MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 8, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 8, 2024

GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

SASKATOON SMUDGE TENT SHOWED NEED TO CONNECT, HEAL—by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... b34b3de9ff ]


SASK. EMPLOYERS TO BE UNABLE TO WITHHOLD TIPS FROM WORKERS UNDER NEW LABOUR REGULATIONS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6584608 ]


SASK AGRICULTURE MINISTER’S DENIALS ON FOREIGN FARMLAND OWNERSHIP BIZARRE
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... ip-bizarre ]


AFGHAN SIBLINGS IN SASKATOON FEAR FAMILY REUNION DELAYS AS CANADA PAUSES PRIVATE REFUGEE SPONSORSHIP
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7402543 ]


CHIEF WOOS OF C’ASYIKH IN THE WET’SUWET’EN NATION SPEAKS TO AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SASKATCHEWAN
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=0sLSzaJ3KYk ]


INSIDE THE YWCA'S NEW SHELTER THAT'S PART OF HAMILTON'S EXPANSION PLANS FOR THIS WINTER
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton ... -1.7402389 ]


FIRST NATIONS LEADERS DEMAND NATIONAL INQUIRY INTO ‘EPIDEMIC’ OF DEATHS BY POLICE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/asse ... -1.7401324 ]


POLITICIANS MARK 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF POLYTECHNIQUE SHOOTING AT MONTREAL CEREMONY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal ... -1.7402648 ]


CANADIAN FIRE DEPARTMENT HOSTS PARTY WITH KKK COSTUMES SHAME!
[ https://www.youtube.com/live/42bdXOd_9u4 ]


TRUDEAU’S FAILURE TO BENEFIT WORKERS HAS EMPOWERED CONSERVATIVES
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/trudeaus-f ... ervatives/ ]


CANADA 'FALLING SO CONSISTENTLY SHORT' ON DEFENCE SPENDING HAS HURT STANDING ON WORLD STAGE, BUT IMPROVING: U.S. AMBASSADOR—Let’s work for Canada falling even shorter on defence spending!
[ https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada- ... -1.7137270 ]


ROBERT REICH PREDICTED THE DEATH OF THE US MIDDLE CLASS 30 YEARS AGO. WE ASKED HIM HOW TO SAVE IT
[ https://therealnews.com/robert-reich-pr ... ddle-class ]


INDIGO’S COPYRIGHT VICTORY OPENS A NEW FRONT IN BDS STRUGGLE
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/indigos-co ... -struggle/ ]


‘THIS IS GENOCIDE,’ AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SAYS OF ISRAEL’S DEATH MACHINE IN GAZA
[ https://amnesty.ca/GazaGenocide ]
[ https://amnesty.ca/press-releases/gazagenocide/ ]
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/amnes ... l-genocide ]


WE ARE HUMANS SURVIVING 423 DAYS OF GENOCIDE IN GAZA
[ https://therealnews.com/we-are-human-su ... de-in-gaza ]


‘WE DISAGREE’: US DISMISSES LANDMARK AMNESTY REPORT ACCUSING ISRAEL OF GENOCIDE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... a-genocide ]


VIJAY PRASHAD - HYPERIMPERIALISM, PALESTINE, NATO, AND THE ELECTION OF DONALD TRUMP
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qlTE3ygUPU ]


MINES ACTION CANADA CONCERNED ABOUT REPORTS OF US LANDMINE TRANSFERS TO UKRAINE
[ https://www.minesactioncanada.org/us_landmine_transfers ]


NUCLEAR FREE—lots of information
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66_-f0l ... vlDk6gq9b5 ]


INDUSTRY HIJACKS GLOBAL CLIMATE & BIODIVERSITY SUMMITS
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/industry- ... y-summits/ ]


HIGH HOPES FOR CLIMATE REPARATIONS AT COP 29
[ https://www.yesmagazine.org/climate/202 ... indigenous ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


SUNDAY DECEMBER 8, 1 pm: HOLLY & HOUSING
Join Leadnow volunteers from across the country for a packed hybrid-purpose event: a cozy celebration of all we've accomplished together this year AND a knowledge-sharing discussion of affordable housing solutions!
[ https://you.leadnow.ca/events/holly-and-housing ]


MONDAY DECEMBER 9, 11 am: HUMAN RIGHTS & THE UNHOUSED
[ https://humanrights.novascotia.ca/news- ... d-unhoused ]

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 10, 6 pm: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY - THE CRIME OF SANCTIONS
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


THURSDAY DECEMBER 12, 1 pm: FINDING HOPE IN ART & ACTIVISM
[ https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L83 ... gistration ]


SATURDAY DECEMBER 14, 11 am: PEACEBUILDING NEXT TO RUSSIA
[ https://actionnetwork.org/events/webina ... ar_id=true ]


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 ]


WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 18, 6:30 pm: OFF THE HILL: THE UPS AND DOWNS OF 2024 AND LESSONS FOR 2025
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


SATURDAY DECEMBER 21, 10 am: WINTER SOLSTICE GATHERING & CEREMONY, MÂMAWÊYATITÄN CENTRE, 3355 6TH AVE
[ https://www.otc.ca/attend_an_event/even ... ar=&page=2 ]


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:

DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE SASK PARTY RE MLA GARY GREWAL
[ https://www.saskndp.ca/accountability?r ... r_id=54944 ]


PM TRUDEAU & ENVIRONMENT MINISTER GUILBEAULT: DELIVER THE CLEAN ENERGY REGULATIONS CANADIANS DESERVE
[ https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/cer-ett/ ]


PM TRUDEAU: PASS A STRONG NATURE LAW BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR
[ https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/protect-biodiversity ]


STOP THE POTENTIAL OF NORTHBACK MINE COMING TO GRASSY MOUNTAIN
[ https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-poten ... y-mountain ]


SHELL CEO: DROP THE LAWSUIT AGAINST GREENPEACE
[ https://act.greenpeace.org/page/161575/action/1 ]


TELL THE NFL, WALMART AND THE WASHINGTON POST THAT WE WON’T TOLERATE THEIR SUPPORT OF DISINFORMATION AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND DEMAND THEY STOP ADVERTISING ON X NOW!
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... ising-on-x ]


- Making Peace Vigil