MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 2, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 2, 2025

GOOD READING AND LISTENING AND VIEWING:

CITY TO EXPLORE FARE-FREE TRANSIT PILOT FOR REGINA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... l-students ]


RAPID HOUSING PROJECT IN REGINA’S NORTH CENTRAL STALLED BY ESCALATING COSTS, AUDIT
[ https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/r ... sts-audit/ ]


COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION NOT GETTING PEAVEY MART GRANT IT SAYS WAS PROMISED
[ https://www.cjme.com/2025/01/30/regina- ... -promised/ ]


PIPE TO PIVOT: DISMANTLING THE LAKE DIEFENBAKER IRRIGATION DEBACLE, CHAPTER 1
With Tammy Robert & Ty Thiessen. Produced by Paul Dechene.
[ https://tammyrobert.substack.com/p/pipe ... g-the-lake ]


SASK REPORT CALLS FOR MORE SERVICES & EDUCATION TO COMBAT INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... 82be0ac89a ]


ADVOCATE CALLS FOR ACTION AFTER SASK. RELEASES REVIEW OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE DEATHS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7446640 ]


‘I DID NOT EXPECT TO BE SLAVE.’ AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT EXPOSES ABUSE OF MIGRANT WORKERS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/am ... -1.7444881 ]


‘CANADA HAS DESTROYED ME’: LABOUR EXPLOITATION OF MIGRANT WORKERS IN CANADA
[ https://amnesty.ca/temporary-foreign-workers-report/ ]


NDP MP CHARLIE ANGUS LAUNCHES ‘PLEDGE FOR CANADA’
[ https://www.youtube.com/live/dGzgwBYS2yU ]


TRUMPS NEW WORLD DISORDER, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/the ... r-of-trump ]


HORROR ON THE UKRAINE BORDER, by Steve Staples
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/unreported- ... he-ukraine ]


NETANYAHU TO MEET TRUMP IN D.C. AS ISRAEL ESCALATES WAR ON WEST BANK AMID GAZA CEASEFIRE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/30/gaza_ceasefire ]


STATES DON’T HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXIST. PEOPLE DO
[ https://portside.org/2025-01-30/states- ... e-snapshot ]


KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! VOICES FROM THE FRONTLINES OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/30/ ... s_from_the ]


TRUMP PLAN FOR MIGRANT PRISON CAMP AT GITMO SHOULD ‘HORRIFY US ALL’
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump ... mo-critics ]


TRUMP FLAGRANTLY VIOLATES OAS CHARTER, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VMUP6LpbZY ]


TRUMP’S BILLIONAIRES WILL ACCELERATE AMERICAN DECLINE. DR. RICHARD WOLFF EXPLAINS HOW
[ https://therealnews.com/trumps-billiona ... an-decline ]


DEMOCRACY DOESN’T EXIST IN THE UNITED STATES, with Chris Hedges
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EDKRGkgLsI ]


“NONSENSICAL”: AS TRUMP BLAMES CRASH ON DEI, AVIATION EXPERT SAYS IT’S UNDERSTAFFING, LAX REGULATION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/31/ ... _trump_dei ]


OVERCOMING CLIMATE CHANGE REQUIRES SYSTEM CHANGE
[ https://community.davidsuzuki.org/index ... ailWebview ]


CALLS FOR BIG OIL TO COVER L.A. FIRE DAMAGE AS CHEVRON, EXXON REPORT TENS OF BILLIONS IN 2024 PROFITS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/calif ... ire-damage ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 4, 6 pm: GREAT GREEN WALL, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE, 12TH AVE & LORNE ST
[ https://thegreatgreenwall.org/film ]


TUESDAY FEBRUARY 4, 6 PM: CANADA UPDATE 2025: NUCLEAR WASTE BURIAL & THE NWMO | NUCLEAR WASTE ONLINE 2025
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 12, 7 pm: WAR, CLIMATE FAIRNESS & PLANETARY HEALTH: IS THE COP PROCESS HARMFUL?
[ https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpcu ... LYYs0l2bQH ]


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 ]


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13: SINGING BACK THE BUFFALO—SCREENING & STORYTELLING, WITH TASH HUBBARD
4:15-5:00 pm - free stew and bannock will be provided in Multipurpose Room 128.1, Dr. William Riddell Centre
5:15-9:00 pm - film screeening, storytelling, and Q&A in Shumiatcher Open Stage Theatre (Shu-Box), Dr. William Riddell Centre
[ https://www.uregina.ca/50th/events/2025 ... bbard.html ]


WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 6 pm: JUBILEE 2025—TURN DEBT INTO HOPE LAUNCH WEBINAR
[ https://www.kairoscanada.org/event/laun ... -into-hope ]


TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 5:30 – 6:30 pm: REGINA HOMELESS MEMORIAL, CITY SQUARE PLAZA, 12TH AVE JUST EAST OF LORNE ST
Hosted by Phoenix Residential Society, it is a memorial for all those who died of being unhoused in 2024. Last year 93 names were read out. How many more will there be this year?
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=101 ... 4478570221 ]


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27, 7 pm: RACE IN THE LINE OF DUTY—UNCOVERING ITS IMPACT ON POLICING ATTITUDES, BEHAVIOURS, & THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, U OF R COLLEGE AVE CAMPUS, CB 139


FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28, 7 pm: SCREENING OF FROM GROUND ZERO: STORIES FROM GAZA, U OF R COLLEGE AVE CAMPUS, RM 139
No filmmaker, writer, or artist should ever have to tell the story of their own genocide. Yet 22 brave Palestinian filmmakers found a way to film their story this past year in Gaza using whatever tools they could pull from the rubble of their homes and cities. FROM GROUND ZERO is the collection of these short films – stories of taxi drivers and mothers, toddlers and teachers, comedians and artists, finding ways to feed their families, bathe their children, bring joy to their community, and to survive.
ADMISSION BY DONATION
Watch the trailer here. [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu1ynfL1g70 ]


WEDNESDAY MARCH 19, 7 pm: 2025 WOODROW LLOYD LECTURE, WITH JENNIE STEPHENS—CLIMATE JUSTICE AND THE UNIVERSITY: SHAPING A HOPEFUL FUTURE, COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS, 2155 COLLEGE AVE
[ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-woodr ... 7082960899 ]


MONDAY MARCH 17 – FRIDAY MARCH: 21 CANADA READS, CBC RADIO ONE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/books/meet-the-canad ... -1.7431920 ]


SATURDAY MARCH 29, 10 am – 4 pm: REPAIR CAFÉ, 1770 HALIFAX ST
A Repair Cafe is a community event where people can bring broken or damaged items to be fixed for free by volunteers. The goal is to promote repairing and reusing items instead of throwing them away, which helps reduce waste and encourages sustainability.
[ https://www.envirocollective.ca/repair-cafe/ ]


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:


TELL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT ORCAS
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/action/tell-lea ... -lifeline/ ]


PLEASE PROTECT MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/suppo ... tterflies/ ]


TELL MICROSOFT TO STOP PARTNERING WITH ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... s-genocide ]


ACT NOW TO PROTECT STUDENT ACTIVISTS AGAINST DEPORTATION AND ATTACK
[ https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/res ... nd-attack/ ]


STAND WITH BISHOP BUDDE AGAINST TRUMP’S ATTACKS
[ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/bi ... tacks_loc/ ]


STOP HER EXECUTION. FREE PAKHSHAN
[ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/pa ... h_row_loc/ ]


TELL GOOGLE: KEEP THE GULF OF MEXICO’S NAME INTACT ON ALL GOOGLE MAPS
[ https://www.codepink.org/google_gulf_of ... _id=399923 ]


- Making Peace Vigil