MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 18, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 18, 2025


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

REGINA CITY COUNCIL APPROVES POLICE BUDGET INCREASE TO $131M—BOO!
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.7015063 ]


CITY COUNCIL GRANTS $7.2M INCREASE TO 2026 BUDGET FOR REGINA POLICE SERVICE—BOO again!
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... ce-service ]


PUBLIC PLEADS AGAINST AUSTERITY CUTS IN REGINA’S 2026 BUDGET
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... 026-budget ]


‘TAKE THE MEDICINE NOW’: DELEGATES DEBATE HIGH MILL RATE FORECAST IN REGINA BUDGET
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.7018491 ]


MAYOR BACHYNSKI PROPOSES 2026 MILL RATE INCREASE OF 10.73 PER CENT IN REGINA BUDGET DEBATE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.7019530 ]


TAXING FOOD IS LIKE SLAPPING A SURCHARGE ON HUNGER
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... 09b98c500d ]


'I WAS FULLY IGNORED': THIS WOMAN'S MEDICAL EMERGENCY IN ONTARIO JAIL REFLECTS BROADER HEALTH-CARE CRISIS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario- ... -9.7012663 ]


YOUNG CANADIANS ARE THE “UNHAPPIEST” GENERATION SINCE 2011
[ https://www.muslimnetwork.tv/young-cana ... 90d5a7cc2c ]


YVES ENGLER: FROM A CAMPAIGN FOR LEADERSHIP OF THE CANADIAN NDP TO A PROTEST CAMPAIGN
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/12/yves- ... -campaign/ ]


CANADA’S BIG BANKS ARE A ‘CULPRIT’ DRIVING HOUSING PRICES OUT OF CONTROL
[ https://breachmedia.ca/canadas-big-bank ... f-control/ ]


VACANT UPSCALE NORTH TORONTO HOMES SHOULD HOUSE LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, ADVOCATES SAY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ ... -9.7012473 ]


WHY CO-OPS ARE THE SOLUTION TO OUR HOUSING CRISIS
[ https://thewalrus.ca/why-co-ops-are-the ... ng-crisis/ ]


HOMELESSNESS IS ABOUT AFFORDABILITY: THE HOUSING CRISIS IN THE NEW GILDED AGE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/16 ... or_patrick ]


CANADA RANKS 8TH IN THE WORLD FOR HIGHEST HOMELESS POPULATION
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=399 ... 0812678097 ]


MUSLIM COUNCIL SOUNDS ALARM AFTER ALLEGED ISLAMOPHOBIC ATTACK ON MONTREAL UBER DRIVER
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal ... -9.7018977 ]


WHO ACTUALLY OWNS CANADIAN MEDIA?
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/email/e123 ... 877b69136/ ]


WHITE NATIONALISM IS GAINING GROUND IN CANADA
[ https://thewalrus.ca/far-right-extremism-is-here/ ]


LIBERAL, NDP MPs TO VISIT WEST BANK, CONNECT WITH PALESTINIANS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadi ... -9.7015201 ]


CANADIAN MPs BARRED FROM OCCUPIED WEST BANK | TAHA GHAYYUR'S EXCLUSIVE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCAQLxLYh7M ]


ISRAEL DENIES ENTRY TO CANADIAN CIVIL SOCIETY DELEGATION VISITNG WEST BANK
[ https://www.justiceforallcanada.org/sta ... c2025.html ]


GAZA’S WINTER EMERGENCY AND WORLDWIDE ATROCITIES
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxp1vyLrp84 ]


HOMELESS AND STARVING, GAZA STRUGGLES AGAINST WINTER AND RAIN
[ https://www.muslimnetwork.tv/homeless-a ... -and-rain/ ]


REBRANDING GENOCIDE, by Chris Hedges
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/rebranding-genocide ]


‘DEPRAVED RESPONSE TO A DEPRAVED ACT’: NETANYAHU BLAMES ATTACK ON AUSTRALIA RECOGNIZING PALESTINE
[ https://therealnews.com/netanyahu-blame ... -palestine ]


GENOA GENERAL STRIKE AGAINST MELONI MILITARISM & ARMING GENOCIDE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQaSeAtsboQ ]


ISRAEL SECURES RECORD GAS DEAL WITH EGYPT AND RECORD ARMS DEAL WITH GERMANY; U.S. AIRSTRIKE ON ANOTHER BOAT IN PACIFIC KILLS FOUR
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-e ... site-daily ]


A COMPLICATED SETTLEMENT FOR UKRAINE? by Seymour Hersh
[ https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/a-c ... or-ukraine ]


VENEZUELA AND THE CHALLENGE OF INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
[ https://therealnews.com/venezuela-and-t ... solidarity ]


A PATH TO WWIII? GREG GRANDIN ON VENEZUELA, TRUMP’S “MADMAN DOCTRINE”
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/17/greg_grandin ]

ASSANGE SUES NOBEL FOUNDATION TO STOP WAR-PROMOTING MACHADO FROM RECEIVING PEACE PRIZE CASH
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/assan ... ze-lawsuit ]


SWEDEN BROKE OWN LAWS WITH NOBEL PRIZE TO VENEZUELA’S MACHADO, by Julian Assange
[ https://thegrayzone.substack.com/p/juli ... e-own-laws ]


TRUMP’S TERRIFYING NEW SECURITY DOCTRINE TURNS CANADA INTO A TARGET
[ https://thewalrus.ca/trumps-terrifying- ... o-targets/ ]


TRUMP IS PUTTING U.S. ON PATH TO WORLD WAR III
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-world-war-iii ]


‘UNQUESTIONABLY AN ACT OF WAR’: TRUMP DECLARES NAVAL BLOCKADE AGAINST VENEZUELA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/unque ... -venezuela ]


TRUMP’S MONROE DOCTRINE 2.0 OUTLINES IMPERIAL INTENTIONS FOR LATIN AMERICA
[ https://therealnews.com/trumps-monroe-d ... in-america ]


RED SCARES—AND A BLUE SCARE?
[ https://substack.com/inbox/post/180624254 ]


ANTONY LOEWENSTEIN ON THE HANUKKAH MASSACRE IN SYDNEY & THE MUSLIM FOOD VENDOR WHO SAVED LIVES
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/15 ... _australia ]


“I.C.E. WAS HERE”: PARISH STANDS FIRM AMID LOCAL RAIDS—A model for resistance!
[ https://masspeaceaction.org/news/democr ... 025/12/17/ ]


NEW YORK, ‘PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS FROM ICE’
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/12/new-y ... -from-ice/ ]


STOP NUCLEAR ARMS RACE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFwd1zqf9fw ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

DECEMBER 18, 6 pm: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF MIGRANTS FILM SCREENING - MY FRIEND OMAR: THE STRUGGLES OF A SEASONAL WORKER
[ https://nfu-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register ... D8KyM_PtDg ]


THURSDAY DECEMBER 18, 7 pm: MOSTAFA HENAWAY AND AVI LEWIS FOR OUR THIRD SOLIDARITY SESSION, ON DEFENDING THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS.
[ https://act.lewisforleader.ca/solidarit ... id=1165332 ]


WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7, 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 FEBRUARY 4, 7 pm: QUEEN CITY URBANIST BOOK CLUB, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The book that will be discussed is Messy Cities, by Dylan Reid, Zahra Ebrahim, Leslie Woo, and John Lorinc


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS

SAVE THE REGINA FLORAL CONSERVATORY. DON’T LET THIS COMMUNITY TREASURE CLOSE
[ https://www.change.org/p/save-the-regin ... sure-close ]


LET YVES ENGLER RUN
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/feder ... rect_link& ]


TELL-THE-FEDERAL-GOVERNMENT-TO-REJECT-A-NEW-PIPELINE-AND-UPHOLD-CANADA’S-TANKER-BAN-AND-CLIMATE-WINS
[ https://ecojustice.ca/take-action/tell- ... mate-wins/ ]


CANADA: SANCTION ISRAEL NOW
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/sanct ... rect_link& ]


SANCTION THE WORLD ZIONIST ORGANIZATION
[ https://www.cjpme.org/world_zionist_organization ]


TELL AMAZON: COME TO THE TABLE WITH AMAZON LABOR UNION
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... r-union-4/ ]


HANDS OFF SUDAN!
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/hands-off-su ... ar_id=true ]


- Making Peace Vigil