MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - July 20, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - July 20, 2025


SAD NEWS
Carl Cherland died earlier this month. Carl was a founding member of PeaceQuest Regina and a strong advocate for peace and justice. Thank you Carl for all your work to make the world a better place for everyone!
A funeral service for Carl will be held Saturday August 9, 11 am, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 190 Massey Road.
[ https://leaderpost.remembering.ca/obitu ... 1092991917 ]


HELP NEEDED: 2025 POINT-IN-TIME—PiT—COUNT OF HOMELESSNESS IN REGINA, THURSDAY OCTOBER 2, 4:30 – 11:30 pm
Volunteers are needed for Regina’s 2025 PiT Count, which will take place on October 2. Namerind Housing Corporation, as the Reaching Home Community Entity for Regina, will be leading the 2025 PiT Count of homelessness on October 2nd, and they need volunteers to make it happen.
To volunteer, go to: [ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/call-for-vo ... tdtcreator ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

SASKATCHEWAN RE-AWARDS NORTHERN TIRE RECYCLING CONTRACT AFTER PREVIOUS DEAL WITH U.S. COMPANY
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... -s-company ]


END OF THE SASK PARTY STATUS QUO, with Tammy Roberts & Paul Dechene
[ https://tammyrobert.substack.com/p/the- ... rty-status ]


ECONOMIC LIBERATION: A GENDER-BASED CASE FOR BASIC INCOME
[ https://perspectivesjournal.ca/economic-liberation/ ]


OTTAWA OFFICER REMOVED AFTER ARMY LEARNED OF ANTISEMITIC, HOMOPHOBIC 'BLUE HACKLE MAFIA' GROUP
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/blue-h ... -1.7588333 ]


DATE SET FOR GOVERNMENT-IMPOSED POSTAL WORKERS VOTE
[ https://rabble.ca/labour/date-set-for-g ... Newsletter ]


JOINT STATEMENT BY HEALTH COALITIONS FROM ACROSS CANADA IN ADVANCE OF THE GATHERING OF FIRST MINISTERS
[ https://assets.nationbuilder.com/friend ... _final.pdf ]


CANADA’S NEW FAST-TRACK LAWS DOUBLE DOWN ON FALSE PROMISE OF ‘ECONOMIC RECONCILIATION’
[ https://breachmedia.ca/canadas-new-fast ... ciliation/ ]


TWO CHARGES AGAINST PRO-PALESTINE ACTIVIST YVES ENGLER DROPPED
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/two-charge ... r-dropped/ ]


WHY WE PUBLISHED A BOOK ON CANADA’S MEDIA COVER-UP OF THE GAZA GENOCIDE
[ https://breachmedia.ca/why-we-published ... r-up-gaza/ ]


CALLING OUT CANADA’S MAGA TRAITORS, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/vim ... e-traitors ]


TRACKING CANADA’S FASCIST FIGHT CLUBS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/fea ... fight-club ]


PROSECUTORS RECOMMEND ONE DAY OF PRISON FOR OFFICER IN BREONNA TAYLOR DEATH
[ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/1 ... ylor-death ]


EPSTEIN SURVIVOR CALLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY: RELEASE THE FILES, END IMPUNITY FOR RICH & POWERFUL ABUSERS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/18/ ... tein_files ]


MAGA AND THE THREAT TO OUR KIDS, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/mag ... o-our-kids ]


'NO STATE IS ABOVE THE LAW': HAGUE GROUP ISSUES PLAN TO COUNTER ISRAELI GENOCIDE IN GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/hague ... ction-plan ]


IN HISTORIC GATHERING, 12 COUNTRIES ANNOUNCE ISRAEL SANCTIONS AND RENEWED LEGAL ACTION TO END GAZA GENOCIDE
[ https://therealnews.com/in-a-historic-g ... a-genocide ]


PALESTINE, THE MORAL ISSUE OF OUR TIME, with Gabor Maté
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLPYt9UuSdQ ]


'HORROR STORY': FLIGHT LOGS REVEAL DOZENS DISAPPEARED ON EL SALVADOR DEPORTATION TRIPS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/deportation-flight ]


I WENT TO SEE SUPERMAN AS AN ESCAPE FROM REALITY—REALITY WAS STILL THERE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/su ... -palestine ]


TRINITY, 80 YEARS LATER, STILL THREATENS ‘A HARD RAIN’S A-GONNA FALL’
[ https://soundcloud.com/democracynow/col ... ears-later ]


THE ATOMIC NIGHTMARE, THEN AND NOW
[ https://tomdispatch.com/80-years-after-trinity/ ]


IS IT TOO LATE TO ESCAPE CLIMATE CATASTROPHE? By David Suzuki
[ https://community.davidsuzuki.org/index ... ailWebview ]


FROM SCATTERED SUNLIGHT TO DOZY BEES
[ https://financialpost.com/pmn/from-scat ... od-growers ]


A CATASTROPHIC NEW NORMAL HAS ARRIVED
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/07/a-cat ... s-arrived/ ]


FLOW LIKE WATER OR FALL LIKE FOOLS
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/07/flow- ... ike-fools/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS


SUNDAY JULY 20. 11 AM: HOT CARGO AND LABOUR’S FIGHT FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gIyUJZ6dgQ ]


WEDNESDAY JULY 23, 11:30 am: COMMUNITY FORUM ON BILL C-2
Under the guise of a bill that claims to make Canada safer, the government is introducing sweeping legislative changes that will seriously weaken refugee rights and are inconsistent with our obligations under the Canadian Charter and international law.

The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group says that “many aspects of the bill have little to nothing to do with ‘securing the border,’ and many aspects that do relate to the border present a significant threat to human rights and civil liberties. It is clear that, under the guise of addressing border security and placating the Trump administration, the government is seeking unrelated powers that they have unsuccessfully attempted to obtain in the past, and which will have wide-ranging negative impacts.”
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


THURSDAY JULY 24, 5 pm: DRAW THE LINE—NATIONAL RESISTANCE PLANNING CALL
Prime Minister Mark Carney is moving quickly to fast-track a billionaire-first agenda: promoting pipelines as “nation-building,” weakening public oversight, and laying the groundwork for laws that trample rights, scapegoat migrants, and double down on militarism. He’s betting we won’t push back. Let’s prove him wrong.
[ https://350org.zoom.us/meeting/register ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY JULY 30, 10 am: OUR WORK ON OUR TERMS: NIGINAN'S CULTURALLY-BASED APPROACH TO HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
[ https://preventhomelessness.ca/webinar/ ... revention/ ]


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.


WEDNESDAY JULY 30, 5 pm: RESISTING PACIFIC WAR PREPARATIONS
[ https://uvic.zoom.us/meeting/register/T ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY AUGUST 6, 7 pm: COMMEMORATION OF THE BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA, CENTRAL LIBRARY CE-1
Sponsor: Regina Peace Council. For more information call Ed at 306 718 8010


STARTING MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8, FIGHTING TO WIN: A 10 WEEK COURSE WITH JOHN CLARK
[ https://www.tickettailor.com/events/pan ... ol/1782334 ]


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


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS

DON’T LET GENOCIDE SUPPORTERS HIJACK NDP LEADERSHIP RACE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/dont- ... rect_link& ]


MAIL YOUR MP A FACT SHEET ABOUT BASIC UNIVERSAL INCOME
[ https://www.ubiworks.ca/mail-your-mp ]


SUPPORT THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE NOMINATION OF FRANCESCA ALBANESE
[ https://www.change.org/p/support-the-no ... a-albanese ]


GOOGLE, STOP HIDING YOUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/45d60 ... dbb87f8dc0 ]


SUPPORT VISA APPROVAL FOR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF IRANIANS IN CANADA
[ https://www.change.org/p/urgent-visa-ap ... -in-canada ]


- Making Peace Vigil