MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - April 26, 2026

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - April 26, 2026


4 SPECIAL PETITIONS:

CANADA OUT OF NATO
[ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/ ... ion=e-7317 ]


ASK KING CHARLES TO MEET WITH EPSTEIN VICTIMS INSTEAD OF TRUMP ON UPCOMING VISIT TO U.S.
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeact ... 3557463243 ]


SPECIAL LETTER: SIGN LETTER TO PM CARNEY & MINISTER OF WOMEN AND GENDER EQUALITY TO CUT MILITARY SPENDING AND INVEST IN A GREEN, PEACE, CARE ECONOMY
[ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIp ... w/viewform ]


STOP THE EVICTION OF SENIORS FROM THEIR HOMES IN SASKATCHEWAN
[ https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-evict ... skatchewan ]


MORE ON AI:

JOSH PAUL ON AI
[ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/ur ... VERSATIONS ]


BELL’S 300 MW AI DATA CENTRE NEAR REGINA
[ https://tammyrobert.substack.com/p/bell ... entre-near ]


WASHINGTON’S SET TO EAT CANADA’S DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY FOR LUNCH IN THE CUSMA TALKS
[ https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-i ... usma-talks ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING:

BRANDT OFFERS TO HELP BAIL OUT REAL DISTRICT WITH $6.5-MILLION DEAL—Looks like the privatizing of a City facility
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... llion-deal ]


PRAIRIE HARM REDUCTION’S LEGACY: NEARLY 40 YEARS OF ‘NO STRINGS ATTACHED’ CARE
[ https://leaderpost.com/feature/prairie- ... a78d691d08 ]


NIGHTMARES, DEATH THREATS AND MORE: ONE B.C. SENIOR SHARES HIS HOMELESSNESS STORY
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -9.7175702 ]


HAMLET IN NUNAVUT CELEBRATES BEING CHOSEN AS SITE OF FIRST INUIT-LED UNIVERSITY IN CANADA
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/ar ... -9.7177278 ]


LAND USE REGULATIONS AND THE IMPACT ON HOUSING IN CANADA
[ https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/professiona ... ing-canada ]


THE GASLIGHTER’S GUIDE TO UNDOING MEDICARE
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... b2d0e3c038 ]


WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR THE NDP TO COME BACK?
[ https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-pol ... Newsletter ]


ON A WARTIME FOOTING: CARNEY’S NEW DEFENCE INITIATIVES RISK CORRUPTION AND GLOBAL CONFLICT
[ https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-pol ... -conflict/ ]


BANKROLLING CRIMES—CANADIAN INVESTMENT IN ISRAELI OCCUPATION, APARTHEID, & GENOCIDE
[ https://vimeo.com/1186566421 ]


RECOGNIZING AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CANADA'S INCREDIBLE VOLUNTEERS
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klgnxVqLlqQ ]


“MUSKISM”: AUTHOR QUINN SLOBODIAN ON HOW APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA INSPIRED ELON MUSK’S WORLDVIEW & MORE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/24/ ... _elon_musk ]


THE JUSTICE DEPT’S UNPRECEDENTED CAMPAIGN TO STRIP CITIZENSHIP; SOLDIER CHARGED WITH USING CLASSIFIED INFO TO BET ON POLYMARKET; MEATPACKERS WIN AFTER HISTORIC STRIKE
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/trump-ju ... s-colorado ]


‘UNPRECEDENTED KLEPTOCRACY’: SANDERS SLAMS TRUMP FAMILY’S PRESIDENTIAL PROFITEERING
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/sande ... corruption ]


AFTER THE US BOMBING, A VENEZUELAN COMMUNITY UNDER SEIGE SPEAKS
[ https://resumen-english.org/2026/04/aft ... ge-speaks/ ]


BOAT STRIKE SURVIVORS SAY THEY WERE CAPTURED, TORTURED BY U.S. FORCES
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/boat-strike-survivors ]


A LABORATORY OF CALCULATED CRUELTY
[ https://masspeaceaction.org/news/palest ... 026/04/23/ ]


‘TERRITORIAL THEFT WITH BETTER BRANDING’: ISRAEL KEEPS ADVANCING ITS ‘YELLOW LINE’ IN GAZA
[ https://therealnews.com/territorial-the ... ne-in-gaza ]


A GLIMPSE OF IRAN: SEEING BEYOND THE PROPAGANDA
[ https://masspeaceaction.org/news/middle ... 026/04/23/ ]


ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS IDF IS ‘AWAITING A GREEN LIGHT’ FROM TRUMP TO ‘PUSH IRAN BACK INTO A DARK AGE’
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-katz-iran-war ]


‘NO OIL, NO WAR’: TRUMP’S ATTACK ON IRAN CONDEMNED AHEAD OF GLOBAL CLIMATE SUMMIT
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/fossi ... transition ]


THE VATICAN VS MAR-A-LEGO
[ https://jacobin.com/2026/04/vatican-tru ... atholicism ]


THE LOOMING FOOD CRISIS: WHY THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS DISRUPTING GLOBAL AGRICULTURE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/23/adam_hanieh ]


WAR ISN’T WORKING FOR AMERICAN WORKERS
[ https://therealnews.com/war-isnt-workin ... an-workers ]


CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR NONPROFIT SEES 1000% INCREASE IN CALLS SINCE START OF IRAN CONFLICT
[ https://peaceandplanetnews.org/conscien ... -conflict/ ]


CONFLICT AND CRISIS FLOODLIGHT FOSSIL FUEL FOLLY
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/conflict- ... uel-folly/ ]


REPORT EXPOSES HIDDEN FOSSIL FUEL COSTS SIPHONING OFF $12 TRILLION FROM SOCIETY EVERY YEAR
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/fossi ... 2-trillion ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

SUNDAY APRIL 26, 10 am: DOCTORS AGAINST GENOCIDE WEEKLY WEBINAR
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... m750Nc6iFg ]


SUNDAY APRIL 26, NOON: TECTONIC GEOPOLITICAL CHANGES: WHICH WAY TO PEACE AND A NUCLEAR WEAPON-FREE WORLD?
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


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


MONDAY APRIL 27, 11:30 am: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AGAINST WAR ORGANIZING MEETING
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... TjAB23FekQ ]


MONDAY APRIL 27, 5 pm: COMMUNITY CALL FOR CUBA
[ https://www.codepink.org/0427cuba ]


TUESDAY APRIL 28 10 am: PANAL ON CANADA & THE UN SUSTAINABILITY GOALS
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


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 TOWN HALL
[ https://plan-9.hubspotpagebuilder.com/a ... 6-townhall ]


THURSDAY APRIL 30, 5 pm: THE PUBLIC COSTS OF RISING MILITARY EXPENDITURE: EDUCATION & PUBLIC SERVICES
[ https://ipb.org/events/the-public-costs ... -services/ ]


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 pm: OIL IS COSTING US TOO DAMN MUCH (+ WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT)
[ https://act.350.org/signup/april30call/ ... &r=CA&c=NA ]


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, 1 pm: STOP USING DRONE WARFARE TO PERPETUATE GENOCIDES IN PALESTINE AND SUDAN
[ https://actionnetwork.org/events/webina ... and-sudan/ ]


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


TUESDAY MAY 12, 2 pm: SPECIAL PRESENTATION: NUGHEJAGH: INDIGENOUS HEALING AND HEALTHCARE IN ALASKA
[ https://uregina-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi ... gistration ]


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/ ]


FRIDAY MAY 22, NOON: MONITOR HUDDLE—WEALTH INEQUALITY AND ITS SOLUTIONS
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY MAY 27, 2 pm: JUST SUSTAINABILITIES IN POLICY, PLANNING, AND PRACTICE WEBINAR
[ https://masspeaceaction.org/event/just- ... e-webinar/ ]


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


STOP BILL C-9. DEFEND CIVIL LIBERTIES
[ https://www.cjpme.org/stop_c9 ]


INVESTIGATE THE NATHAN AND LILY SILVER FOUNDATION AND CONNECTIONS TO METRONTARIO
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/inves ... etrontario ]


- Making Peace Vigil