MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 01, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 01, 2024

GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:


REGINA POLICE PLANE STILL NOT BACK IN THE AIR AFTER BEING DAMAGED IN APRIL—Not a good investment in the first place!
[ https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7395008 ]


SASKATCHEWAN’S HOMELESSNESS SITUATION IN CRISIS, ORGANIZATIONS SAY
[ https://globalnews.ca/news/10894783/sas ... tions-say/ ]


‘UNIMAGINABLE HATE’: SASK NDP MLA SAYS PREMIER TARGETED HIS TRANSGENDER CHILDREN
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... r-children ]


CLARKE'S MOVING REMARKS ON HIS TRANSGENDER CHILDREN NEED TO BE HEARD, by Murray Mandryk
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... o-be-heard ]


GRASSY NARROWS BLOCKADE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGrnXVBpI6c ]


CANADIAN POLICE TREATING NAZI MONUMENT AS A WAR MEMORIAL
[ https://www.rt.com/news/608395-canada-n ... -memorial/ ]


MCGILL ADMIN BATTLES ITS PRO-PALESTINIAN STUDENTS, with Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2024/11/29/mcgil ... -students/ ]


IT’S TIME FOR CANADA TO RECOGNIZE THE STATE OF PALESTINE
[ https://www.ceasefire.ca/its-time-for-c ... ian-state/ ]


IS PROTESTING NATO ANTI-SEMITIC? With Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-c1AiUWXGU ]


ISRAELI ATTACKS WOUND 2 IN LEBANON ON DAY 2 OF CEASE-FIRE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... -ceasefire ]


DO THESE POLITICIANS UNDERSTAND CARBON?
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/do-these- ... nd-carbon/ []


NATIVE AMERICANS HOLD NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING ON THANKSGIVING
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/nativ ... anksgiving ]


INDIGENOUS LEADER NEMONTE NENQUIMO ON FIGHT TO DEFEND ECUADOR’S BAN ON FUTURE AMAZON OIL EXTRACTION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/29 ... o_on_fight ]


RESISTANCE AND RENEWAL: MENTAL HEALTH IN THE FIGHT FOR LGBTIQ LIBERATION
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypP0UURSK14 ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

MONDAY DECEMBER 2, 6 pm: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES, an NDP webinar
[ https://www.ndp.ca/international-day-of ... es-webinar ]


THURSDAY DECEMBER 5, 7 pm: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SASKATCHEWAN’S WRITE FOR RIGHTS ONLINE
[ https://amnestysaskatchewan.ca/december ... ts-online/ ]


TUESDAY DECEMBER 10, 4 pm: ENDING FORCED AND COERCED STERILIZATION IN CANADA, HONOURABLE YVONNE BOYER, CB 330, COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, 2155 COLLEGE AVENUE.
[ https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/ ... canada.php ]


TUESDAY DECEMBER 17, 7:30 pm: LISTEN TO DIS PRESENTS NOT JUST CHRISTMAS, DARKE HALL, 2255 COLLEGE AVE
Listen To Dis is a community arts organization, serving Saskatchewan's disabled and non-disabled community through arts, access, and education.
Regular tickets are $35. There are also some barrier free tickets available. If you would like the latter, please let me know.
[ https://tickets.darkehall.ca/TheatreMan ... nt249.html ]


TUESDAY JANUARY 14, 4 pm: KEYNOTE SPEAKER DR. NIGAAN SINCLAIR WILL DISCUSS "ASSESSING RECONCILIATION IN EDUCATION: FROM PRESENCE TO PERMANENCE," EDUCATION BUILDING 208 or ONLINE
[ https://www.uregina.ca/education/events ... ation.html ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

EXTEND URGENT CARE CENTRE OPERATING HOURS TO 24/7 FOR INCREASED ACCESS TO CRITICAL CARE
[ https://www.change.org/p/extend-urgent- ... tical-care ]


REMOVE THE PST FROM GROCERIES—AN NDP PETITION
https://www.saskndp.ca/nopst?utm_campai ... ce=saskndp

HOMES NOT HANDCUFFS
[ https://www.homesnothandcuffs.ca/mpp-ac ... ource=caeh ]


CANADA: END TAX LOOPHOLES. IMPLEMENT AN EXCESS PROFITS TAX
[ https://www.taxfairness.ca/en/act/take- ... ing-crisis ]


WHY DOES CANADA ALLOW A PESTICIDE BANNED IN EUROPE?
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/action/why-does ... in-europe/ ]


ISRAEL MUST COMPLY WTH INTERNATIONAL LAW BY IMMEDIATELY WITHDRAWING ALL MILITARY FROM THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
[ https://actionnetwork.org/forms/add-you ... erritories ]


- Making Peace Vigil