MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - August 20, 2026

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - August 20, 2026


SPECIAL EVENT: THURSDAY AUGUST 20, 7 pm: PEOPLES PARK AFTER DARK—PEACE WORKSHOP, HOUSING NOT WAR, PEOPLES PARK = PEPSI PARK, 11TH AVE 3 BLOCKS WEST OF WINNIPEG ST
Music, with musical performance by Karley Parovosky, + food: pay what you can.
Sponsored by Sunday Funday and Regina Peace Council
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=101 ... &ref=notif [


SPECIAL APPEAL FOR SUNDAY FUNDAY
Many of you gave so very generously in 2025 and early 2026 to support Sunday Funday that Making Peace Vigil was able to donate $2,800. That money is close to running out and more is needed to provide food and other necessities for the 60+ unhoused people currently living at the encampment at Peoples (Pepsi) Park.
If you are able to make a donation, it would be most gratefully received. Cash or a check made out to Sunday Funday can be given to me, left on my verandah, or put in the mail: 2818-19th, Ave, Regina S4T 1X3. If you have any questions, please email or phone: 306-522-2310. What unhoused people need is housing! In the meantime, they need our support.


SPECIAL PETITION: HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT
[ https://housingrights.ca/make-the-new-n ... w-the-law/ ]


SPECIAL READING: WHY IS SPAIN IN AFRICA?
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... -in-africa ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

EMPLOYER CHARGED WITH EXPLOITING FOREIGN WORKER AT SWIFT CURRENT HUSKY TRAVEL CENTRE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.7311253 ]


DISABILITY WITHOUT POVERTY 2026 REPORT
[ https://www.disabilitywithoutpoverty.ca ... vey-report ]


WESTJET FLIGHT ATTENDANTS HAVE WON A MAJOR SETTLEMENT
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/westjet-fl ... ettlement/ ]


CHIEF CALLS FOR RESPECT AFTER ALBERTA GOVERNMENT MISSES TREATY 6 ANNIVERSARY EVENT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton ... -9.7310118 ]


HEATED RIVALRY AUTHOR DONATES $300K TO 5 RURAL LIBRARIES FACING CLOSURE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-sco ... -9.7310023 ]


NEW INDIGENOUS TRAINING PROGRAM EDUCATES FRONTLINE WORKERS ABOUT FORCED STERILIZATIONS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/trai ... -9.7312898 ]


THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS, by Ryan Meili
[ https://ryanmeili.substack.com/p/the-house-always-wins ]


SHOULD UNIVERSITIES USE A PASS-FAIL SYSTEM TO SUPPORT STUDENTS’ MENTAL HEALTH? HERE’S WHAT EXPERTS THINK
[ https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/articl ... rts-think/ ]


THE $10-A-DAY DIVIDE: CHILD CARE FEES IN CANADA IN 2026
[ https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news- ... a-in-2026/ ]


CANADIAN DIRECTOR ALLY PANKW REFUSED TO WORK ON NEW HARRY POTTER SHOW OVER ‘TRANSPHOBIA’
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/c ... -9.7307490 ]


CANADA’S ULTRA RICH ARE NO FRIENDS OF DEMOCRACY
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... -democracy ]


REVISITING MARK CARNEY’S TRAGEDY OF THE HORIZON
[ https://www.wcel.org/blog/revisiting-ma ... dy-horizon ]


CARNEY’S CEO SUMMIT COULD PUT PUBLIC ASSETS ON THE TABLE
[ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/ ... -the-table ]


NO DEAL TO BE HAD, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/the ... -to-be-had ]


FLYING BLIND INTO THE STORM, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/fly ... -the-storm ]


DEMAND FOR CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP CERTIFICATES SOARING, FUELLED BY AMERICANS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadi ... -9.7307536 ]


‘THE TRUMP BUMP’: DEMAND FOR CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP SOARS AS AMERICANS TRY TO FLEE DISASTROUS SECOND TERM
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/becom ... an-citizen ]


HEY JUDY, MOST CANADIANS HATE OUR MILITARY SERVING USA, by Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2026/08/17/hey-j ... rving-usa/ ]


WHY ARE PEOPLE PROTESTING AGAINST DATA CENTRES IN TORONTO?
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Gl_9PmGGc ]


AI SUPERINTELLIGENCE IS NOT A TOOL, IT’S AN ADVERSARY THREATENING HUMANITY
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/20/ ... _controlai ]


NEOLIBERAL POLICY HOLLOWED OUT UNIVERSITIES. NOW THEY ARE COLLAPSING—Same thing is happening to Canadian universities.
[ https://therealnews.com/neoliberal-poli ... collapsing ]


THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS ‘UNSKILLED WORK’: BARBARA EHRENREIGH’S ‘NICKEL AND DIMED’ 25 YEARS LATER
[ https://therealnews.com/barbara-ehrenre ... -and-dimed ]


“OPERATION PUPPET MASTER”: TRUMP ADMIN SPIED ON MINNESOTA ACTIVISTS & UNIONS AFTER ICE KILLINGS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/17/ ... pet_master ]


U.S.-REGISTERED DRONE DETECTED AT SITE OF SUSPECTED CIA BOAT STRIKE
[ https://open.substack.com/pub/dropsiten ... -shield-ai ]


HUNDREDS OF THE ALBANIAN DIASPORA EXPECTED IN TIRANA FOR DAY 76 OF FLAMINGO REVOLUTION PROTESTS
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2026/08/hundr ... -protests/ ]


HOW TRUMP’S IRAN WAR IS BRINGING DOWN THE AMERICAN EMPIRE
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/how- ... nging-down ]


TRUMP’S WAR BACKFIRES AS U.S. WEIGHS MAJOR RETREAT
[ https://www.meidasplus.com/p/tuesday-af ... trumps-725 ]


THEY LIED ABOUT AFGHANISTAN. THEY LIED ABOUT IRAQ. AND THEY ARE LYING ABOUT UKRAINE. By Chris Hedges
[ https://scheerpost.com/2023/07/08/chris ... t-ukraine/ ]


SOME HISTORICAL CONTEXT: 50 YEARS AFTER THE CIA’S FIRST OVERTHROW OF A DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED FOREIGN GOVERNMENT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE 1953 US BACKED COUP IN IRAN
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2003/8/25/ ... 8s73cfllvg ]


AUGUST 11, 2026, BECOMES A HISTORIC DATE IN LEBANON: THE DEATH PENALTY IS ABOLISHED
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2026/08/augus ... abolished/ ]


‘HALT THIS ESCALATION’: LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER CONDEMNS ISRAEL’S LATEST BOMBINGS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/leban ... el-bombing ]


‘NOT EVEN PEOPLE’: BEN-GVIR CALLS FOR KILLING 30-40 PALESTINIANS EVERY NIGHT IN GAZA
[ https://www.palestinechronicle.com/not- ... t-in-gaza/ ]


SANCTION ISRAEL NOW
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4666YxUphJg ]


ISRAELI MINISTER BEN-GVIR CONDEMNED FOR CALLING TO KILL ‘30 TO 40’ PALESTINIANS IN GAZA EACH DAY
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/ben-gvir-gaza-killing ]


GAZA'S TEACHERS STRUGGLE TO FILL THE VOID OF A SCHOOL SYSTEM DECIMATED BY ISRAEL
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-com ... uma-remote ]


WHO IS NATALIE HARP? NYT REPORTER MAGGIE HABERMAN ON TRUMP’S AIDE & HIS ATTACKS ON WOMEN REPORTERS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/18/ ... ime_change ]


“REGIME CHANGE” AUTHOR MAGGIE HABERMAN ON TRUMP’S IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY, EPSTEIN FILES & WAR ON IRAN
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/18/ ... man_part_2 ]


END THE 500 YEAR WAR AGAINST AFRICA NOW
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/video-end-th ... frica-now/ ]


AMNESTY CALLS FOR ‘GLOBAL SOLIDARITY’ AS EBOLA OUTBREAK BECOMES WORST IN DRC’S HISTORY
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/ebola-virus-drc ]


CAPITALISM IS KILLING SUMMER
[ https://therealnews.com/capitalism-is-killing-summer ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

THURSDAY AUGUST 20, 7 pm: PEOPLES PARK AFTER DARK—PEACE WORKSHOP, HOUSING NOT WAR, PEOPLES PARK = PEPSI PARK, 11TH AVE 3 BLOCKS WEST OF WINNIPEG ST
Music, with musical performance by Karley Parovosky, + food: pay what you can.
Sponsored by Sunday Funday and Regina Peace Council
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=101 ... &ref=notif ]


WEDNESDAY AUGUST 26, 5 PM: BILL C9 BECOMES LAW: THE COMBATTING HATE ACT, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND SAFETY
[ https://secure.qgiv.com/for/wdrvwf/even ... d=47821882 Y ]


WEDNESDAY AUGUST 26. 5:30 pm: BEYOND THE TEA CUP: SRI LANKA'S MALAIYAHA TAMIL TEA WORKERS IN CRISIS
[ https://upenn.zoom.us/meeting/register/ ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 4:30 pm: CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS MATTER. LET’S GET TALKING
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... w_X37nkRaA ]


SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 10 am-4 pm: QU’APPELLE VALLEY ASSOCIATION PUBLIC GATHERING, ST. ANDREW'S UNITED CHURCH HALL IN FORT QU'APPELLE
The theme of the forum will be "Protecting Prairie Waters, Habitats and Health." The keynote speaker will be Dr. Peter Leavitt who will talk about his latest research on the health of prairie waters.
There will also be a panel of speakers dealing with many topics including concentration of ownership of agricultural land, farmers' concerns regarding lack of drainage regulations, Indigenous land rights, data centres, the need to address the growing dependence on fossil fuels for our electrical grid, youth climate action, and more. All are welcome.


MONDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 10 -10:30 pm: RAISING OF THE PEACE FLAG AT CITY HALL TO MARK INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY
The peace flag will be raised at City Hall on September 21, the day declared by the United Nations as International Day of Peace. Please come out and join the call for both peace and justice.


THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 5 pm: THE BILLIONAIRE PROBLEM—WHAT THE RISE OF THE SUPER RICH MEANS FOR CANADIAN DEMOCRACY, AFFORDABILITY, & CANADA’S FUTURE
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walrus- ... 4952070345 ]


MONDAY OCTOBER 5, 1:30 – 4 pm: LETTER-WRITING CAMPAIGN TO END HOUSELESSNESS IN CANADA BY GETTING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO REINVEST IN SOCIAL/PUBLIC HOUSING, KNOX-MET
End Poverty Regina is hosting a letter writing campaign to put pressure on the federal government to reinvest in social/public housing. Letter writers will be provided with pens, paper, and templates for letters. Please invite all your friends.


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: HONOUR CANADA’S EMISSIONS TARGETS
[ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/ ... -targets&& ]


NATURE IS OUR HOME, NOT AN ECONOMIC ZONE
[ https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/nature- ... nomic-zone ]


STOP ZIONIST CENSORSHIP
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop- ... censorship ]


WORLD SAYS NO MORE US MILITARY SPENDING
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/world-says-s ... -spending/ ]


TRUMP, HANDS OFF GREENLAND
[ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/tr ... nland_loc/ ]


TELL GENERAL MILLS: KEEP GENETICALLY ENGINEERED WHEAT OUT OF MY CEREAL, BREAD, AND OTHER FOOD PRODUCTS!
[ https://action.foe.org/page/101443/acti ... id=5897606 ]


ISRAEL: DISCLOSE THE WHEREABOUTS OF JOURNALIST AND PHOTOJOURNALIST NIDEL AND HAITHAM
[ https://act.amnestyusa.org/page/183422/action/1 ]


- Making Peace Vigil