MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - April 19, 2026

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - April 19, 2026


SPECIAL EVENT: TODAY, SUNDAY APRIL 19, 2 pm: NO WAR RALLY. NO TO CANADIAN-US WAR MACHINE. FIGHT FOR A BETTER WORLD—PALESTINE, SUDAN, VENEZUELA, CUBA, FEDERAL BUILDING, 1975 SCARTH ST (CORNER OF VIC & SCARTH)


SPECIAL READING: REGINA RESIDENTS RALLY AGAINST PROPOSED AI DATA CENTRE BEFORE RM OF SHERWOOD COUNCIL VOTE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.7169295 ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING:

CONCERNS AT LEG OVER SENIORS BEING EVICTED FROM REGINA HOUISING UNITS
[ https://www.sasktoday.ca/regina-today/r ... s-12157469 ]


CRISIS IN THE CORE, by Ryan Meili
[ https://ryanmeili.substack.com/p/crisis ... irect=true ]


THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT LEGISLATES TWO-TIER HEALTH CARE, AGAIN
[ https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news- ... are-again/ ]


‘PANDORA’S BOX’: DANIELLE SMITH AND INSURANCE GIANTS UNLEASH ATTACK ON HEALTHCARE
[ https://breachmedia.ca/pandoras-box-dan ... ealthcare/ ]


BC PREMIER WANTS TO SCRAP INDIGENOUS RIGHTS BILL
[ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AKOLM1fJ-KM ]


THE HOLLOWING OUT OF PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION: WHAT DO WE HAVE TO LOSE?
[ https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news- ... e-to-lose/ ]


WHAT HAPPENS TO DATA CENTRES WHEN THE AI BUBBLE POPS?
[ https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news- ... bble-pops/ ]


ALMOST HALF OF US DATA CENTERS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO OPEN THIS YEAR SLATED TO BE CANCELED OR DELAYED
[ https://futurism.com/science-energy/dat ... ion-supply ]


IS AI CREATING A NEW EPSTEIN CLASS?
[ https://therealnews.com/is-ai-creating- ... tein-class ]


LONDON’S MICRO-MODULAR SHELTER REDUCING HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AND UNSHELTERED POPULATION, PROGRESS REPORT REVEALS
[ https://www.ctvnews.ca/london/article/l ... t-reveals/ ]


THE OIL INDUSTRY IS MAKING BILLIONS FROM THE IRAN WAR—IT SHOULD BE TAXED
[ https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news- ... -be-taxed/ ]


CBC SPEECHLESS—A filmmaker’s decade long investigation into the campus culture wars that have redefined free speech and civil discourse
[ https://gem.cbc.ca/speechless ]


CBC NEWS REPORTS THAT THE CANADIAN COAST GUARD WILL TEST ELBIT DRONE THIS SUMMER
[ https://www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/cbc-n ... is-summer/ ]


DEADLIEST DAY IN LEBANON WAR DEMANDS CANADIAN ACTION
[ https://www.cjpme.org/pr_2026_04_09_lebanon ]


‘THERE IS ONLY ONE MAJORITY IN THIS COUNTRY, THAT’S THE WORKING CLASS,’ SAYS MAMDANI
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/mamda ... s-majority ]


ZOHRAN MAMDANI ON USING GOVERNMENT TO FIGHT FOR THE MANY
[ https://jacobin.com/2026/04/mamdani-new-york-100-days ]


ALIYA RAHMAN V. DHS: DISABLED WOMAN DRAGGED FROM CAR FILES CLAIM OVER VIOLENT ARREST IN MINNEAPOLIS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/17/ ... is_lawsuit ]


A TWO-BIT GODFATHER WITH NUCLEAR CODES, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/a-t ... he-nuclear ]


TRUMP’S JESUS-STYLE AI IMAGE FUELS GLOBAL BACKLASH AND VATICAN TENSIONS
[ https://broadview.org/trump-jesus-ai-image/ ]


SURVIVORS CLING TO LIFE IN GAZA’S TENT CITIES
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B38R4RSvFXU ]


PALESTINIAN PRISONER’S DAY: WHAT HAPPENED IN PALESTINE ON APRIL 17, 1971?
[ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/1 ... il-17-1971 ]


PALESTINE PRISONERS’ DAY 2026: ESCALATE BDS PRESSURE
[ https://bdsmovement.net/news/Palestinia ... s-Day-2026 ]


“SCORCHED-EARTH CAMPAIGN”: ISRAEL USES “GAZA PLAYBOOK” TO TURN SOUTHERN LEBANON INTO RUBBLE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/15/ ... ched_earth ]


‘THIS IS INSANE’: ALARM BELLS FOLLOW NEW REPORT OF LOOMING US PLAN TO ATTACK CUBA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-plans-cuba-attack ]


US DELEGATION PRESSES CUBA TO TRANSITION TO MARKET ECONOMY – MEDIA
[ https://www.rt.com/news/638692-cuba-us-market-economy/ ]


‘TIME FOR HALF MEASURES IS OVER’: STUDY WARNS OF TERRIFYING ATLANTIC OCEAN CURRENT COLLAPSE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/amoc-collapse-study ]


SÁNCHEZ, LULA LEAD ‘WORK FOR PEACE’ AND EQUALITY AT GATHERING OF GLOBAL PROGRESSIVE LEADERS IN SPAIN
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/summit-spain ]


ASIA PACIFIC NATIONS MEET TO DISCUSS THE ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
[ https://www.icanw.org/asia_pacific_nati ... ar_weapons ]


PEACE QUEST THE ARCHIVE
[ https://canadianpeacemuseum.ca/web-archive ]


MOVE OVER MARK CARNEY. IT’S POPE LEO, by Steve Staples
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/move-over-m ... here-comes ]


LOVE IS THE SECRET WEAPON IN FACING OUR COLLECTIVE CRISES
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/love-is-t ... ve-crises/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

SUNDAY APRIL 19, 2 pm: NO WAR RALLY. NO TO CANADIAN-US WAR MACHINE. FIGHT FOR A BETTER WORLD—PALESTINE, SUDAN, VENEZUELA, CUBA, FEDERAL BUILDING, 1975 SCARTH ST


MONDAY APRIL 20, 4:30 pm: ANOTHER DATA CENTRE PROTEST, OUTSIDE THE SHERWOOD MUNICIPAL OFFICE, 4400 CAMPBELL ST


TUESDAY APRIL 21, 5 pm: UKRAINE WAR—ITS END GAME COULD END UP IN NUCLEAR WAR
[ https://secure.everyaction.com/H-HbBQwhvU-39ATERtc6XQ2 ]


TUESDAY APRIL 21, 4 PM: NAVIGATING YOUTH CLIMATE EMOTIONS: INFORMATION AND TRAINING SESSION
[ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/navigating ... 5472117551 ]


WEDNESDAY APRIL 22, 9 am: WHY NEW REACTORS ARE THE WRONG TOOLS FOR DECARBONIZATION
[ https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aeclinic ... 0208-5-_2/ ]


WEDNESDAY APRIL 22 (EARTH DAY) 10 am - 1 pm: FREE PACKAGES OF POLLINATOR MIX SEEDS WILL BE HANDED OUT, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CORRIDOR, U OF R
Department of Geography & Environmental Studies for its 3rd nnual free seed event, celebrating the importance of native wildflowers in local landscaping and gardening. We will be passing out free seed packages of a Pollinator Mix on April 22, 2026 from 10:00am-1:00pm (or until seeds run out) at a table in the RIC (Research & Innovation Centre) Corridor. The package contains a mix of the following: bergamot, black-eyed Susan, gaillardia, giant hyssop, meadow blazingstar, prairie coneflower, purple prairie clover, smooth aster, swamp milkweed, stiff goldenrod, and yellow evening primrose.
We will be limiting it to one seed package per person. We encourage those who collect a free seed package to share your successes on the official Instagram account for the Department of Geography & Environmental Studies:
[ https://www.instagram.com/gesuofr/ ]


WEDNESDAY APRIL 22, 10 am: HOW TO BREAK THE CLIMATE SILENCE
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... 3ZxQiDO4vQ ]


WEDNESDAY APRIL 22, 11 am: WHAT DO CANADIANS THINK OF COOPERATIVES?
[ https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/ ... atives.php ]


WEDNESDAY APRIL 22, 11 am: FUTURE GEOGRAPHIES—ART IN THE CENTURY OF CLIMATE CHANGE
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... AbloZ3PcQA ]


WEDNESDAY APRIL 22, 4 -6 pm: FOR EARTH DAY-- NATURE REGINA IS HAVING ITS 3RD CROCUS WALK IN THE CROCUS BIODIVERSITY RESERVE BESIDE THE CALEDONIAN CURLING CLUB FROM 4-6 PM WITH WALKS EVERY 1/2 HOUR


WEDNESDAY APRIL 22, 6-8 pm: GLOBAL CONNECTIONS—INTRODUCTION TO MCOS & ANTI-RACISM IN PRACTICE, BUSHWAKKERS, 2206 DEWDNEY AVE
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/global-conn ... tdtcreator ]


THURSDAY APRIL 23, 5 pm: LEADING OR FALLING BEHIND—CANADA’S ENERGY CHALLENGE
[ https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/pag ... petition/1 ]


FRIDAY APRIL 24, 6 pm – late: IRISH ARTS & CULTURE NIGHT, SHANNON’S PUB, 2114 ROBINSON ST.
Join us for an evening of live music and great food to celebrate Irish arts, culture, and heritage. Donations to the Cathedral Arts Festival are greatly appreciated.
[ https://stayhappening.com/e/a-hamton-pr ... 2ISYHG9JTL ]


SATURDAY APRIL 25, 1-4 pm (come & go): SHARE YOUR VISION FOR ROSARY PARK, ROSARY PARK, 3100 13TH AVE
[ https://www.facebook.com/groups/901062826185009/ ]


SUNDAY APRIL 26, 4 pm: LAND TRUSTS & HOUSING CO-OPS—A DISCUSSION, ABSTRACTIONS CAFÉ, 2161 ROSE ST
[ https://www.instagram.com/p/DXAbqGvAR4A/ ]


WEDNESDAY APRIL 29 10 am: WOMEN IN CONFLICT ZONES, SPONSORED BY CODE PINK
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/women-in-conflict/ ]


WEDNESDAY APRIL 29, 7 pm: IS MISINFORMATION KILLING US? A LECTURE FEATURING TIMOTHY CAULFIELD,
[ https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/ ... ing-us.php ]


THURSDAY APRIL 30, 10 am: DISABILITY WITHOUT POVERTY APRIL 30 - TOWN HALL
[ https://plan-9.hubspotpagebuilder.com/a ... 6-townhall ]


THURSDAY APRIL 30, 6 pm: CELEBRATION OF SASK FILMS, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE
[ https://www.reginalibrary.ca/film-theat ... s/16179144 ]


THURSDAY APRIL 30, 6:30 – 8:30 pm: COMMUNITY CONVERSATION—A RENTAL REGISTRY FOR REGINA, ROSEMONT COMMUNITY SCHOOL GYM, 841 HORRACE ST
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=14 ... 6031166668 ]


SATURDAY MAY 2, 10 pm: RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH RAVE, ARTESIAN, 2627 13TH AVE
[ https://www.instagram.com/p/DXAbqGvAR4A/ ]


WEDNESDAY MAY 6, 6 pm: RENT CONTROL, WITH PETER GILMER & SIMON ENOCH, REGENT LIBRARY, 331 ALBERT ST
[ https://www.instagram.com/p/DXAbqGvAR4A/ ]


FRIDAY MAY 8, NOON – 4 pm: FRAGILE FLIGHT—BIRD CONSERVATION IN HUMAN SPACE, ARCHER LIBRARY, WASCANA ROOM (107.32/.33) UNIVERSITY OF REGINA
Join us for Fragile Flight: Bird Conservation in Human Spaces, an afternoon of learning, reflection, and creative engagement focused on the challenges birds face in built environments.
This event explores the risks birds encounter in human spaces—including collisions with windows and other urban hazards—while highlighting conservation efforts that help protect them. Through art, interpretation, and educational displays, Fragile Flight invites participants to deepen their appreciation for birds and consider how we can create safer shared spaces.


SATURDAY MAY 9, 7 pm: BOOK LAUNCH—THE HOMELESS—A PERSONAL JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY, BY GLEN HARPER, THE CRAVE, 1925 VICTORIA AVE


SATURDAY MAY 16, 10 am -4 pm: REPAIR CAFÉ, GEORGE BOTHWELL LIBRARY, SOUTHLAND MALL, REGINA
Get things—bikes, radios +++ fixed for free.
[ https://www.envirocollective.ca/repair-cafe/ ]


SUNDAY MAY 31, 2-4 pm: BOOK CLUB—EVERY MOMENT IS A LIFE: GAZA IN THE TIME OF GENOCIDE, ABSTRACTIONS CAFÉ, 2161 ROSE ST
Join us for a discussion of Susan Abulhawa’s “Every Moment is a Life,” an anthology of short stories by 18 young writers in Gaza whom Abulhawa mentored during the genocide.
As Abulhawa said in a recent statement, “These young people risked dangers that most of us cannot begin to fathom just to attend writing workshops, because it was a singular outlet for intellectual exercise and creative expression. They came so they could be reminded of their potential. They came to feel that they are more than creatures seeking food and water and shelter. That they have a place in the world; that they have a voice, a relevance, something to contribute. They came to touch the lives that they thought they might still have, even if it was just for a few hours. It has been my honour and my privilege to know these beautiful, courageous individuals who deserve to be heard, to be read, to be protected.”
[ https://www.instagram.com/?target_user_ ... eed&__bp=1 ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS

CANADA SOCCER’S SILENCE IS SICKENING. DEMAND ACTION
[ https://www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/canad ... ability/?l ]


TELL BAYER-MONSANTO TO STOP SELLING TOXIC ROUNDUP THAT HARMS MONARCH BUTTERFLIES AND PUBLIC HEALTH!
[ https://action.foe.org/page/96930/actio ... id=4864042 ]


AMAZON BOARD OF DIRECTORS: LET AMAZON WORKERS CALL 911
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... s-call-911 ]


STOP THE PRISONERS’ EXECUTION LAW
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/our-c ... ar_id=true ]


END THE WEST BANK SETTLEMENT CRISIS
[ https://www.justiceforallcanada.org/set ... risis.html ]


TELL BIG BANKS: PROTECT THE AMAZON
[ https://amazonwatch.org/take-action/tel ... the-amazon ]


DEMAND CONOCOPHILLIPS STOP DRILLING IN THE ARCTIC TO HELP PROTECT COMMUNITIES AND INNOCENT POLAR BEARS!
[ https://action.foe.org/page/96960/actio ... id=4868804 ]


TELL POLYMARKET TO STOP BETTING ON WAR
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... ng-on-war/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil