MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - September 6, 2026

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - September 6, 2026


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

REGINA STEERS TOWARD FEDERAL FUNDING PROGRAM THAT FAVOURS ZERO-EMITTING BUSES DOWN THE ROAD
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/regina-stee ... -the-road/ ]


‘NO TIMELINE FOR GRIEF’: JAMES SMITH CREE NATION MARKS FOUR YEARS SINCE DEADLY ATTACKS WITH REMEMBRANCE, HEALING
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... e-healing/ ]


LEGAL CHALLENGE: EDMONTON FACES LAWSUIT OVER ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 01739&type ]


6,000 NAMES ETCHED IN STONE TO MEMORIALIZE JAPANESE PEOPLE DETAINED IN VANCOUVER DURING WWII
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -9.7328807 ]


WHY ISN’T TORCHING A CAR A HATE CRIME?
[ https://judyhaiven.substack.com/p/why-i ... hate-crime? ]


HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT COMMON ANIMALS REMAIN COMMON?
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/how-do-we ... in-common/ ]


THE CLASS WAR COMES TO COBALT, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/the ... -to-cobalt ]


TIME TO BUILD MOVEMENT AGAINST CAPITALIST MINORITY RULE, by Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2026/09/05/time- ... rity-rule/ ]


RESOLVE & APPREHENSION: 76% SAY CANADA WAS RIGHT TO DITCH TRADE TALKS, BUT TWO-IN-FIVE HAVE FEAR FOR THEIR JOBS
[ https://angusreid.org/resolve-apprehen- ... heir-jobs/ ]


8 WAYS CANADA CAN CUT THE CORD FROM WASHINGTON
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/8-ways-cana ... -cord-from ]


MILITARY SPENDS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS PROMOTING WAR TO YOUTH, by Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2026/09/04/milit ... -to-youth/ ]


WHAT THE 1960s CAN TEACH US ABOUT CROSS-RACIAL SOLIDARITY
[ https://wagingnonviolence.org/2026/09/1 ... y-history/ ]


STANFORD STUDENT NEWSPAPER WINS SUIT OVER TRUMP’S CRACKDOWN ON PRO-PALESTINE SPEECH
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/9/4/s ... peech_fire ]


FRANCE PROTEST: PARIS PROTESTERS MARK ‘PRISONER NUMBERS’ FOR PALESTINIAN DETAINEES AMID GAZA WAR!
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tphL1mpDMHo ]


ICE PLANS NATIONAL VOTER DATABASE; NYC SCHOOLS BAN AI THROUGH 8TH GRADE; KATZ: ETHNIC CLEANSING OF GAZA THE “ONLY SOLUTION”
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/ice-vote ... -gaza-katz ]


AMERICA’S DATA CENTER REVOLT IS JUST BEGINNING
[ https://www.meidasplus.com/p/new-show-a ... ter-revolt ]


WHY IS EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT CHOKEPOINTS?
[ https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/fore ... age_anchor ]


TRUMP CALLS REPORTERS COVERING WANING MUNITIONS “TREASONOUS SCUM”; U.S. IMPOSES EVEN MORE CUBA SANCTIONS; SCORES KILLED IN YEMEN CLASHES
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/trump-us ... ansarallah ]


WHY SOLIDARITY IS VITAL TO FREEING IMPRISONED HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
[ https://wagingnonviolence.org/2026/08/s ... defenders/ ]


‘THEY KEEP BEATING ME’: DR. HUSSAM ABU SAFIYA GIVES NEW TESTIMONY FROM ISRAELI PRISON
[ https://www.palestinechronicle.com/they ... li-prison/ ]


EMPTYING GAZA: BEN-GVIR UNVEILS PLAN FOR ETHNIC CLEANSING OF 1.86 MILLION PALESTINIANS
[ https://www.palestinechronicle.com/empt ... estinians/ ]


ISRAEL’S GAZA ‘SOLUTION’ IS TO EMPTY IT OF PALESTINIANS, DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS
[ https://therealnews.com/israels-gaza-so ... ister-says ]


VENEZUELANS OF ALL STRIPES ARE DENOUNCING TRUMP'S 'BIGGEST OIL DEAL EVER'
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump- ... -9.7331302 ]


‘AMERICAN DOMINANCE’: BOAT STRIKES, CUBA, AND LATIN AMERICAN PUSHBACK
[ https://therealnews.com/american-domina ... n-pushback ]


UNITED NATIONS MOVES AWAY FROM MAP THAT MAKES AFRICA LOOK SMALL
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/united- ... -9.7332900 ]


SECRETIVE U.S. BASE IN SOMALIA SIGNALS NEW PHASE OF WAR
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/new-us-b ... habaab-cia ]


WHAT DOES THE WORLD’S ENVIRONMENT HAVE TO DO WITH WAR AND PEACE?
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqFYkrUvTMw ]


INTERVIEW WITH SEAN SWEENEY, COORDINATOR OF TRADE UNIONS FOR ENERGY DEMOCRACY
[ https://www.buzzsprout.com/2313632/episodes/19747279 ]


URGENT GLOBAL RESPONSE NEEDED TO PREPARE FOR ‘LITERALLY OFF THE CHARTS’ SUPERSIZED EL NIÑO, SAYS UN
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-el-nino-warning ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 10 am: DOCTORS AGAINST GENOCIDE WEEKLY UPDATE
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... m750Nc6iFg ]


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


THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 7 pm: IN HER DEFENCE—BREACH OF TRUST—film about the case of Kerry Benjoe, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE
Join us for the world premier of the award-winning true crime podcast In Her Defence: Breach of Trust, with a live preview of the new season, behind-the-scenes stories, and exclusive interviews with journalists Jana G. Pruden and Kerry Benjoe about the Regina case that became international news.
It was a single word that led Kerry Benjoe to investigate the true identity of a man she’d been seeing for nearly five years. In doing so, she exposed a shocking web of betrayal and predation, perpetrated by a sergeant within the Regina Police Service and affecting hundreds of vulnerable women.
Despite her fear, Kerry risked it all to hold the veteran police officer accountable and protect other women. But would the system punish one of its own?
In the third season of the highly acclaimed true crime podcast In Her Defence, reporter Jana G. Pruden explores the case of Robert Semenchuck, and the broader issue of police using their vast power and resources to prey on women, many of whom have already been victims of domestic abuse or sexual violence.
Based on more than 50 hours of exclusive interviews with dozens of women, police officers, lawyers and experts, In Her Defence: Breach of Trust reveals serious gaps in the way law enforcement agencies in Canada are policing themselves, and the serious harm women are suffering as a result.


FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11, NOON – 8 pm & SATURDAY SEPTMEBER 12, 10 am – 4 pm: QUEEN CITY ANTIQUE & VINTAGE MARKET, CALLIE CURLING CLUB, 2225 SANDRA SCHMIRLER WAY
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/2597284590718569/ ]


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.


TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 10 am: BUDGET 2026 AND THE NATIONAL HOUSING STRATEGY
Get an inside look at Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness’s advocacy efforts and the policy changes it’s working to advance, heading into Budget 2026 and the renewal of the National Housing Strategy.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19; 9:45 A.M. COFFEE, 10:00 A.M. START: SEEDING AN ECONOMY OF LIFE: EMERGING IDEAS FOR A JUST CLIMATE TRANSITION FOR ALL IN SASKATCHEWAN, CHRIST THE KING PARISH, 3239 GARNET ST, REGINA AND ONLINE
Kairos Regina and partners invite you to a day of "World Building" through imagination, creativity and conversation.
At a time when governments are championing new fossil fuel projects instead of the bold climate action our world needs, communities across Canada are continuing to imagine a different future.
[ https://secure.kairoscanada.org/civicrm ... ter?id=456 ]


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

OUR CHILDREN NEED CLIMATE LEADERS
[ https://win.newmode.net/forourkids/ourc ... ateleaders ]


TELL YOUR MP TO STAND UP FOR PEOPLE IN CRISIS
[ https://www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/te ... unding-ii/ ]


MIGRANTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROTEST WITHOUT FEAR
[ https://migrantrights.ca/righttoprotest/ ]


TELL GOOGLE AND APPLE: LAKE ONTARIO IS STILL LAKE ONTARIO WORLDWIDE. DON’T HELP TRUMP MAKE AMERICA A LAUGHING STOCK. LABEL IT ACCURATELY ON YOUR MAPS.
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/keep- ... g-the-map/ ]


TELL GOOGLE AND APPLE: STAND UP TO TRUMP ON BASIC GEOGRAPHY
[ https://act.citizen.org/page/102107/petition/1 ]


SIGN CANADA’S DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY CHARTER
[ https://action.openmedia.org/page/186119/action/1 ]


STOP SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS IN CANADA
[ https://stop-smrs.weebly.com/renewablesnotnuclear.html ]


END SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST CANADIAN MASSAGE THERAPISTS
[ https://www.change.org/p/call-to-end-se ... therapists ]


NO TO THE SHOW TRIAL OF NICOLAS MADURA
[ https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/def ... las-maduro ]


ULTRA BEAUTY: DROP YOUR CONTRACT WITH FLOCK
[ https://act.weareultraviolet.org/sign/u ... 299.l030If ]

- Making Peace Vigil