MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newslettter - February 22, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 22, 2024



GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

GAS METER CAPACITY ISSUES DELAY EXPANSION OF OVERNIGHT WARMING SHELTER HOURS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/gas-meter-c ... lter-hours ]


'MECHANICAL ISSUES' PREVENTING REGINA'S CARMICHAEL OUTREACH FROM EXPANDING WARMING CENTRE HOURS
[ https://regina.ctvnews.ca/mechanical-is ... -1.6776144 ]


ART EXHIBIT ON DISPLAY IN REGINA FOCUSES ON RECONCILIATION, CALLS TO ACTION
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7120570 ]


UNIONS ACROSS CANADA SUPPORT STF'S BID TO BARGAIN CLASS COMPOSITION, COMPLEXITY
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... complexity ]



SASK. TEACHERS' UNION REITERATES THAT CLASS COMPLEXITY, SIZE INCLUDED IN OTHER PROVINCES' CONTRACTS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7120141 ]



WE NEED TO RETHINK HOW WE INTEND TO STORE NUCLEAR POWER WASTE, by Dale Dewar
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu ... ower-waste ]



CALLS TO BAN BOOKS ARE ON THE RISE IN CANADA. SO IS THE OPPOSITION TO ANY BANS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/freedomt ... -1.7106913 ]



THE GROWING POPULARITY OF RIGHT-TO-WORK LAWS IS TROUBLING
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/?ref=maple ... newsletter ]


ALBERTA’S BRUTAL WATER RECKONING
[ https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/02/19/ ... ning/?s=03 ]



SEXUAL HARASSMENT, DISCRIMINATION FORCING WOMEN LAWYERS TO QUIT. SOME SAY THE PROFESSION NEEDS ITS ‘ME TOO’ MOVEMENT
[ https://www.thestar.com/news/investigat ... e0967.html ]



COPS CRASHED MY YORK UNIVERSITY LECTURE ON PALESTINE
[ https://breachmedia.ca/toronto-police-c ... ad-ayyash/ ]



CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, FEBRUARY 19, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=zgu_ml ... e=youtu.be ]



POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGNERS IN D.C. GET NO COMMITMENTS FROM LAWMAKERS
[ https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/po ... lawmakers/ ]


DELIVERING LAST MILE HEALTH CARE WITH A RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH, with Ryan Meili and others
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WJyp8z8wTI ]


WE MUST REMOVE BARRIERS FOR WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES
[ https://sanjosespotlight.com/silver-tau ... abilities/ ]



200+ UNIONS LAUNCH NETWORK TO PUSH FOR GAZA CEASE-FIRE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/labor ... cease-fire ]



“LIKE HORROR MOVIES”: FORCED TO EVACUATE NASSER HOSPITAL, SURGEON DESCRIBES ISRAELI RAID & ARRESTS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/19/ ... d_moghrabi ]


'WHERE IS THE HUMANITY?' DOCTORS, WHO STUNNED BY IDF'S DESTRUCTION OF GAZA HOSPITAL
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/who-nasser-hospital ]


EXPERTS DEMAND INVESTIGATION INTO IDF ABUSE OF WOMEN & GIRLS IN GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-ex ... ls-in-gaza ]


I DON'T SLEEP': MAN FROM GAZA DESPERATE TO BRING FAMILY TO SASKATOON AMID LIMITED VISAS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7116108 ]



IN LIKELY ILLEGAL ATTACK, ISRAELI NAVY FIRED ON UN FOOD CONVOY IN GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... ood-convoy ]



COLONIALISM, OCCUPATION & APARTHEID: AFRICAN COUNTRIES SEE “SHARED EXPERIENCES” WITH PALESTINIANS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/21/ ... _palestine ]



WITH $280 BILLION IN PROFITS, OIL GIANTS ARE 'MAIN WINNERS OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE'
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/oil-m ... kraine-war ]



UKRAINE’S TOP NEGOTIATOR CONFIRMS US-UK SABOTAGED PEACE DEAL WITH RUSSIA
[ https://www.aaronmate.net/p/ukraines-to ... dium=email ]



A PROFESSOR STARTED AN ANTI-FASCIST COLLEGE CLUB & FOUND HIMSELF UNDER INVESTIGATION
[ https://therealnews.com/a-professor-sta ... estigation ]



JULIAN ASSANGE’S FINAL APPEAL, BY Chris Hedges
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/assa ... nal-appeal ]



FREE JULIAN ASSANGE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvdTG56Ubdc ]



“POLITICAL PROSECUTION”: WIKILEAKS’ JULIAN ASSANGE FACES FINAL U.K. APPEAL TO AVOID U.S. EXTRADITION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/21/ ... xtradition ]



AMNESTY CONDEMNS RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT ATTACKS ON THOSE MOURNING ALEXEI NAVALNY
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/navalny-mourners ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22, 4 pm: PHARMACARE CHECK IN
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]



THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22, 8 pm: JOIN WET’SUWET’EN HEREDITARY CHIEFS FOR A WEBINAR & LEARN ABOUT THEIR GROUNDBREAKING CHARTER OF RIGHTS & FREEDOMS CHALLENGE TAKING ON CANADA’S CLIMATE INACTION
[ https://raventrust.com/events/wetsuweten-webinar/ ]



SATURDAY FEBRUARY 24, 8 am: INTERNATIONAL ONLINE RALLY, UKRAINE—HOW TO STOP THIS WAR
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]



SUNDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2 pm: MARCH FOR PALESTINE! STOP THE GENOCIDE! LEGISLATIVE BUILDING TO CITY HALL
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10 ... 4478570221 ]



TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 5:30 – 6:30: REGINA HOMELESS MEMORIAL, PAT FIACCO PLAZA, NORTH SIDE OF VICTORIA PARK
Come to honour AND remember lives lost to homelessness. There will be advocate speakers, lived experience stories, and a candlelight vigil.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/691522463171570/ ]



TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 6 pm: INFORMATION SESSSION—FIND FOSSIL FUEL FUNDERS
[ https://www.forourkids.ca/sponsorship_s ... forourkids ]



TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 7 pm: BLACK HISTORY IN SASK, WITH BARBARA MACNEIL-- BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT HAMPTON HUB, 1221 15 AVE
[ https://www.instagram.com/p/C2tiDXcuPdF/?img_index=2 ]



THURSDAY FEBRUARY 29, 6 pm: RADIOACTIVE WASTE POLICY IN CANADA—WHERE DID IT GO?
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]



THURSDAY MARCH 7, 6:30 pm: WHAT DOES BUILDING A PROGRESSIVE REGINA LOOK LIKE, UNION CENTRE, 2709-12TH AVE



TUESDAY MARCH 26, 5 pm: BOOK LAUNCH—THE MEDICINE CHEST, BY JAROL BOAN, COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS, 2155 COLLEGE AVE, ROOM 139
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/916183116487491/ ]



THURSDAY APRIL 4, 7 pm: CANDIDATE 101—A WORKSHOP OF HOW TO BE AN EFFECTIVE CANDIDATE IN THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION, UNION CENTRE, 2709-12TH AVE



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

GOVERNMENT OF SASKATCHEWAN: FIX THE CRISIS IN EDUCATION
[ https://www.tellthemtuesday.com/email_e ... n_minister ]



TELL PARLIAMENT WE NEED ACCESSIBLE HOUSING NOW
[ https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/tell-p ... ousing-now ]



BELL SPONSORING CALGARY STAMPEDE DESPITE ADMITTED NEGLIGENCE IN SEXUAL ABUSE OF MINORS
[ https://www.change.org/p/bell-sponsorin ... -of-minors ]


MAKE POLLUTERS PAY IN CANADA’S 2024 BUDGET
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/action/make-pol ... 24-budget/ ]



SUSPEND ISRAEL FROM INTERNATIONAL SPORTS
[ https://i.diem25.org/en/petitions/93 ]



ECUADOR’S PRESIDENT NOBOA MUST RESPECT DEMOCRACY AND IMMEDIATELY END OIL DRILLING IN YASUNÍ
[ https://amazonwatch.org/take-action/end ... -in-yasuni ]



TELL THE ACADEMY: ACKNOWLEDGE THE HUMAN COST OF NUCLEAR TESTING & WAR
[ https://actionnetwork.org/forms/acknowledge-human-cost ]


- Making Peace Vigil