MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - July 3, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - July 3, 2025


SPECIAL EVENT

WEDNESDAY JULY 9, NOON-1 pm: CITIZENS ENCAMPMENT STRATEGY, CITY HALL COURTYARD
The event will begin with a media release of the Citizens Encampment Strategy, a document developed by a group of concerned Regina citizens (attached). This will be followed by a delicious lunch and a panel discussion of the issue.
Please come out to city hall to show your support for unhoused people and for action to end houselessness.

SUPPORT NEEDED

MICHELLE BEAR IS FASTING AT THE REGINA DUMP, CALLING FOR THE CITY TO SEARCH THE LANDFILL FOR HER DAUGHTER’S REMAINS
You can support Michelle by visiting her at the landfill, 1101 Fleet Street. You’ll know you have arrived when you see a large tipi. Fresh fruit, water, and a bit of money would be helpful.
[ https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/m ... or-search/ ]


SPECIAL PETITION

HOMES FOR PEOPLE NOT PROFIT
[ https://housingrights.ca/first-100-days ... ot-profit/ ]


SPECIAL READING

LINK BETWEEN HOUSING AND FOOD INSECURITY
[ https://www.calgaryfoodbank.com/2025/ho ... nsecurity/ ]


SPECIAL MEETING & ACTION: NOTE DATE CHANGE: WEDNESDAY JULY 30, 1 pm: MEETING OF REGINA CITY COUNCIL—CITY OF REGINA ENCAMPMENT RESPONSE WILL BE ON THE AGENDA
On July 30, Admin will be bringing a report to Council regarding the current encampment strategy. Anyone who would like to be informed when this report gets published, can ask to be added to The Interested parties list for the July 30 encampment report. You would then receive notification when the report is published on July 25 so that you could read the report. If you decide you’d like to register to speak to Council on July 30 regarding this report, you would need to register as a delegation prior to July 28 at noon. If you’d like to be added to the Interested Parties list for this report, you can contact the Clerk’s Office at [ clerks@regina.ca ] or (306) 777-7262.


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

NUMBER OF ACTIVE WILDFIRES IN SASKATCHEWAN GROWS TO 64 AFTER LIGHTNING IGNITES NEW BLAZES
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... new-blazes ]


RENAMING TRUTCH STREET TO ŠXʷMƏΘKʷƏY̓ƏMASƏM STREET (MUSQUEAMVIEW STREET)—When will Regina rename Dewdney Ave!
[ https://vancouver.ca/people-programs/mu ... ew-st.aspx ]


ICONIC SAUBLE BEACH WELCOME SIGN CHANGED TO REFLECT FIRST NATION OWNERSHIP
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/i ... -1.7574920 ]


THE SCAB BAN IS A HUGE WIN, BUT IT MUST BE ENFORCED
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/the-scab-b ... newsletter ]


IS THE SUN SETTING OR RISING ON THE CBC?
[ https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news- ... n-the-cbc/ ]


QUALITY, NOT JUST QUANTITY, OF NEWS OUTLETS MATTER—ESPECIALLY IN RURAL CANADA, by Simon Enoch
[ https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news- ... al-canada/ ]


THE ‘BUY CANADIAN’ MOVEMENT GOES BACK AS FAR AS CONFEDERATION
[ https://thewalrus.ca/buy-canadian-history/ ]


A GREEN NEW DEAL TO FIGHT TRUMP’S TRADE WAR
[ https://perspectivesjournal.ca/green-ne ... al-policy/ ]


HEY NDP, JUST SAY ‘NO’ TO NATO AND MORE MILITARY SPENDING, by Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/07/01/hey-n ... -spending/ ]


WITH HIS IMMIGRATION BILL, CANADA’S PRIME MINISTER IS BOWING TO TRUMP
[ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... rney-trump ]

THE DANGER OF SOUTH PARK AS POLITICAL REALITY, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/kri ... south-park ]


CANADA AND THE WORLD NEED PRUDENT, NOT EXCESSIVE, MILITARY SPENDING
[ https://www.ceasefire.ca/canada-and-the ... -spending/ ]


CARNEY SUGGESTS HE WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE A PALESTINIAN STATE UNLESS IT WAS ‘ZIONIST’
[ https://x.com/CJPME/status/1937680101099069830 ]


CANADA IS AN APARTHEID STATE
[ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VR0GP4rxFSM ]


G-7 A SUMMIT OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
[ https://www.oxfam.ca/story/g7-2025-a-su ... rtunities/ ]


TRUMP PROTECTING TECH BILLIIONAIRES IN US FIGHT WITH CANADA OVER DIGITAL SERVICES TAX
[ https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/06 ... ax/465925/ ]


THE BILLIONAIRES ARE ABANDONING HUMANITY, by Regina’s own Jeet Heer
[ https://www.thenation.com/article/socie ... -humanity/ ]


“FROM ECONOMY OF OCCUPATION TO ECONOMY OF GENOCIDE”: A DAMNING INDICTMENT OF THE CORPORATE MACHINERY
[ https://www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/from- ... machinery/ ]


ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILLED AT LEAST 410 PEOPLE AT FOOD AID SITES IN GAZA THIS MONTH
[ https://theintercept.com/2025/06/27/isr ... -aid-gaza/ ]


THE WORST STAGE OF 20 MONTHS OF GENOCIDE
[ https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/202 ... -genocide/ ]


PEOPLE IN GAZA 'STARVE OR RISK BEING SHOT': NGOs URGE END TO AID WORK BACKED BY U.S., ISRAEL AS DEATHS RISE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/charities ... -1.7574757 ]


ISRAEL SLAUGHTERS DOZENS IN ATTACK ON POPULAR GAZA CAFE AS TRUMP CLAIMS A CEASEFIRE DEAL IS MOVING FORWARD
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-b ... hamas-gaza ]


US- AND ISRAEL-BACKED GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION MUST BE SHUT DOWN, SAY 165+ CHARITIES
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza- ... dation-aid ]


“ETHNIC CLEANSING”: U.N. HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, VOLKER TÜRK, ON ISRAEL’S WAR IN GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/1/u ... uncil_gaza ]


“TRYING TO FIND FOOD IS A DEATH SENTENCE”: PALESTINIAN WRITER MUHAMMAD SHEHADA ON GAZA AID MASSACRES
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/1/gaza_israel_iran ]


MORE THAN 38,000 CHILDREN WERE KILLED IN THE US NUCLEAR BOMBINGS OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI 80 YEARS AGO
[ https://childrenspeacememorial.org/ ]


“DAMAGING AND DEADLY” HEAT DOMES NEARLY TRIPLED, FROM EUROPE TO THE U.S
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/1/h ... ate_crisis ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

WEDNESDAY JULY 9, NOON-1 pm: CITIZENS ENCAMPMENT STRATEGY, CITY HALL COURTYARD
The event will begin with a media release of the Citizens Encampment Strategy, a document developed by a group of concerned Regina citizens (attached). This will be followed by a delicious lunch and then a panel discussion of the issue.
Please come out to city hall to show your support for unhoused people and for action to end houselessness.


MONDAY JULY 14, 6 pm: GLOBAL DAY OF MEDIA ACTION TO CLOSE BASES
[ https://actionnetwork.org/events/close- ... ar_id=true ]


NOTE DATE CHANGE: WEDNESDAY JULY 30, 1 pm: MEETING OF REGINA CITY COUNCIL—CITY OF REGINA ENCAMPMENT RESPONSE WILL BE ON THE AGENDA
On July 30, Admin will be bringing a report to Council regarding the current encampment strategy. Anyone who would like to be informed of when this report gets published, can ask to be added to The Interested parties list for the July 30 encampment report. You would then receive notification when the report is published on July 25 so that you could read the report. If you decide you’d like to register to speak to Council on July 30 regarding this report, you would need to register as a delegation prior to July 28 at noon. If you’d like to be added to the Interested Parties list for this report, you can contact the Clerk’s Office at [ clerks@regina.ca ] or (306) 777-7262.


FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 10 am: RAISING OF THE PEACE FLAG TO MARK INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY, REGINA CITY HALL


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS


NDP PETITION: PASS THE KEEP SASKATCHEWAN IN CANADA ACT
[ https://www.saskndp.ca/keepskincan ]


CONDEMN CARNEY’S CALL FOR A ‘ZIONIST PALESTINIAN STATE’
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/conde ... nian-state ]


DEMAND THAT CANADA UPHOLD ITS COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL LAW AND PEACE
[ https://act.oxfam.ca/page/171122/action/1 ]


TELL YORK PARAMEDICS TO REINSTATE KATHERINE GRZEJSZCZAK NOW!
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/reinstate-katherine ]


ADMIT 30,000 HAITIANS AT THE CANADA-U​.​S. BORDER
[ https://www.change.org/p/admit-30-000-h ... u-s-border ]


HELP OUR FAMILY STAY IN CANADA
[ https://www.change.org/p/help-our-family-stay-in-canada ]


LET BABY MILK INTO GAZA
[ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/le ... _gaza_loc/ ]


REJECT TRUMPIAN SUPPRESSION. CANADIANS WELCOME BOB VYLAN’S CRITICISM OF THE GENOCIDAL ISRAELI MILITARY
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/rejec ... l-military ]


10 POINTS THE MEDIA NEEDS TO COVER RE GAZA
[ https://www.codepink.org/10points?utm_c ... e=codepink ]


- Making Peace Vigil