MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - October 12, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - October 12, 2025


SONG FOR THE DAY: BATTLE HYMN OF THE DONALD
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAGr6J3ID3Q ]


2 SPECIAL EVENTS

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.


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

REGINA CITY COUNCILLORS DELAY ADOPTION OF SAFE PUBLIC SPACES ACT
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... spaces-act ]


SASK. REIMPOSES MORATORIUM ON CROWN LAND SALES, TAKES DOWN AUCTION LISTINGS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7652323 ]


LACK OF RESTRAINT USE AWARENESS CAUSING HARM IN SASKATCHEWAN
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... 5d939da635 ]


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


VANCOUVER PARK BOARD'S APOLOGY OVER HARRY POTTER EVENT CATCHES J.K. ROWLING'S ATTENTION
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -9.6934732 ]


CANADA POST UNION SAYS IT WILL MOVE FROM NATIONWIDE STRIKE ACTION TO ROTATING STRIKES ON SATURDAY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-p ... -9.6934289 ]


THE GREAT DERANGEMENT: CARNEY, TRUMP AND THE RETURN OF KEYSTONE XL
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/the ... rney-trump ]


THE MAD RUSH FOR ENERGY, MINES, & METALS
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/the-mad-r ... nd-metals/ ]


WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TRUMP’S GOLDEN DOME THREAT, by Steve Staples
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/what-you-ne ... out-trumps ]


TRUMP ADMIN HAS HIRED 100+ ‘FOSSIL FUEL INSIDERS’ TO FILL TOP ENERGY, ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY ROLES
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump ... l-insiders ]


WHY CANADA NEEDS PUBLIC GROCERY STORES
[ https://breachmedia.ca/why-canada-needs ... ry-stores/ ]


WEALTH INEQUALITY IN CANADA
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBkBiv5ZD7s ]


FROM STAGNATION TO INCLUSIVE GROWTH: HOW INCOME INEQUALITY AND DISTRIBUTIONAL IMBALANCES STALL ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CANADA
[ https://perspectivesjournal.ca/stagnation-to-growth/ ]


THE FIGHT FOR SOCIALISM, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxBAzARjTQk ]


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


CUPE HEARS THE PLIGHT OF PALESTINIAN WORKERS AT NATIONAL CONVENTION
[ https://rabble.ca/human-rights/cupe-hea ... Newsletter ]


OCTOBER 7 LEGACY – ISRAEL KILLED 82 PALESTINIANS FOR EVERY ISRAELI KILLED
[ https://judyhaiven.substack.com/p/octob ... -killed-82 ]


AGAIN WE SAY ‘CEASEFIRE’ AND ‘FREE PALESTINE’
[ https://www.ijvcanada.org/again-we-say- ... palestine/ ]


NOW THAT A GAZA CEASEFIRE HAS BEEN REACHED, WILL TRUMP FORCE ISRAEL TO END THE GENOCIDE?
[ https://therealnews.com/will-trump-forc ... e-genocide ]


PALESTINIAN CIVIL SOCIETY REACTS TO THE TRUMP-NETANYAHU GENOCIDAL PLAN
[ https://socialistproject.ca/2025/10/pal ... idal-plan/ ]


WITH A POSSIBLE CEASEFIRE, CANADA MUST ENSURE ISRAEL DOES NOT RESUME GENOCIDE
[ https://www.cjpme.org/2025_10_09_ceasefire ]


AFTER GAZA CEASEFIRE, “MASSIVE POLITICAL PRESSURE” NEEDED TO PREVENT ISRAEL FROM RESTARTING THE WAR
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/10 ... efire_deal ]


HALF A MILLION MARCH IN LONDON FOR PALESTINE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izddWXUuQ9g ]


‘WE MUST KEEP THE PRESSURE ON’: HUMANITARIANS SAY CEASEFIRE DOESN’T ERASE GAZA GENOCIDE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza- ... untability ]


TRUMP’S SHAM PEACE PLAN, by Chris Hedges
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/trum ... peace-plan ]


THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS RETURN TO GAZA CITY TO FIND A WASTELAND OF RUBBLE
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/displace ... and-rubble ]


“WE MAY HAVE SURVIVED PHYSICALLY, BUT WE HAVEN'T SURVIVED MENTALLY.” FIVE GAZA JOURNALISTS REFLECT ON THE TOLL OF THE GENOCIDE AS THE CEASEFIRE TAKES EFFECT.
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-jou ... e-genocide ]


SUDAN, THE GENOCIDE NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT
[ https://leftymorrill.substack.com/p/the ... king-about ]


TRUMP’S ORWELLIAN MILITARIZATION OF AMERICAN CITIES
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/9/ ... can_cities ]


NOBEL COMMITTEE TRIED ITS BEST TO GIVE TRUMP A PEACE PRIZE
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/nobel-commit ... ace-prize/ ]


2025 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR ANTI-MADURO LEADER MARÍA CORINA MACHADO “OPPOSITE OF PEACE”
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/10 ... eace_prize ]


VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION LEADER DEDICATES NOBEL PRIZE TO TRUMP FOR ‘DECISIVE SUPPORT’
[ https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/1 ... n-00601967 ]


‘PEACE’ HAS NO MEANING WHEN RIGHT-WINGERS LIKE MARIA CORINA MACHADO WIN THE NOBEL PRIZE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/pe ... obel-prize ]


DC/DOX FESTIVAL KICKS OFF WITH ROUSING DOCUMENETARY ON AMY GOODMAN DEMOCRACY NOW! HOST WHO GIVES VOICE TO PEOPLE ‘OUTSIDE THE FRAME’
[ https://deadline.com/2025/06/steal-this ... 236434009/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

SUNDAY OCTOBER 12, 10 am: DOCTORS AGAINST GENOCIDE-- DELIVERING CARE UNDER FIRE: GAZA, CONGO, AND SUDAN, CEASEFIRE FIRST, JUSTICE ALWAYS
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... m750Nc6iFg ]


TUESDAY OCTOBER 14, 6 pm: MASS ORGANIZING CALL FOR AVI LEWIS
Join Naomi Klein, Avi’s partner in life and movement-building and author of books like The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything, Anjali Appadurai, an inspiring climate justice champion, and speakers from the labour and Palestinian solidarity movement.
[ https://act.lewisforleader.ca/organizercall ]


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 15, 11:30 am – 5 pm: TOUR OF WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND WALK NICOLLE FLATS
*Safety equipment required and supplied. State boot size in registration.
LOCATION OF EVENT: Bus 11:30 am from near Chop at Southland Mall to Buffalo Pound Lake, return by 5:00pm
Fee $40.00 (payment details with registration)
REGISTRATION by 4:00pm Monday Oct 13: stsreginaadvocacy@gmail.com or 306-550-4110
The Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant tour will provide a deeper understanding of the processes involved to supply more than 270,000 people in Regina, Moose Jaw and area with safe drinking water 24/7. See firsthand the improvements in the $325 million renewal project. Next at your pace, enjoy the natural beauty of Nicolle Flats Interpretive Area


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 15, 4:30 pm: POWERING CHANGE—COOPERATIVES & RENEWABLE ENERGY PANEL
[ https://www.cecooperative.ca/civicrm/ev ... =5&reset=1 ]


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


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 15, 7 pm: HOMES FOR ALL STRATEGY CALL
[ https://you.leadnow.ca/events/homes-for ... izing-call ]


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 ]


TUESDAY OCTOBER 21, 5 pm: STOP THE US/ISRAEL/NATO WAR DRIVE ON WEST ASIA!
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22, 11 am: STOP THE WAR ON THE POOR, UNITE AGAINST POVERTY—ANTI-AUSTERITY DEMONSTRATION ON FIRST DAY OF THE FALL LEGISLATIVE SESSION, LEGISLATIVE BUILDING


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22, NOON-2 pm: NO BUSINESS WITH ISRAELI GENOCIDE, LEGISLATIVE BUILDING (Lunch will be served at 12.)
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, 5 pm: IS UKRAINE HEADED FOR PEACE OR NUCLEAR WAR?
[ https://secure.everyaction.com/N7cAw2B6dkaU8bPrqWL2tw2 ]


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.


THURSDAY OCTOBER 23, 5 PM: JOIN OUR ONE-HOUR WEBINAR REVEALING THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY’S HIDDEN TACTICS AND HOW TO RECOGNIZE THEM
Featuring Regina’s own Emily Eaton, along with Martin Lukacs, Breach journalist; Mary Stewart, Climate Justice Advocate; and Emilia Bellliveau, Environmental Defence
[ https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/pag ... id=8598389 ]


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/ ]


WEDNESDAY OCTORBER 29, 7 pm: REPORT BACK FROM CHINA BY REGINA PEACE COUNCIL MEMBER MATT GEHL, SENIOR CENTRE, 2404 ELPHINSTONE ST
In September Matt Gehl represented the Regina Peace Council at an international peace conference in China commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Chinese people's war of resistance against Japanese aggression and the end of the global anti-fascist war. Matt also toured China at the invitation of the Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament.
Matt will report back on the conference and his impressions of China. For more information please contact Ed at: 306 718 8010


THURSDAY OCTOBER 30, 5 pm DOORS OPEN: QUEER & TRANS JUSTICE IN EDUCTION, 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 is 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

STOP OIL AND GAS COMPANIES FROM POLLUTING RECORD-BREAKING AMOUNTS OF FRESHWATER IN B.C
[ https://act.stand.earth/page/89100/action/1 ]


THE UK AND FORMER EUROPEAN COLONIAL POWERS MUST APOLOGISE FOR CHATTEL SLAVERY IN THE CARIBBEAN
[ https://repaircampaign.org/go/sign/ ]


CANADA MUST PROTECT CIVILIANS IN GAZA
[ https://www.justiceforallcanada.org/cea ... e931817837 ]


TELL THE NOBEL COMMITTEE: THE PEACE PRIZE BELONGS TO GAZA’S JOURNALISTS, NOT MARIA CORINA MACHADO
[ https://www.codepink.org/gazaprize?utm_ ... e=codepink ]


DEMAND THAT MARIO BE ALLOWED TO COME HOME AND THE FREE PRESS BE PROTECTED!
[ https://actionnetwork.org/forms/demand- ... io-guevara ]


- Making Peace Vigil