MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - April 20, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - April 20, 2025


2 SPECIAL EVENTS

MONDAY APRIL 21, 2 pm: “PEACE WAVE" RALLY IN FRONT OF REGINA CITY HALL
Host: Regina Peace Council. Please note that the international organizers advise no national or partisan symbols, flags or slogans are allowed. The idea is to come together to ask our politicians to make a greater commitment to environmental protection and to play a more active role in mediating peace between the parties in conflict. PEACE!


WEDNESDAY APRIL 23, NOON: RALLY FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS, LEGISLATIVE BUILDING—FAIR WAGES NOW
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/3598133200480751/ ]

SONG FOR THE DAY—THE POOR
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6ERxQJio7E ]

GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

REGINA SCORES 'F' ON BUDGET TRANSPARENCY FOR 2024: THINK TANK
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... think-tank ]


NO FURTHER DISRUPTIONS AS UNIVERSITY OF REGINA WOMEN'S CENTRE SUCCEEDS WITH SECOND AGM ATTEMPT
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... gm-attempt ]


U OF R WOMEN'S CENTRE FILES LEGAL CLAIM AGAINST URSU FOR 'WITHHELD' STUDENT FEES
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... udent-fees ]


TUITION INCREASE AT U OF S HAS STUDENTS WORRIED ABOUT AFFORDABILITY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7513087 ]


SASK LEGISLATURE PASSES NDP BILL RECOGNIZING SIKH HERITAGE MONTH
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... tage-month ]


COMPLAINTS TO SASK OMBUDSMAN INCREASE 11% IN 2024
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7513641 ]


WE NEED TO GET IT THE HELL OUT': PREMIER SCOTT MOE'S PLAN FOR ILLICIT DRUGS—Saskatoon’s Mayor Cynthia Block has a better idea: Make sure folks are safely housed.
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-n ... icit-drugs ]


RALLY AT SASK. LEGISLATURE CALLS FOR $10/DAY CHILD CARE EXTENSION AND FUNDING REFORM
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7511003 ]


SASKATCHEWAN GOVERNMENT MUST BUILD ON SUICIDE PREVENTION, Letter by Harold Alkema and Mona Hill for End Poverty Regina
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... strategies ]


KEEPERS OF THE WATER EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT CARBON CAPTURE
[ https://www.lakelandtoday.ca/bonnyville ... e-10519035 ]


NDP & GREENS FOCUS ON ISSUES CLOSE TO HOME TO COUNTER STRATEGIC VOTING
[ https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-pol ... Newsletter ]


'CATASTROPHIC': FAST-TRACKING OF LINE 5 TUNNEL UNDER GREAT LAKES DENOUNCED AS BIG OIL GIFT FROM TRUMP
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/line- ... fast-track ]


WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO ELON MUSK?
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/what-the- ... elon-musk/ ]


CANADA’S ELECTION: DO ANY OF THESE LEADERS DESERVE YOUR VOTE? W/ YVES ENGLER AND ALEX TYRRELL
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr4yLu9lDRM ]


SINGH DESERVES PRAISE FOR STAND ON PALESTINE AT LEADERS’ DEBATE
https://yvesengler.com/2025/04/19/singh ... s-debates/

STYLE & SUBSTANCE IN THE FEDERAL ELECTION DEBATES
https://breachmedia.ca/style-substance- ... n-debates/

RESISTANACE COMES FROM OUTSIDE CANADA’S MEDIA BUBBLE, by Charlie Angus
https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/res ... de-canadas

ALL PARTIES MUST ADDRESS TAX HAVENS
https://www.taxfairness.ca/en/resources ... s-election

AN AMERICAN INVASION OF CANADA? NO LONGER UNTHINKABLE, BUT HIGHLY UNLIKELY
https://theconversation.com/an-american ... ely-251959

JEWISH SCHOLARS, ISRAELI ACADEMICS DENOUNCE TRUMP WEAPONIZATION OF ANTISEMITISM
https://www.commondreams.org/news/jews- ... -education

DEMOCRACY FOR SOME 'IS NO DEMOCRACY AT ALL,' WRITES MAHMOUD KHALIL FROM ICE DETENTION
https://www.commondreams.org/news/mahmo ... 2671801014

AUTHOR OMAR EL AKKAD ON THE WEST’S MORAL FAILURE IN GAZA AND THE POWER OF RESISTANCE
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/17/ ... r_el_akkad

TOWARDS THE PEOPLE’S PEACE SUMMIT IN JERUSALEM
https://www.pressenza.com/2025/04/towar ... maoz-inon/

OVER MY DEAD BODY! NO MORE FREE RAW MATERIALS FROM UGANDA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH6YMhwJMkU

“NEED THE WORLD TO PAY ATTENTION”: SUDAN FACES WORLD’S WORST DISPLACEMENT CRISIS AFTER 2 YEARS OF WAR
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/17/ ... ian_crisis

TRUMP EYES CONGO’S “INCREDIBLE MINERAL RICHES” AS ARMED CONFLICT DEVASTATES REGION
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/17/ ... ongo_trump

CANADA MUST DEMAND FRANCE REPAIR HAITI INDEPENDENCE RANSOM, with Yves Engler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpueyr6hCTw

TAMARA PEARSON: WRITING AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE
https://therealnews.com/tamara-pearson- ... resistance

EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

MONDAY APRIL 21, 2 pm: “PEACE WAVE" RALLY IN FRONT OF REGINA CITY HALL
Host: Regina Peace Council. Please note that the international organizers advise no national or partisan symbols, flags or slogans are allowed. The idea is to come together to ask our politicians to make a greater commitment to environmental protection and to play a more active role in mediating peace between the parties in conflict. PEACE!

MONDAY APRIL 21, 5 pm: LAND BACK—INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE FROM COAST TO COAST
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration

TUESDAY APRIL 22, 10 -2 PM: FREE SEED PACKAGES OF BEES N' BUTTERFLY MIX & PRAIRIE MEADOW NATIVE GRASS SEED MIX, RESEARCH & INOVATIION CANTRE (RIC) CORRIDOR
Please join the Department of Geography & Environmental Studies for its 2nd annual free seed event, celebrating the importance of native wildflowers and grasses in local landscaping and gardening.

TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 11 AM TO 3 PM
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 3 PM TO 8 PM
EXHIBIT OF PAINTED SNOWBOARDS, CREATIVE CITY CENTRE. 1843 HAMILTON ST

TUESDAY APRIL 22, 5 pm: DEFEND OUR DEMOCRATIC RIGHT TO OPPOSE GENOCIDE IN GAZA: DROP THE CHARGES AGAINST YVES ENGLER, with Yves Engler & John Philpot
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration

WEDNESDAY APRIL 23, NOON: RALLY FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS, LEGISLATIVE BUILDING—FAIR WAGES NOW
https://www.facebook.com/events/3598133200480751/

THURSDAY APRIL 24, 6 pm: THE MISSING PEACE—EARTH DAY 2025, DISARM EARTH DAY
https://www.codepink.org/missingp414

THURSDAY APRIL 24, 7 pm: WHAT HAS 30 YEARS OF RESEARCH ON THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH TAUGHT US ABOUT HOUSING & THE HOUSING CRISIS?
The University of Saskatchewan’s Houston Lecture, with Dr. Patricia O’Campo.
https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/ ... ousing.php

MONDAY APRIL 28, 5:30 pm: DAY OF MOURNING FOR WORKERS KILLED ON THE JOB, CITY HALL PLAZA, 2476 VICTORIA AVE

TUESDAY APRIL 29: UNDERSTANDING ZIONISM—A 6 PART STUDY FOR THE PALESTINE LIBERATION MOVEMENT
https://peoplesforum.org/events/course- ... -movement/

MONDAY MAY 5, ALL DAY: RED DRESS DAY—A DAY TO REMEMBER MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN, GIRLS, & TWO-SPIRIT PEOPLE
One way to mark Red Dress Day is to hang a red dress in your window or in your yard.
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/ ... -dress-day

MONDAY MAY 5, 5 pm: SAFEGUARDING CANADA’S SOVEREIGNTY: NON-VIOLENT CIVILIAN DEFENCE
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration

FRIDAY MAY 9 NOON: A CONVERSATION WITH KETTY NIVYABANDI, SECRETARY GENERAL FOR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CANADA’S ENGLISH-SPEAKING SECTION. HOSTED BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SASKATCHEWAN
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... DfDf32DHWA

SATURDAY MAY 10, 2:15 pm: COMMEMORATION OF 80 YEARS SINCE FASCISM'S DEFEAT, CENTAL LIBRARY, CE-1
Host: Regina Peace Council. For more information call Ed at 306 718 8010.

SUNDAY MAY 11, 2:30 PM: CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF JOHN CONWAY, WA WA SHRINERS, 2065 HAMILTON ST
John lived his life working for a world where social justice prevails—for a world that is a better place for everyone who lives here.
https://leaderpost.remembering.ca/obitu ... 1092752460

FRIDAY MAY 30, 7 pm: THE BLACK BIRD COMMONS PRESENTS AN ADULTS ONLY BOOKFAIR—A FUNDRAISER FOR REGINA’S NEW BOOKSTORE, THE EVERYDAY KITCHEN, 1378 HAMILTON ST

NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS

CALL FOR INPUT FOR THE REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS WORKING ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND A JUST TRANSITION
See for further information: https://www.indigenousclimateaction.com ... ate-crisis

https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-inpu ... e-and-just

DEMAND AN END TO PREDATORY OVERDRAFT FEES
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeact ... 3478382270

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR TULSI GABBARD: ADDRESS THE REAL THREATS! WE NEED CLIMATE COOPERATION WITH CHINA, NOT MILITARISM!
https://www.codepink.org/gabbardchina?u ... e=codepink

CALL FOR GENUINE ANTI-TRAFFICING IMMIGRATION POLICIES
https://www.freedomunited.org/advocate/safe-migration/

THESE KIDS NEED THEIR MOM! CANADA MUST IMMEDIATELY EVACUATE DOAA & NARIMAN FROM GAZA
https://www.change.org/p/these-kids-nee ... -from-gaza