MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 16, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - January 16, 2025

GOOD READING AND LISTENING AND VIEWING:

SASKATCHEWAN FAMILIES FRUSTRATED BY NEED TO SEEK PRIVATE SUPPORTS AS STUDENT ENROLMENT OUTPACES STAFFING
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... rent-group ]


LACK OF FUNDING IS FAILING SASKATOON STUDENTS WHO NEED SUPPORT, SCHOOL BOARD SAYS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7432415 ]


AFTER A MONTH WITHOUT A WORKING FURNACE, SASKATOON WOMAN GETTING HELP TO REPLACE IT—Why did it take a month?
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7428422 ]


WHY ALBERTA COURTS HAVE SEEN A RISE IN SEXUAL VIOLENCE TRIALS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton ... -1.7402381 ]


THE BILLIONAIRE WHO BORED A HOLE IN ALBERTA LAWS
[ https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/01/09/ ... erta-Laws/ ]


NEW BRUNSWICK GOVERNMENT INTRODUCES TWO AFFORDABILITY BILLS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brun ... -1.7388255 ]


MANITOBA’S PLAN TO END CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS
[ https://manitoba.ca/hah/homelessness.html ]


RIGHT TO HOUSING LEGISLATION IN CANADA
[ https://housingrights.ca/right-to-housi ... in-canada/ ]


TWO WOMEN FLEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SOUGHT ASYLUM IN CANADA. THE SYSTEM TREATED THEM VERY DIFFERENTLY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/domestic ... -1.7425240 ]


TWO NEW SHELTER VILLAGES OPEN IN THE HALIFAX AREA
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-sco ... er/cbcnews ]


TRUDEAU STOOD BY AS THE HOUSING CRISIS ENGULFED CANADA
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/trudeau-st ... newsletter ]


THE HIGH-RISK GAS ASSETS OWNED BY CANADIAN PENSION FUNDS – AND WHY HYDROGEN WON’T SAVE THEM
[ https://www.shiftaction.ca/news/2025/1/ ... -save-them ]


CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR JANUARY 13, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdvucbqkCSw ]


WHY AMERICA CAN’T CONQUOR CANADA
[ https://macleans.ca/society/canada-51st-state-america/ ]


IS TRUMP RIGHT ABOUT THE US SUBSIDIZING CANADA?
[ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6610259 ]


“THE PARTY OF WAR”: MATT DUSS ON BIDEN, GAZA & HOW DEMOCRATS LOST FOREIGN POLICY ARGUMENT TO TRUMP
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/14/ ... rty_of_war ]


MICHIGAN MUSLIMS TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS
[ https://therealnews.com/michigans-musli ... -own-hands ]


THE GAZA CEASEFIRE IS A STRATEGIC DEFEAT FOR ISRAEL, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/live/urZzsu6iE3c ]


'WE ARE NOT DOING POLITICAL FILMS': WHY AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARIES ARE BEING FROZEN OUT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/d ... -1.7430930 ]


“JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME”: GAZA REPORTER SLAMS INTERNATIONAL PRESS AS JOURNALIST DEATH TOLL RISES
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/13/ ... baker_abed ]


ISRAEL’S IMAGE CRISIS & THE LIMITS OF PROPAGANDA
[ https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-l ... propaganda ]


WILL THE ISRAEL-HAMAS CEASEFIRE HOLD?
[ https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1- ... efire-hold ]


ISRAELI FORCES KILL MORE THAN 80 PALESTINIANS IN THE PAST 24 HOURS
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-cea ... el-attacks ]


FIRE WEATHER
[ https://socialistproject.ca/2025/01/fire-weather/#more ]


PRISON LABOR IN THE SPOTLIGHT AS INCARCERATED CALIFORNIA FIREFIGHTERS RISK LIVES FOR $5-10/DAY
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/14/ ... refighters ]


IN NAMIBIA, A CANADIAN COPPER COMPANY LEAVES A LEGACY OF TOXIC WASTE
[ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/busines ... xic-waste/ ]


WE DON’T HAVE MUCH TIME TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2022/04/we-do ... f-history/ ]


DEBUNKING NUCLEAR DETERRENCE THEORY
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wls1kIK3jo ]


PEACE & JUSTICE CONVERSATIONS: LESSONS FROM THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE DELEGATION
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRaSYqLnNAc ]


COMBATANTS FOR PEACE: ‘HOPE IS AN ACTION, NOT AN ABSTRACT IDEA’
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2024/12/hope- ... for-peace/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

THURSDAY JANUARY 16, 3 – 4:30 pm: GAZA TO LOS ANGELUS—A WORLD ON FIRE
[ https://www.youtube.com/live/vK5z3fMN20Y ]


SATURDAY JANUARY 18, 10 am – noon: WOMEN’S MARCH—STARTS AT THE YWCA, 2817 12TH AVE
Sponsored by Amnesty Regina, in solidarity with women and gender diverse people around the world, we march again - before the US presidential inauguration.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/565495396436949 ]


SUNDAY JANUARY 19, 1 pm: AFTER SYRIA, IS IRAN NEXT?
Sponsored by the Canadian Peace Congress
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


MONDAY JANUARY 20, 10:45 am: THREADS OF HOPE-- WEAVING RESILIENCE THROUGH THE POWER OF LEGACY
[ https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zHs ... gistration ]


TUESDAY JANUARY 21, 11 am: TRUDEAU’S FINAL ACT: JOIN THE CCPA FOR A WEBINAR EXAMINING HIS GOVERNMENT’S RECORD
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... 1VtaTjgtdw ]


WEDNESDAY JANUARY 22, 2 PM: LIVES AND EXPERIENCES OF SOUTH ASIAN MIGRANT AGRICULTURAL WORKERS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
[ https://www.nfu.ca/event/lives-and-expe ... bdeceee5af ]


WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29, 11 am: YES IT WORKS! HOW HOUSING FIRST FOR YOUTH TRANSFORMS LIVES
[ https://preventhomelessness.ca/webinar/ ... newsletter ]


WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29, 7 pm: MEETING TO DISCUSS THE CATHEDRAL COMMUNTY FRIDGE, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
As you know, the fridge, located in the Cathedral parking lot, was destroyed in a fire a few months ago. Now some NIMBYs are saying they don’t want it rebuilt in their neighbourhood. We need to counter these discriminatory voices.


WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 12, 5:15 – 8 pm: UBUNTO DIGITAL STORY TELLING—THE BLACK COMMUNITY’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROMOTE WELLNESS IN SASKATCHEWAN & BEYOND


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13, 9 am – 3 pm: FIRST UNDERGRADUATE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CONFERENCE (it’s open to everybody), UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, CONFERENCE FEE $7.00
[ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-unde ... tdtcreator ]


SATURDAY APRIL 5, 2 pm: CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF JUNE MITCHELL (1926 - 2024), 2 pm, BLUE ROOM, HOTEL SASK, 2125 VICTORIA AVE
June was a long-time peace and justice activist. She participated in Making Peace Vigil when we handed out pamphlets on the Scarth Street Mall.


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

THE GLOBE AND MAIL MUST STOP WAR-MONGERING
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/the-g ... rect_link& ]


EXTEND THE CANADA DENTAL CARE PLAN TO COVER SENIORS UNABLE TO AFFORD PRIVATE PLANS
[ https://www.change.org/p/extend-the-can ... vate-plans ]


TELL YOUR PENSION FUND TO PROTECT YOUR PENSION & THE PLANET
[ https://www.shiftaction.ca/take-action ]


META, STOP THE HATE SPEECH AGAINST LGBTQ+ PEOPLE
[ https://action.allout.org/en/m/2d94d894 ... urce=email ]


CLAMP DOWN ON LOBLAW’S CORPORATE GREED
[ https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/cfia-lobla ... irect_link ]


TELL THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION TO CALL FOR THE RELEASE OF MEDICS IN ISRAELI DETENTION
[ https://www.codepink.org/wma?utm_campai ... e=codepink ]


- Making Peace Vigil