MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 7, 2026
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2026 11:30 amMAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - June 7, 2026
SPECIAL ACTION—THERE IS STILL TIME: 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, tomorrow, Monday June 8. Presentations can be no longer than 5 minutes.
SPECIAL READING: PIPELINES AND PETRO POLITICS, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/pip ... o-politics ]
GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING:
MATTHEW WESLEY FEEDS REGINA'S HOMELESS, AS SEEN UP CLOSE ON FACEBOOK
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/matthew-wes ... n-facebook ]
FOOD BANK REPORT FINDS SMALL IMPROVEMENTS IN SASK., BUT FOOD BANK DIRECTOR SAYS ISSUES PERSIST
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... f76f57d5dc ]
FIRST NATIONS HEALTH LEADER FLAGS CONCERNS OVER SASK'S INVOLUNTARY ADDICTIONS TREATMENT LAW
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.7225411 ]
INNU WOMAN’S FAMILY SAYS HER HAIR WAS FORCIBLY CUT WHILE IN POLICE CUSTODY
[ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/i ... r-AA24W1wv ]
STATEMENT FROM HIKMA PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL ON THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OUR LONDON FAMILY ATTACK
[ https://mailchi.mp/hikma.ca/ourlondonfa ... 5d644a3894 ]
VICTORIA UBER DRIVERS SECURED A HISTORIC FIRST CONTRACT
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvca5mRBJS8 ]
'I'M NOT GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO CONTINUE': MAYOR OF CAMBRIDGE, ONT., INTERRUPTS TEEN'S PRIDE SPEECH
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchene ... -9.7222558 ]
TORONTO CONFERENCE PROCLAIMS A NEW SOCIALIST MOVEMENT
[ https://socialistaction.ca/2026/05/29/t ... june-2026/ ]
SUPERSIZED DATA CENTRES ARE COMING TO CANADA. ONE PROVINCE IS AT THE EPICENTRE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bakx-y ... -9.7222388 ]
PROTECTED AREA TARGETS FACE POTENTIAL PITFALLS
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/protected ... -pitfalls/ ]
VOTERS IN CALIFORNIA CITY BECOME FIRST IN U.S. TO APPROVE PERMANENT BAN IN DATA CENTRES
[ https://therealnews.com/voters-in-calif ... ta-centers ]
DELANEY HALL PROTESTS, IMMIGRANT HUNGER STRIKES & WORLD CUP RESISTANCE
[ https://mailchi.mp/nonviolencenews.org/ ... 7a47cba5ab ]
CUBA, A WAR WITHOUT BOMBS, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/cub ... hout-bombs ]
JARED KUSHNER-LINKED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN ALBANIA FACES GROWING RESISTANCE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kushner-d ... -9.7224360 ]
PETE HOEKSTRA - THE MAN WHO PUTS "ASS" IN AMBASSADOR
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/pet ... o-puts-ass ]
THERE’S NO “OFF” SWITCH ON THE GENOCIDE MACHINE.
[ https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/202 ... e-machine/ ]
JOSH PAUL ON THE US AND ISRAEL
[ https://www.linkedin.com/videos/urn%3Al ... 335587841/ ]
ISRAEL ANGLES FOR PERMANENT OCCUPATION IN LEBANON; DR. HUSSAM ABU SAFIYAH TRANSFERRED TO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT; TRUMP SANCTIONS CUBAN PRESIDENT
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-l ... trump-cuba ]
RIGHTS GROUP SOUNDS ALARM AFTER ISRAEL SENDS GAZA’S DR. ABU SAFIYA TO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/abu-s ... onfinement ]
‘BURNING ENTIRE FAMILIES TO DEATH AS THEY SLEPT’ IN GAZA, ISRAEL KILL COUNT NEARS 1,000 SINCE CEASEFIRE
[ ttps://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-f ... -ceasefire ]
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING HISTORIAN ADA FERRER ON CUBA’S CRISIS, U.S. SANCTIONS AND FAMILY SEPARATION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/4/cuba ]
WHO PAYS THE PRICE OF EXTRACTION?
[ https://waronwant.org/news-analysis/who ... extraction ]
ST. PETERSBURG VS. THE GOLDEN DOME: A 150‑YEAR‑OLD WARNING WE ARE IGNORING
[ https://nuclearinsanity.substack.com/p/ ... olden-dome ]
MURDERERS’ ROW (THE BANKING CITY OF LONDON’S STRAW BOSSES CALL FOR WAR)
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2026/05/murde ... l-for-war/ ]
CITIZENS WORLDWIDE ARE MUCH WISER THAN THEIR GOVERNMENTS
[ https://thetransnational.substack.com/p ... wiser-than ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
SUNDAY JUNE 7, 3-5 pm: SASKATCHEWAN COALITION TO REPEAL BILL 137—PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS BILL, ZOOM MEETING
[ https://us05web.zoom.us/j/3603810388?pw ... 36#success ]
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, 3 pm: IRAN AND THE BOMB—CRISIS, DIPLOMACY, AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]
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:
MAKE INDIGENOUS LAW MANDATORY IN ALL CANADIAN LAW SCHOOLS
[ https://www.change.org/p/make-indigenou ... aw-schools ]
HELP KEEP CANADIANS SAFE ONLINE
[ https://friends.ca/takeaction/safe-online/ ]
CANADIANS NEED CLIMATE EXPERTS ON THE CANADA PENSION PLAN BOARD—NOT FOSSIL FUEL INSIDERS
[ https://win.newmode.net/shiftaction/cpp ... ctors-cnrl ]
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: DON’T FAST-TRACK DESTRUCTION
[ https://win.newmode.net/350org/consultation ]
STOP THE ROLLBACK OF CANADA’S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS
[ https://secure.wildsight.ca/major-projects ]
- Making Peace Vigil
SPECIAL ACTION—THERE IS STILL TIME: 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, tomorrow, Monday June 8. Presentations can be no longer than 5 minutes.
SPECIAL READING: PIPELINES AND PETRO POLITICS, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/pip ... o-politics ]
GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING:
MATTHEW WESLEY FEEDS REGINA'S HOMELESS, AS SEEN UP CLOSE ON FACEBOOK
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/matthew-wes ... n-facebook ]
FOOD BANK REPORT FINDS SMALL IMPROVEMENTS IN SASK., BUT FOOD BANK DIRECTOR SAYS ISSUES PERSIST
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... f76f57d5dc ]
FIRST NATIONS HEALTH LEADER FLAGS CONCERNS OVER SASK'S INVOLUNTARY ADDICTIONS TREATMENT LAW
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.7225411 ]
INNU WOMAN’S FAMILY SAYS HER HAIR WAS FORCIBLY CUT WHILE IN POLICE CUSTODY
[ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/i ... r-AA24W1wv ]
STATEMENT FROM HIKMA PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL ON THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OUR LONDON FAMILY ATTACK
[ https://mailchi.mp/hikma.ca/ourlondonfa ... 5d644a3894 ]
VICTORIA UBER DRIVERS SECURED A HISTORIC FIRST CONTRACT
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvca5mRBJS8 ]
'I'M NOT GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO CONTINUE': MAYOR OF CAMBRIDGE, ONT., INTERRUPTS TEEN'S PRIDE SPEECH
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchene ... -9.7222558 ]
TORONTO CONFERENCE PROCLAIMS A NEW SOCIALIST MOVEMENT
[ https://socialistaction.ca/2026/05/29/t ... june-2026/ ]
SUPERSIZED DATA CENTRES ARE COMING TO CANADA. ONE PROVINCE IS AT THE EPICENTRE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bakx-y ... -9.7222388 ]
PROTECTED AREA TARGETS FACE POTENTIAL PITFALLS
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/protected ... -pitfalls/ ]
VOTERS IN CALIFORNIA CITY BECOME FIRST IN U.S. TO APPROVE PERMANENT BAN IN DATA CENTRES
[ https://therealnews.com/voters-in-calif ... ta-centers ]
DELANEY HALL PROTESTS, IMMIGRANT HUNGER STRIKES & WORLD CUP RESISTANCE
[ https://mailchi.mp/nonviolencenews.org/ ... 7a47cba5ab ]
CUBA, A WAR WITHOUT BOMBS, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/cub ... hout-bombs ]
JARED KUSHNER-LINKED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN ALBANIA FACES GROWING RESISTANCE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kushner-d ... -9.7224360 ]
PETE HOEKSTRA - THE MAN WHO PUTS "ASS" IN AMBASSADOR
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/pet ... o-puts-ass ]
THERE’S NO “OFF” SWITCH ON THE GENOCIDE MACHINE.
[ https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/202 ... e-machine/ ]
JOSH PAUL ON THE US AND ISRAEL
[ https://www.linkedin.com/videos/urn%3Al ... 335587841/ ]
ISRAEL ANGLES FOR PERMANENT OCCUPATION IN LEBANON; DR. HUSSAM ABU SAFIYAH TRANSFERRED TO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT; TRUMP SANCTIONS CUBAN PRESIDENT
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-l ... trump-cuba ]
RIGHTS GROUP SOUNDS ALARM AFTER ISRAEL SENDS GAZA’S DR. ABU SAFIYA TO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/abu-s ... onfinement ]
‘BURNING ENTIRE FAMILIES TO DEATH AS THEY SLEPT’ IN GAZA, ISRAEL KILL COUNT NEARS 1,000 SINCE CEASEFIRE
[ ttps://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-f ... -ceasefire ]
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING HISTORIAN ADA FERRER ON CUBA’S CRISIS, U.S. SANCTIONS AND FAMILY SEPARATION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/4/cuba ]
WHO PAYS THE PRICE OF EXTRACTION?
[ https://waronwant.org/news-analysis/who ... extraction ]
ST. PETERSBURG VS. THE GOLDEN DOME: A 150‑YEAR‑OLD WARNING WE ARE IGNORING
[ https://nuclearinsanity.substack.com/p/ ... olden-dome ]
MURDERERS’ ROW (THE BANKING CITY OF LONDON’S STRAW BOSSES CALL FOR WAR)
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2026/05/murde ... l-for-war/ ]
CITIZENS WORLDWIDE ARE MUCH WISER THAN THEIR GOVERNMENTS
[ https://thetransnational.substack.com/p ... wiser-than ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
SUNDAY JUNE 7, 3-5 pm: SASKATCHEWAN COALITION TO REPEAL BILL 137—PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS BILL, ZOOM MEETING
[ https://us05web.zoom.us/j/3603810388?pw ... 36#success ]
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, 3 pm: IRAN AND THE BOMB—CRISIS, DIPLOMACY, AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]
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:
MAKE INDIGENOUS LAW MANDATORY IN ALL CANADIAN LAW SCHOOLS
[ https://www.change.org/p/make-indigenou ... aw-schools ]
HELP KEEP CANADIANS SAFE ONLINE
[ https://friends.ca/takeaction/safe-online/ ]
CANADIANS NEED CLIMATE EXPERTS ON THE CANADA PENSION PLAN BOARD—NOT FOSSIL FUEL INSIDERS
[ https://win.newmode.net/shiftaction/cpp ... ctors-cnrl ]
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: DON’T FAST-TRACK DESTRUCTION
[ https://win.newmode.net/350org/consultation ]
STOP THE ROLLBACK OF CANADA’S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS
[ https://secure.wildsight.ca/major-projects ]
- Making Peace Vigil