL AS THE AMERICANS ATTACKED IRAN
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/06/hundr ... cked-iran/ ]


IRAN, ISRAEL, USA AND WORLD WAR 3, with Chris Hedges
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/iran ... ar-3-chris ]


U.S. HAS STRUCK THREE IRANIAN NUCLEAR SITES, TRUMP SAYS, JOINING ISRAELI AIR CAMPAIGN
[ https://globalnews.ca/news/11253444/us- ... tes-trump/ ]


ANTI-WAR ADVOCATES DEMAND TRUMP 'RETURN TO DIPLOMATIC PATH' AFTER ILLEGAL STRIKES ON IRAN
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-bomb-iran ]


MOHAMMAD MARANDI & PEPE ESCOBAR: U.S. STRIKES IRAN… AND IRAN’S RESPONSE IS PURE DESTRUCTION
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=n9YF7pld_ec ]


'THE WORLD SEES YOU, NETANYAHU': ISRAEL'S IRAN STRIKES SEEN AS 'WAR OF DISTRACTION' AMID GAZA GENOCIDE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/netanyahu-and-iran ]


KASHMIR & INDIA-PAKISTAN WAR GAMES 2025
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9nEAVfQXh4&t=681s ]


ALL OVER THE WORLD WOMEN SAY ‘NO TO NATO’
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fweUNTqhoI ]


INTERNATIONAL SURVEY SHOWS 81% BACK FORCING BIG OIL TO PAY FOR CLIMATE DESTRUCTION
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/inter ... estruction ]


END TIMES OR TURNING POINT? IT’S OUR CHOICE
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/end-times ... ur-choice/ ]


EXPLORING OUR 300,000-YEAR STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/exploring- ... -equality/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

TUESDAY JUNE 24, 11 AM: NOWHERE TO GO: CONFRONTING CANADA’S HOUSING CRISIS AND ADVOCATING FOR CHANGE FOR SURVIVORS OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
[ https://kh-cdc-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regis ... gistration ]


THURSDAY JUNE 26, 2 pm: PATRIOTIC MILLIONAIRES: DOES CANADA NEED A WEALTH TAX?
[ https://patrioticmillionaires-org.zoom. ... gistration ]


THURSDAY JUNE 26, 4 pm: LEARN HOW TO TRACK BUTTERFLIES—A BEGINNER’S GUIDE
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... lcf5JeJYPw ]


SATURDAY JUNE 28, 4-8 pm: GRILLING FOR A GRIDDLE FUNDRAISER, 3408 MACLACHLAN CRESC
Darin and Christian Milo are hosting a fundraiser for Good Trouble Network YQR so they can purchase a commercial griddle for food prep. They have been working with Heritage Homies and The Hawk Principle preparing breakfast for the children at Thompson School, and also hosting the Sunday Fun Day, providing free meals every Sunday at Pepsi Park. Good Trouble YQR recently got approved to utilize the space at the old fire hall on 11th Avenue to help with these initiatives, but all that food prep is difficult without the proper equipment. This fundraiser will help them immensely for the food security initiatives that they are undertaking in this city.
The event itself is a backyard BBQ with all the food and beverages supplied, and there will also be an acoustic band playing.

The food will be appetizers, smash burger sliders made with local sourced beef, hot dogs, and vegan options. Beverages will be pop & juice, and I will be providing my homemade beer and cider.

There is no cost, but we encourage people to give a donation to the griddle fund. We are also requesting people to drop off sanitary products that can be handed out underprivileged people by these community organizations.
This fundraiser is family friendly and inclusive.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/2153444581825962/ ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS


ASK STF TO SUPPORT TEACHERS’ REFUSAL OF BILL 137
[ https://www.change.org/p/petition-to-as ... f-bill-137 ]


TELL CARNEY TO INVEST IN CANADIAN’S WELLBEING, NOT THE WAR MACHINE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... ar-machine ]


TELL YOUR MP TO HELP SAVE CANADIAN MEDIA FROM BIG TECH
[ https://friends.ca/takeaction/tell-your ... -big-tech/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil