MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - October 9, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - October 9, 2025


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

VIDEO CLIPS FROM THE OCTOBER 4 RALLY FOR PALESTINE
It was a great rally, with inspiring speakers and over 100 people in attendance. A BIG thanks to Palestine Solidarity Regina for organizing it.
[ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VcZPyq ... 0uA-t/view ]


SASKATCHEWAN GOVERNMENT HALTS SALE OF 4,480 ACRES OF CROWN LAND IN LIGHT OF CONCERNS—Yay—at least for the meantime!
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/sa ... f-concerns ]


RESIDENTS OF FIRE-RAVAGED SASKATCHEWAN VILLAGE FACE HOUSING SQUEEZE, HIGH PRICES
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... 46f675b77e ]


EX-SPEAKER CLAIMS ‘ALL OUT WAR’ WITHIN SASK PARTY
[ https://www.sasktoday.ca/provincial-new ... y-11311281 ]


IS IT TIME TO END DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME? WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A FEDERAL PROPOSAL TO FOLLOW SASK’S LEAD
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... aving-time ]


ALBERTA TEACHER PROMPTS PETITION ON PROVINCE'S PRIVATE SCHOOL FUNDING—We need a similar petition in Regina!
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton ... -1.7653896 ]


HOW ALBERTA BECAME THE EPICENTRE OF CANADA’S MEASLES OUTBREAK
[ https://thewalrus.ca/how-alberta-became ... -outbreak/ ]


BC OSTRICHES FARM UPDATE: THE CULL, THE COURT’S DECISION + POILIEVRE’S SILENCE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee8aA-bWdpM ]


THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE IN 5 PROVINCES ISN’T ENOUGH
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/the-minimu ... nt-enough/ ]


FORMER 'DERRINGER IN THE MORNING' CO-HOST TAKES Q107 PARENT COMPANY TO HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ ... -1.7652709 ]


DRU OJA JAY BREAKS DOWN HOW DISMANTLNG CANADA POST FITS INTO MARK CARNEY’S AUSTERITY AGENDA
[ https://breachmedia.ca/why-mark-carney- ... ing-block/ ]


CANADA POST FACES 2 FUTURES: A REVITALIZED PUBLIC SERVICE OR A BILLIONAIRE CASH MACHINE
[ https://breachmedia.ca/canada-post-face ... h-machine/ ]


CONFRONTING A NEW ANTI-IMMIGRANT CHAPTER IN CANADA
[ https://breachmedia.ca/confronting-a-ne ... in-canada/ ]


CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OVERWHELMED AFTER NEW WORK PERMITS ISSUED BY IMMIGRATION
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-sco ... -1.7652374 ]


NDP 2026: A BLUEPRINT FOR A GENERATION, by Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/10/05/ndp-2 ... eneration/ ]


MOE'S SUPPORT OF FEDERAL JURISDICTION ON PIPELINE PROPOSAL 'OPPORTUNISTIC,' EXPERT SAYS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7652727 ]


RESISTING CANADA’S ‘ELBOWS UP’ COLONIALISM
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... olonialism ]


THE MAGA PIPELINE TO BREAK UP CANADA, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/the ... kup-canada ]


RENEWABLES BECOME BIGGEST SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY GLOBALLY FOR 1ST TIME, BEATING COAL
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/solar-w ... -1.7653234 ]


CANADIAN TECH HELPED U.S. STRIKE ALLEGED VENEZUELAN DRUG BOATS: REPORT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canadian ... -1.7650129 ]


SURVIVING AMERICA’S MOST NOTORIOUS PRISON
[ https://therealnews.com/i-survived-amer ... max-prison ]


DENMARK, DRONES & DECEPTION: EUROPE’S STAGED PANIC OVER FALSE FLAG NON-RUSSIAN DRONES?
[ https://thetransnational.substack.com/p ... on-europes ]


SUDAN'S CIVIL WAR HAS FADED FROM HEADLINES, BUT MONITORS SAY IT'S THE LARGEST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN THE WORLD
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/el-fasher ... -1.7652683 ]


HOW THE ISRAEL LOBBY SHAPED CANADA’S DEFINITION OF ANTI-SEMITISM
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/how-the-is ... isemitism/ ]


IF WE LOSE GAZA, WE LOSE THE WORLD, with George Galloway
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhvgZTBLhzU ]


HAMAS AND PALESTINIAN FACTIONS AGREE TO GAZA CEASEFIRE; TRUMP CONFIRMS DEAL WAS REACHED, by Jeremy Scahill
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/breaking ... rael-trump ]


HAMAS AND PALESTINIAN FACTIONS AGREE TO GAZA CEASEFIRE; TRUMP CONFIRMS DEAL WAS REACHED
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/breaking ... rael-trump ]


“CELEBRATION AND SADNESS”: REACTION FROM GAZA AS ISRAEL & HAMAS AGREE TO FIRST PHASE OF CEASEFIRE DEAL
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/9/gaza_deal ]


A CEASEFIRE DEAL, BUT NOT A PEACE AGREEMENT: WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN GAZA AFTER HOSTAGES ARE RELEASED?
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/9/ ... roundtable ]


TRUMP'S PEACE PLAN MUST END GENOCIDE, NOT REBRAND IT
[ https://www.ampalestine.org/media/media ... rebrand-it ]


“IT’S NOT A PEACE PLAN”: EX-ISRAELI NEGOTIATOR DANIEL LEVY ON TRUMP PUSH TO END WAR ON GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/6/ceasefire_talks ]


TRUMP PEACE PLAN CAN WORK WITH CONCRETE GUARANTEES AND TIMELINES FOR ISRAEL AS WELL AS HAMAS
[ https://www.ceasefire.ca/trump-peace-pl ... -as-hamas/ ]


TWO YEARS SINCE OCTOBER, 7, 2023: WE REFLECT, WE REAFFIRM
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/10/two-y ... -reaffirm/ ]


TWO YEARS OF DEVASTATION IN GAZA FELT ACROSS EVERY COMMUNITY
[ https://www.mercycorps.org/blog/gaza-tw ... evastation ]


SENIOR HAMAS LEADER MOUSA ABU MARZOUK ON TRUMP’S GAZA PLAN AND THE FUTURE OF HAMAS
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/senior-h ... ire-israel ]


ISRAEL’S KILLING OF PALESTINIAN FARMERS PART OF SYSTEMATIC POLICY TO ENFORCE STARVATION IN GAZA
[ https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6 ... on-in-Gaza ]


HAMAS’S STRATEGIC GAMBLE, by Jeremy Scahill
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/hamas-re ... ff-kushner ]


MAOZ INON LOST HIS PARENTS IN THE OCT. 7 ATTACK. HERE’S WHY HE’S STILL CALLING FOR PEACE.
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/7/october_7 ]


GAZA, WITH RADHIKA
[ https://www.youtube.com/live/-A9ptyWAVLQ ]


LIVING IN THE REMNANTS OF GAZA CITY
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-cit ... kes-hunger ]


AT LEAST 92 PALESTINIANS KILLED EVERY DAY IN GAZA FOR 2 STRAIGHT YEARS; U.S. OPENS THE DOOR FOR WAR WITH VENEZUELA
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/two-year ... ezuela-war ]


“EYES OF GAZA”: PALESTINIAN JOURNALIST PLESTIA ALAQAD CHRONICLES LIFE UNDER ISRAELI BOMBS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/7/plestia_alaqad ]


SAMIDOUN: THE STEADFAST WOMEN OF PALESTINE
[ https://judyhaiven.substack.com/p/samid ... -palestine ]


ISRAEL CONDEMNED AS SUMUD FLOTILLA ORGANIZERS REPORT ‘HARSH TREATMENT’ IN DETENTION
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-flotilla-raid ]


DEFYING ISRAEL, MORE SHIPS SAIL TO GAZA AFTER GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA CAPTURED
[ https://therealnews.com/defying-israel- ... a-captured ]


POWERFUL NEW BOOK OF POETRY ON GAZA, BY GARY GEDDES, MADE AVAILABLE FREE TO THE WORLD
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/powerful-new ... -to-world/ ]


“ISRAEL’S UNLAWFUL INTERCEPTION OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA ILLUSTRATES ITS DETERMINATION TO CONTINUE DELIBERATELY STARVING PALESTINIANS IN GAZA”
[ https://socialistaction.org/2025/10/06/ ... s-in-gaza/ ]


MARKING 2 YEARS OF GENOCIDE WITH GRIEF AND ACTION
[ https://www.ijvcanada.org/marking-two-y ... nd-action/ ]


FINDING A PATH TO PALESTINE LIBERATION
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2p_d3u7JJw ]


FINANCING AFRICA’S CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE: OUTCOMES FROM THE 2025 CLIMATE SUMMIT IN ADDIS ABABA
[ https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/conten ... -outcomes/ ]


GHANA PUSHES UN TO DECLARE TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE A ‘CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY’
[ https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/v ... tion=click ]


CLIMATE CHANGE IS MAKING HEAT WAVES WORSE. A NEW STUDY SHOWS HOW SPECIFIC COMPANIES ARE FUELLING THE PROBLEM
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/climate ... -1.7629859 ]


“TOGETHER WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD”: A TRIBUTE TO JANE GOODALL
[ https://www.sierraclub.org/Sierra/jane- ... -the-world ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS


THURSDAY OCTOBER 9, 12:15 pm: STRONGER TOGETHER AGAINST WILDFIRES: CANADA AND THE EU
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... YmHjuL2sSw ]


THURSDAY OCTOBER 9, 4:30 pm: ARMS EMBARGO NOW TRAINING: HOW TO TALK TO YOUR MP ABOUT THE NO MORE LOOPHOLES ACT
[ https://ijvcanada.zoom.us/meeting/regis ... gistration ]


THURSDAY OCTOBER 9, 5 pm: STATEHOOD ON PAPER, OCCUPATION ON THE GROUND—A WEBINAR ON TURNING RECOGNITIION OF PALESTINE INTO LIBERATION
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


THURSDAY OCTOBER 9, 7 pm: THE ROLE OF ARTS AND CULTURE IN DOWNTOWN VIBRANCY, WITH MACKENZIE ART GALLERY CEO JOHN HAMPTON, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE, 2311 12th AVE
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=13 ... 6790163231 ]


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 15, 5 pm: SETTLER COLONIALISM, HOLOCAUST WEAPONIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL LAW WITH DR. RAZ SEGAL
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... zeae-e7NsQ? ]


THURSDAY OCTOBER 16, NOON: PUSHING FOR CLIMATE ACTION AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL: STRATEGIES FOR COLLABORATION
How can community groups effectively work with their local governments to push for local climate action?
When community groups organize at the local level, they can catalyze meaningful change. This session will explore how groups across Canada have advanced climate action within their municipalities and built strong relationships with elected officials. We’ll highlight practical strategies for building trust with local governments, identifying champions, and creating partnerships across sectors to move climate solutions forward.

We’ll also hear from Kye Kolody Watt and Sophia Young, who have built Better Bus Youth in Regina, to achieve more accessible transit. They’ll be joined by Councillor Shanon Zachidniak of Regina, who will share her perspective on working with community groups to advance this effort.
And we'll hear from Sunil Singal, an organizer with STAND.EARTH. He will speak to how residents and stakeholders came together to stop the Vancouver council from backtracking on its commitment to ban gas from new builds.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


FRIDAY OCTOBER 17, 12:30 pm: RALLY TO END POVERTY, VICTORIA PARK, SOUTH SIDE, NEAR VICTORIA AVE & ADJACENT TO CORNWALL ST
October 17 is International Day For The Eradication Of Poverty. Please come out to Victoria Park to rally for an end to poverty.


SATURDAY OCTOBER 18, 11 am: CUSJ DEMANDING JUST CARE FOR DISABLED CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
An online gathering by Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice. We will highlight and share Social Justice Actions across Canada by committees and groups, followed by an invited Speaker
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22, NOON-2 pm: NO BUSINESS WITH ISRAELI GENOCIDE, LEGISLATIVE BUILDING
As countries around the world are severing political and economic ties with Israel due to its ongoing genocide of Palestinians, Premier Scott Moe invited Israel’s ambassador to Saskatchewan to discuss deepening economic partnerships and cooperation.
Israel’s economy is in decline, with no signs of recovery, as investors are increasingly distancing themselves. Engaging in business with Israel is not only morally indefensible, it’s also a bad economic decision. Such ties will not only fail to generate profit for our province, they will damage our reputation and harm our relationships with other trading partners.
According to Israeli ambassador Iddo Moed, he saw many “parallels” between Israel and Saskatchewan on his recent visit. Indeed, both places are founded on colonial dispossession and the genocide of Indigenous peoples.
Join us as Premier Scott Moe delivers his Speech from the Throne to demand justice from Treaty 4 to Palestine, and make clear that we want NO BUSINESS WITH ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE.
Organized by Palestine Solidarity Regina
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=12 ... 6204097528 ]


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22, 7 pm: DR. DEIDRE NUNAN, ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON FROM SASKATCHEWAN, ON HER TIME AT NASSER HOSPITAL IN GAZA CITY, KNOX-MET, 2340 VICTORIA AVE
Join us on Oct. 22 to hear the firsthand experiences of Dr. Deirdre Nunan, a Saskatchewan-trained orthopaedic surgeon who has spent much of the past decade working in international humanitarian contexts. She has spent nearly two years working in Gaza, including on three occasions during the past year. She recently returned from working at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. When in Canada, she works in Moose Jaw.
Admission is free. No registration required.
This event is sponsored by Doctors Against Genocide, Palestine Solidarity Regina, Amnesty International Saskatchewan, Regina Peace Council, Regina Public Interest Research Group, Students for Justice in Palestine, Faculty for Palestine, and Regina Making Peace Vigil.


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29, 7 – 9 p,: QUEEN CITY IMPROVEMENT BOO..REAU 10TH ANNIVERSARY LIVE SHOW, ARTESIAN, 2627 13TH AVE
The Queen City Improvement Bureau will be 10 years old this Halloween season. Join us for our big LIVE anniversary show at the Artesian. Admission is by voluntary donation to the Artesian. It'll be a night of spooo-o-oky civics!
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1210132314218265/ ]


THURSDAY OCTOBER 30, 5 pm DOORS OPEN: QUEER & TRANS JUSTICE IN EDUCATION, EDUCATION AUDITORIUM
This event promises to be an engaging and informative session on how to best support 2SLGBTQIA+ youth in schools and is intended for all teachers, pre-service teachers, education support staff, parents/families, and other education community members more broadly, along with University of Regina community members.
The event will include a moderated panel discussion (5:30 pm - 7:15 pm) with Dr. Elizabeth Meyer (Colorado; author of Queer Justice at School: A Guide for Youth Activists, Allies, and Their Teachers), Dr. Qui Alexander (OISE), and Madelaine Enns (Indigenous Teachers for Two-Spirit Youth), followed by a reception (7:30 pm - 8:30 pm).
If you are planning on attending either in-person or online, please RSVP by Wednesday, October 15th. You can register using the following link:
[ https://uregina.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/fo ... 8?Q_CHL=qr ]


WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 5, 7 pm: QUEEN CITY URBANIST BOOK CLUB, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The book that will be discussed as Gentrification Is Inevitable And Other Lies, by Leslie Kern


WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3, 7 pm: QUEEN CITY URBANIST BOOK CLUB, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The book that will be discussed is Places of the Heart, by Colin Ellard


WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7, 7 pm: QUEEN CITY URBANIST BOOK CLUB, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The book that will be discussed is Living Disability, Emily Macrae (ed)


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS

WE FEED CANADA: PERMANENT RESIDENCY FOR FARM & FOOD WORKERS
[ https://migrantworkersalliance.org/wefeedcanada/ ]


STOP BILL C-2. DEFEND OUR HUMAN RIGHTS AND PRIVACY
[ https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/stop-strong-borders-act ]


FOX HOST BRIAN KILMEADE LITERALLY CALLED FOR KILLING HOMELESS PEOPLE ON AIR. HE SHOULD BE FIRED FOR IT.
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/782/531 ... 3517750207 ]


DEMAND BIG TECH, INCLUDING GOOGLE, MICROSOFT, AND AMAZON, CANCEL ALL CONTRACTS WITH ISRAEL’S GOVERNMENT NOW
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/big-t ... -with-idf/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil