MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 4, 2026
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2026 5:48 pmMAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 4, 2026
SPECIAL EVENT: FRIDAY JUNE 5, 9 am: PRIDE FOR THE PEOPLE DEMONSTRATION, REGINA CITY HALL COURTYARD
[ https://www.facebook.com/story.php?stor ... TF9LimwR1# ]
SPECIAL ACTION: WEDNESDAY JUNE 10, 1 pm: MEETING OF REGINA CITY COUNCIL, TRANSIT FARES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ON THE AGENDA
Show your support for the extension to all Regina high school students of the pilot program which provided fare free transit for students at F.W. Johnson Collegiate for a four month trial by giving a presentation or simply being present.
[ https://www.620ckrm.com/2026/05/27/regi ... -students/ ]
[ https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/r ... rter-fees/ ]
[ https://ca.news.yahoo.com/free-citywide ... 39292.html ]
To register to speak: [ https://www.regina.ca/city-government/ city-council/council-meetings/ ]
Registration must take place by noon on Monday June 8. Presentations can be no longer than 5 minutes.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: JULY 1, TATANGA (BUFFALOT) DAY, BUFFALO MEADOWS PARK, 8TH AVENUE, BETWEEN MONAGUE AND ATHOL STREETS
For more information, text the volunteer co-ordinator: 306-537-0796
GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING:
FROM ASH TO ART: EXHIBIT SHOWS AFTERMATH OF MAJOR SASK. WILDFIRE ON ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... -wildfires ]
WHAT IS A 'FLOATING WETLAND' AND WHY ARE THEY BEING ADDED TO REGINA'S STORM PONDS?
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... torm-ponds ]
SASKATOON DELIVERY DRIVERS WALK OFF THE JOB ALLEGING UNSAFE WORKING CONDITIONS, REPEATED PAY CUTS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -9.7195937 ]
PRAIRIE HARM'S DEMISE: HOW PHR'S CLOSURE RIPPLED ACROSS THE CITY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -9.7218543 ]
FIRST NATIONS LEADERS BACK MANITOBA PREMIER WAB KINEW’S STANCE ON TREATY RIGHTS
[ https://www.readtheorchard.org/p/first- ... dium=email ]
FAMILY SEEKS ANSWERS AFTER DEATH OF FIRST NATIONS GIRL TWICE DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL WITH BROKEN ARM
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba ... -9.7191500 ]
RELAY RUN CONTINUES ADVOCACY FOR MMIWG2S ALONG B.C.'S HIGHWAY OF TEARS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/advo ... -9.7221126 ]
TIM HORTONS HIRING PUSH PITS WORKERS AGAINST EACH OTHER, ADVOCATES SAY
[ https://broadview.org/tim-hortons-local ... -campaign/ ]
EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE HELPING FEWER CANADIANS AS WORKFORCE SHIFTS TO GIG WORK, PART-TIME JOBS, NEW REPORT FINDS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ ... -9.7218767 ]
‘I WOULD STARVE TO DEATH’: NOVA SCOTIA’S HOMELESS SHELTERS FEEL THE PRESSURE, AS DONATIONS DROP
[ https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/i ... ions-drop/ ]
MASSIVE SOLAR FARM PROPOSAL PROMISES 150 MW OF CLEAN ENERGY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brun ... -9.7191475 ]
CANADIANS CALL FOR HEAVY AI REGULATION, BUT THREE-QUARTERS DOUBT ANY GOVERNMENT CAN KEEP UP WITH THE TECHNOLOGY
[ https://angusreid.org/ai-regulation-canada/ ]
THE DANGER OF UNREGULATED AI, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/the ... gulated-ai ]
FROM UNIVERSITIES TO THE VATICAN, THE AI BACKLASH CAN’T BE IGNORED
[ https://www.thenation.com/article/polit ... esistance/ ]
BIG NUCLEAR PLAN LEAVES SMALL TOWN WRESTLING WITH RADIOACTIVE PAST
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwtuMzAZe8U ]
CANADA POVERTY REPORT
[ https://foodbankscanada.ca/poverty-report-card/ ]
CENTRAL CANADIAN ELITES ALSO TO BLAME FOR SEPARATIST MOVEMENT
[ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion ... ependence/ ]
THEY FLED IRAN AFTER YEARS OF FEAR AND PROTEST. CANADA'S NEW ASYLUM LAW HAS PUT THEM IN LIMBO—Looks like Canada is taking the US as its model: BOO!!
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/asylum-l ... -9.7208449 ]
PROTESTERS OUT IN FORCE TO DEMONSTRATE AGAINST CANSEC ARMS SHOW
[ https://ottawacitizen.com/public-servic ... -arms-show ]
CANADA SPENDING $2.6 BILLION ON US MISSILE SYSTEM USED TO BOMB IRAN
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/email/5b72 ... e3ef8ec24/ ]
TRUMP RENEWS 51ST STATE THREAT DESPITE CARNEY’S EFFORTS TO APPEASE MAGA
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/trump-rene ... ease-maga/ ]
“THE OVERSEER CLASS”: STEVEN THRASHER ON BLACK COPS, PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTS, DEI & MORE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/2/steven_thrasher ]
GERMANY IS LEADING EUROPE TOWARD WORLD WAR III, with Jeffrey Sachs
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgOJXWqk0io ]
UKRAINE WAR ESCALATES, NUCLEAR DANGER GROWS
[ https://masspeaceaction.org/news/ukrain ... 026/06/02/ ]
CEASEFIRE IS A JOKE’: ISRAELI SOLDIERS RECOUNT ONGOING INDISCRIMINATE KILLINGS IN GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... violations ]
‘EITHER LEAVE RIGHT NOW OR YOU DIE’ ISRAEL’S ETHNIC CLEANSING OF A VILLAGE IN LEBANON
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/lebanon- ... ment-trump ]
SATELLITE ANALYSIS SHOWS ‘OVERT TERRITORIAL AMBITIONS’ OF ISRAEL IN GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/idf-bases-inside-gaza ]
IRAN SUSPENDS U.S. TALKS AS ISRAEL KILLS 8 MORE IN LEBANON & EXPANDS OCCUPATION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/2/l ... srael_iran ]
TRUMP’S IRANIAN NIGHTMARE
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/trum ... re-read-by ]
A WAR WITH NO END IN SIGHT, with Seymour Hirsh
[ https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/a-w ... d-in-sight ]
PRISONERS’ GROUPS: MORE THAN 9,600 PALESTINIANS HELD IN ISRAELI PRISONS
[ https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/169453 ]
INTERVIEW WITH COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT GUSTAVO PETRO
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY-JxKSYCEk&t=161s ]
‘DISTURBING TREND OF LAWLESSNESS’: UN EXPERTS DENOUNCE TRUMP’S COERCIVE BRUTALIZATION OF CUBAN PEOPLE
[ https://therealnews.com/un-experts-deno ... ban-people ]
“MURDER AS POLICY”: AMNESTY INT’L DECRIES U.S. STRIKES ON LATIN AMERICAN BOATS AS DEATH TOLL TOPS 200
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/2/us_boat_strikes ]
‘ABSOLUTELY CRAZY’: HORROR AS TRUMP MOVES TO DISMANTLE CRUCIAL OCEAN MONITORING SYSTEM
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/subsu ... monitoring ]
CAPITALISM CAN’T BE FIXED
[ https://www.youtube.com/live/PooFxcFQ-GY ]
THE US MILITARY MACHINE IS DETROYING OUR PLANET
[ https://therealnews.com/abby-martin-the ... our-planet ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
THURSDAY JUNE 4, NOON: UNBROKEN NATIONS, ACCOUNTABLE SYSTEMS: ADVANCING NATIONAL STANDARDS IN INDIGENOUS WOMEN’S HIV & STBBI WELLNESS CARE
[ https://uregina-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi ... gistration ]
THURSDAY JUNE 4, 2 pm: ORGANIZING CLIMATE FUTURES,
Join us for a conversation exploring what land defense campaigns teach us about the fight for just and livable climate futures, and what we have learned through movement organizing. Bringing together Indigenous organizers and land defenders from across so-called Canada, this discussion will hold space for powerful and important conversations on what makes organizing climate futures possible.
[ https://www.indigenousclimateaction.com ... -campaigns ]
FRIDAY JUNE 5, 9 am: PRIDE FOR THE PEOPLE DEMONSTRATION, REGINA CITY HALL COURTYARD
[ https://www.facebook.com/story.php?stor ... TF9LimwR1# ]
POSTPONED: FRIDAY JUNE 5, NOON: END THE 500 YEAR WAR AGAINST AFRICA NOW
[ https://actionnetwork.org/events/end-wa ... frica-now/ ]
SATURDAY JUNE 6, 10 AM: APARTHEID-FREE TURNS 3: HOW COMMUNITIES ACROSS TURTLE ISLAND ARE CUTTING TIES WITH ISRAELI APARTHEID
[ https://www.mobilize.us/us-palestineact ... nt/950134/ ]
SATURDAY JUNE 6, 1 pm: HELP STOP AI DATA CENTRES—JOIN FEDERAL NEW DEMOCRATS FROM ACROSS REGINA TO GO DOORKNOCKING THIS WEEKEND, PAUSE FOR COFFEE, 3434 13TH AVE
We will be canvassing with a petition to stop AI data centre development until there proper guidelines in place to regulate the industry. Our energy, our water, and our data sovereignty must serve Canadians first.
[ https://www.ndp.ca/regina-june-day-of-action ]
MONDAY JUNE 8, 11 am: DISABILITY WITHOUT POVERTY
[ https://plan-9.hubspotpagebuilder.com/five-years-of-dwp ]
MONDAY JUNE 8, 7 pm: WHEN THE FOREST BREATHES—A WEBINAR WITH SUZANNE SIMARD
[ https://sierraclub.bc.ca/our-work/re-co ... ne-simard/ ]
WEDNESDAY JUNE 10, 6 pm: ASSESSING CANADA’S INVESTMENT IN SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Canada (IPPNWC) is joined by MV Ramana and Gordon Edwards for a discussion on Assessing Canada’s investments in Small Modular Nuclear Reactors.
[ https://zoom.us/meeting/register/IiqHA5 ... gistration ]
WEDNESDAY JUNE 10, 7-9 pm: WORD UP PRIDE NIGHT, ARTESIAN, 2627 13TH AVE
Our spoken word events offer a chance to gather with community and share stories, poems and words that make us laugh, or cry, or any emotion in between. Sign up for the open mic starting at 6:30 pm, with spots limited to 12 poets.
About our featured poet:
fanny kearse is a Black, Queer, Jewish, Disabled human whose multidisciplinary practice spans performance, writing, and curation. A recovering people pleaser, late bloomer, dreamer, and community tender, their art traces pathways of self-reclamation; where grief becomes a guide, pain opens portals to the divine, and room is made for the joy of unbecoming. They won the Harold Green Theatre Monologue Competition in 2021, published their first book of poetry & prose, umi's prayer in 2023 and co-produced the Telus Storyhive docuseries, Glimmers in 2025. fanny is an artist-in-residence at Maquinna elementary school, a board member with Curtain Razors Art Collective, All Bodies Dance Project, and Black & Rural Arts and is an organizer of transcendental community gatherings. she is living out the wildest of her dreams with her co-creator at life & art, Que, on the unceded, unsurrendered territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ Nations. Bring your friends and your poems! See you there!
THURSDAY JUNE 11, 11 am: KAIROS LEADERSHIP SEMINAR ON INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
[ https://secure.kairoscanada.org/civicrm ... =440&cid=0 ]
FRIDAY JUNE 12, 7 pm: MUSIC FOR PALESTINE, FEATURING ALBERT VON LEDEBUR, ABSTRACTIONS CAFÉ, 2161 ROSE ST
Performers include Jeff Mertick, Cullen Angus, Beya, Deadwood Ted, Tobrey Weston, Ariana Giroux, and Albert Von Ledebur. All money raised split between Palestine Children's Relief Fund and Gaza Soup Kitchen, two incredible organizations! Free admission, all ages.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1496499225279297/ ]
MONDAY JUNE 15, 7 pm: META(L) CUP REVISTED—A PERFORMANCE INSTALLATION BY JEANNIE MAH, NEW DANCE HORIZONS. 2207 HARVEY ST
[ https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/s ... eannie-mah ]
TUESDAY JUNE 16, 11 am: THE WATERLOO RULING: WHAT IT MEANS FOR HOMELESSNESS AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY IN CANADA
In a landmark ruling in Waterloo, a judgement from the Ontario Superior Court has declared that discriminatory treatment of people experiencing homelessness is a violation of equality rights under the Charter of Rights & Freedoms. If upheld, this precedent-setting ruling establishes that government inaction on homelessness could no longer be legally defensible.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
WEDNESDAY JUNE 17 – SATURDAY JUNE 20, THE BIG BOOK SALE, HIGHLAND CURLING CLUB, 11 am – 4 pm
[ https://www.seniorsuniversitygroup.ca/bigbooksale ]
SUNDAY JUNE 21, 10 am – 1 pm: CELEBRATE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S DAY, VICTORIA PARK
[ https://mcos.ca/calendar/national-indig ... oples-day/ ]
NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:
TELL THE CARNEY GOVERNMENT TO IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENT A 75% TAX ON THE EXCESS PROFITS OF FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES.
[ https://350.org/canada/theyprofitwepay? ... A&c=NA#act ]
ELBOWS UP FOR NATURE
[ https://cpaws.org/elbows-up-for-nature/ ]
TELL AMAZON’S VP OF WORKPLACE SAFTEY: LET YOUR WORKERS CALL 9/11
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... -call-911/ ]
SHUT DOWN FAMILY DETENTION CENTRES
[ https://act.amnestyusa.org/page/192486/action/1 ]
BOATS ARE KILLING RIGHT WHALES. STOP TRUMP’S VESSEL SPEED LIMIT ROLLBACK
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/boat- ... -rollback/ ]
- Making Peace Vigil
SPECIAL EVENT: FRIDAY JUNE 5, 9 am: PRIDE FOR THE PEOPLE DEMONSTRATION, REGINA CITY HALL COURTYARD
[ https://www.facebook.com/story.php?stor ... TF9LimwR1# ]
SPECIAL ACTION: WEDNESDAY JUNE 10, 1 pm: MEETING OF REGINA CITY COUNCIL, TRANSIT FARES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ON THE AGENDA
Show your support for the extension to all Regina high school students of the pilot program which provided fare free transit for students at F.W. Johnson Collegiate for a four month trial by giving a presentation or simply being present.
[ https://www.620ckrm.com/2026/05/27/regi ... -students/ ]
[ https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/r ... rter-fees/ ]
[ https://ca.news.yahoo.com/free-citywide ... 39292.html ]
To register to speak: [ https://www.regina.ca/city-government/ city-council/council-meetings/ ]
Registration must take place by noon on Monday June 8. Presentations can be no longer than 5 minutes.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: JULY 1, TATANGA (BUFFALOT) DAY, BUFFALO MEADOWS PARK, 8TH AVENUE, BETWEEN MONAGUE AND ATHOL STREETS
For more information, text the volunteer co-ordinator: 306-537-0796
GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING:
FROM ASH TO ART: EXHIBIT SHOWS AFTERMATH OF MAJOR SASK. WILDFIRE ON ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... -wildfires ]
WHAT IS A 'FLOATING WETLAND' AND WHY ARE THEY BEING ADDED TO REGINA'S STORM PONDS?
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... torm-ponds ]
SASKATOON DELIVERY DRIVERS WALK OFF THE JOB ALLEGING UNSAFE WORKING CONDITIONS, REPEATED PAY CUTS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -9.7195937 ]
PRAIRIE HARM'S DEMISE: HOW PHR'S CLOSURE RIPPLED ACROSS THE CITY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -9.7218543 ]
FIRST NATIONS LEADERS BACK MANITOBA PREMIER WAB KINEW’S STANCE ON TREATY RIGHTS
[ https://www.readtheorchard.org/p/first- ... dium=email ]
FAMILY SEEKS ANSWERS AFTER DEATH OF FIRST NATIONS GIRL TWICE DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL WITH BROKEN ARM
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba ... -9.7191500 ]
RELAY RUN CONTINUES ADVOCACY FOR MMIWG2S ALONG B.C.'S HIGHWAY OF TEARS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/advo ... -9.7221126 ]
TIM HORTONS HIRING PUSH PITS WORKERS AGAINST EACH OTHER, ADVOCATES SAY
[ https://broadview.org/tim-hortons-local ... -campaign/ ]
EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE HELPING FEWER CANADIANS AS WORKFORCE SHIFTS TO GIG WORK, PART-TIME JOBS, NEW REPORT FINDS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ ... -9.7218767 ]
‘I WOULD STARVE TO DEATH’: NOVA SCOTIA’S HOMELESS SHELTERS FEEL THE PRESSURE, AS DONATIONS DROP
[ https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/i ... ions-drop/ ]
MASSIVE SOLAR FARM PROPOSAL PROMISES 150 MW OF CLEAN ENERGY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brun ... -9.7191475 ]
CANADIANS CALL FOR HEAVY AI REGULATION, BUT THREE-QUARTERS DOUBT ANY GOVERNMENT CAN KEEP UP WITH THE TECHNOLOGY
[ https://angusreid.org/ai-regulation-canada/ ]
THE DANGER OF UNREGULATED AI, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/the ... gulated-ai ]
FROM UNIVERSITIES TO THE VATICAN, THE AI BACKLASH CAN’T BE IGNORED
[ https://www.thenation.com/article/polit ... esistance/ ]
BIG NUCLEAR PLAN LEAVES SMALL TOWN WRESTLING WITH RADIOACTIVE PAST
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwtuMzAZe8U ]
CANADA POVERTY REPORT
[ https://foodbankscanada.ca/poverty-report-card/ ]
CENTRAL CANADIAN ELITES ALSO TO BLAME FOR SEPARATIST MOVEMENT
[ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion ... ependence/ ]
THEY FLED IRAN AFTER YEARS OF FEAR AND PROTEST. CANADA'S NEW ASYLUM LAW HAS PUT THEM IN LIMBO—Looks like Canada is taking the US as its model: BOO!!
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/asylum-l ... -9.7208449 ]
PROTESTERS OUT IN FORCE TO DEMONSTRATE AGAINST CANSEC ARMS SHOW
[ https://ottawacitizen.com/public-servic ... -arms-show ]
CANADA SPENDING $2.6 BILLION ON US MISSILE SYSTEM USED TO BOMB IRAN
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/email/5b72 ... e3ef8ec24/ ]
TRUMP RENEWS 51ST STATE THREAT DESPITE CARNEY’S EFFORTS TO APPEASE MAGA
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/trump-rene ... ease-maga/ ]
“THE OVERSEER CLASS”: STEVEN THRASHER ON BLACK COPS, PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTS, DEI & MORE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/2/steven_thrasher ]
GERMANY IS LEADING EUROPE TOWARD WORLD WAR III, with Jeffrey Sachs
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgOJXWqk0io ]
UKRAINE WAR ESCALATES, NUCLEAR DANGER GROWS
[ https://masspeaceaction.org/news/ukrain ... 026/06/02/ ]
CEASEFIRE IS A JOKE’: ISRAELI SOLDIERS RECOUNT ONGOING INDISCRIMINATE KILLINGS IN GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... violations ]
‘EITHER LEAVE RIGHT NOW OR YOU DIE’ ISRAEL’S ETHNIC CLEANSING OF A VILLAGE IN LEBANON
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/lebanon- ... ment-trump ]
SATELLITE ANALYSIS SHOWS ‘OVERT TERRITORIAL AMBITIONS’ OF ISRAEL IN GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/idf-bases-inside-gaza ]
IRAN SUSPENDS U.S. TALKS AS ISRAEL KILLS 8 MORE IN LEBANON & EXPANDS OCCUPATION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/2/l ... srael_iran ]
TRUMP’S IRANIAN NIGHTMARE
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/trum ... re-read-by ]
A WAR WITH NO END IN SIGHT, with Seymour Hirsh
[ https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/a-w ... d-in-sight ]
PRISONERS’ GROUPS: MORE THAN 9,600 PALESTINIANS HELD IN ISRAELI PRISONS
[ https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/169453 ]
INTERVIEW WITH COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT GUSTAVO PETRO
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY-JxKSYCEk&t=161s ]
‘DISTURBING TREND OF LAWLESSNESS’: UN EXPERTS DENOUNCE TRUMP’S COERCIVE BRUTALIZATION OF CUBAN PEOPLE
[ https://therealnews.com/un-experts-deno ... ban-people ]
“MURDER AS POLICY”: AMNESTY INT’L DECRIES U.S. STRIKES ON LATIN AMERICAN BOATS AS DEATH TOLL TOPS 200
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/2/us_boat_strikes ]
‘ABSOLUTELY CRAZY’: HORROR AS TRUMP MOVES TO DISMANTLE CRUCIAL OCEAN MONITORING SYSTEM
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/subsu ... monitoring ]
CAPITALISM CAN’T BE FIXED
[ https://www.youtube.com/live/PooFxcFQ-GY ]
THE US MILITARY MACHINE IS DETROYING OUR PLANET
[ https://therealnews.com/abby-martin-the ... our-planet ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
THURSDAY JUNE 4, NOON: UNBROKEN NATIONS, ACCOUNTABLE SYSTEMS: ADVANCING NATIONAL STANDARDS IN INDIGENOUS WOMEN’S HIV & STBBI WELLNESS CARE
[ https://uregina-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi ... gistration ]
THURSDAY JUNE 4, 2 pm: ORGANIZING CLIMATE FUTURES,
Join us for a conversation exploring what land defense campaigns teach us about the fight for just and livable climate futures, and what we have learned through movement organizing. Bringing together Indigenous organizers and land defenders from across so-called Canada, this discussion will hold space for powerful and important conversations on what makes organizing climate futures possible.
[ https://www.indigenousclimateaction.com ... -campaigns ]
FRIDAY JUNE 5, 9 am: PRIDE FOR THE PEOPLE DEMONSTRATION, REGINA CITY HALL COURTYARD
[ https://www.facebook.com/story.php?stor ... TF9LimwR1# ]
POSTPONED: FRIDAY JUNE 5, NOON: END THE 500 YEAR WAR AGAINST AFRICA NOW
[ https://actionnetwork.org/events/end-wa ... frica-now/ ]
SATURDAY JUNE 6, 10 AM: APARTHEID-FREE TURNS 3: HOW COMMUNITIES ACROSS TURTLE ISLAND ARE CUTTING TIES WITH ISRAELI APARTHEID
[ https://www.mobilize.us/us-palestineact ... nt/950134/ ]
SATURDAY JUNE 6, 1 pm: HELP STOP AI DATA CENTRES—JOIN FEDERAL NEW DEMOCRATS FROM ACROSS REGINA TO GO DOORKNOCKING THIS WEEKEND, PAUSE FOR COFFEE, 3434 13TH AVE
We will be canvassing with a petition to stop AI data centre development until there proper guidelines in place to regulate the industry. Our energy, our water, and our data sovereignty must serve Canadians first.
[ https://www.ndp.ca/regina-june-day-of-action ]
MONDAY JUNE 8, 11 am: DISABILITY WITHOUT POVERTY
[ https://plan-9.hubspotpagebuilder.com/five-years-of-dwp ]
MONDAY JUNE 8, 7 pm: WHEN THE FOREST BREATHES—A WEBINAR WITH SUZANNE SIMARD
[ https://sierraclub.bc.ca/our-work/re-co ... ne-simard/ ]
WEDNESDAY JUNE 10, 6 pm: ASSESSING CANADA’S INVESTMENT IN SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Canada (IPPNWC) is joined by MV Ramana and Gordon Edwards for a discussion on Assessing Canada’s investments in Small Modular Nuclear Reactors.
[ https://zoom.us/meeting/register/IiqHA5 ... gistration ]
WEDNESDAY JUNE 10, 7-9 pm: WORD UP PRIDE NIGHT, ARTESIAN, 2627 13TH AVE
Our spoken word events offer a chance to gather with community and share stories, poems and words that make us laugh, or cry, or any emotion in between. Sign up for the open mic starting at 6:30 pm, with spots limited to 12 poets.
About our featured poet:
fanny kearse is a Black, Queer, Jewish, Disabled human whose multidisciplinary practice spans performance, writing, and curation. A recovering people pleaser, late bloomer, dreamer, and community tender, their art traces pathways of self-reclamation; where grief becomes a guide, pain opens portals to the divine, and room is made for the joy of unbecoming. They won the Harold Green Theatre Monologue Competition in 2021, published their first book of poetry & prose, umi's prayer in 2023 and co-produced the Telus Storyhive docuseries, Glimmers in 2025. fanny is an artist-in-residence at Maquinna elementary school, a board member with Curtain Razors Art Collective, All Bodies Dance Project, and Black & Rural Arts and is an organizer of transcendental community gatherings. she is living out the wildest of her dreams with her co-creator at life & art, Que, on the unceded, unsurrendered territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ Nations. Bring your friends and your poems! See you there!
THURSDAY JUNE 11, 11 am: KAIROS LEADERSHIP SEMINAR ON INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
[ https://secure.kairoscanada.org/civicrm ... =440&cid=0 ]
FRIDAY JUNE 12, 7 pm: MUSIC FOR PALESTINE, FEATURING ALBERT VON LEDEBUR, ABSTRACTIONS CAFÉ, 2161 ROSE ST
Performers include Jeff Mertick, Cullen Angus, Beya, Deadwood Ted, Tobrey Weston, Ariana Giroux, and Albert Von Ledebur. All money raised split between Palestine Children's Relief Fund and Gaza Soup Kitchen, two incredible organizations! Free admission, all ages.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1496499225279297/ ]
MONDAY JUNE 15, 7 pm: META(L) CUP REVISTED—A PERFORMANCE INSTALLATION BY JEANNIE MAH, NEW DANCE HORIZONS. 2207 HARVEY ST
[ https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/s ... eannie-mah ]
TUESDAY JUNE 16, 11 am: THE WATERLOO RULING: WHAT IT MEANS FOR HOMELESSNESS AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY IN CANADA
In a landmark ruling in Waterloo, a judgement from the Ontario Superior Court has declared that discriminatory treatment of people experiencing homelessness is a violation of equality rights under the Charter of Rights & Freedoms. If upheld, this precedent-setting ruling establishes that government inaction on homelessness could no longer be legally defensible.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
WEDNESDAY JUNE 17 – SATURDAY JUNE 20, THE BIG BOOK SALE, HIGHLAND CURLING CLUB, 11 am – 4 pm
[ https://www.seniorsuniversitygroup.ca/bigbooksale ]
SUNDAY JUNE 21, 10 am – 1 pm: CELEBRATE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S DAY, VICTORIA PARK
[ https://mcos.ca/calendar/national-indig ... oples-day/ ]
NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:
TELL THE CARNEY GOVERNMENT TO IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENT A 75% TAX ON THE EXCESS PROFITS OF FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES.
[ https://350.org/canada/theyprofitwepay? ... A&c=NA#act ]
ELBOWS UP FOR NATURE
[ https://cpaws.org/elbows-up-for-nature/ ]
TELL AMAZON’S VP OF WORKPLACE SAFTEY: LET YOUR WORKERS CALL 9/11
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... -call-911/ ]
SHUT DOWN FAMILY DETENTION CENTRES
[ https://act.amnestyusa.org/page/192486/action/1 ]
BOATS ARE KILLING RIGHT WHALES. STOP TRUMP’S VESSEL SPEED LIMIT ROLLBACK
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/boat- ... -rollback/ ]
- Making Peace Vigil