MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - August 23, 2026
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2026 10:54 amMAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - August 23, 2026
SPECIAL LISTENING: CITIES GRAPPLE WITH WAYS TO DEAL WITH TENT ENCAMPMENTS— much of the interview takes place at the Pepsi Park encampment
[ https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1- ... ncampments ]
SPECIAL PETITION: CALL FOR A MORATORIUM ON LARGE SCALE AI DATA CENTRES IN SASK
[ https://www.change.org/p/call-for-a-mor ... skatchewan ]
GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING:
COURTS AT THE SKUARE OPEN ON SATURDAY
[ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/c ... r-AA2aHT0q ]
CONSERVATIONISTS SUE CITY OF REGINA OVER PROPOSED PRINCE OF WALES ROAD EXTENSION
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.7315934 ]
SASK. DOESN’T HAVE LAWS AGAINST REPLACEMENT WORKERS IN A LABOUR DISPUTE. WHY NOT? Why not, indeed!!!
[ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/s ... r-AA2az5fp ]
BIG TECH HAS COME TO SASK. HOW IS THE PROVINCE REGULATING MEGA-AI DATA CENTRES?
[ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/bi ... r-AA2aDwzA ]
IS RAPID AI DEVELOPMENT A SMART MOVE? By David Suzuki
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/is-rapid- ... mart-move/ ]
LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! ROLL THE DATA CENTRE SELL JOB!
[ https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/08/21/D ... -Sell-Job/ ]
SOME 2SLGBTQ+ GROUPS CUT TIES WITH EDMONTON PRIDE FESTIVAL OVER POLICING CONCERNS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton ... -9.7313570 ]
TEEPEE COVER STOLEN 100 YEARS AGO FINALLY BEING REPATRIATED TO SASK.
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.7311155 ]
NAKOTA AND CREE TEEN'S CULTURAL ADVOCACY EARNS HIM AN INTERNATIONAL AWARD
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/youn ... -9.7314272 ]
RABBIT AND LYNX: RETHINKING THE NORTHERN MYTH OF SETTLEMENT, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/rab ... e-northern ]
IF U.S. BOOZE RETURNS TO SHELVES, 'LEAVE IT THERE,' MANITOBA PREMIER SAYS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba ... -9.7314138 ]
‘IT’S WAR’: TRUMP’S 50% TARIFFS TAKE HOLD AFTER US-CANADA TRADE TALKS COLLAPSE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/canad ... s-collapse ]
CARNEY SAYS TRADE DEAL BECAME UNTENABLE WHEN U.S. 'ASKED TOO MUCH AND OFFERED TOO LITTLE'
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-c ... -9.7316934 ]
200,000 BARRELS, ONE DEEP-SEA MYSTERY — AND A VERY CANADIAN QUESTION, by Steve Staples
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/200000-barr ... ea-mystery ]
POILIEVRE WANTS CANADA TO FUEL U.S. WARS IN EXCHANGE FOR TARIFF RELIEF
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/poilievre- ... ff-relief/ ]
WHY IS MILITARY SO CLOSE TO PLACE WE ARE ‘AT WAR’ WITH?, by Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2026/08/23/why-i ... -war-with/ ]
ADD SUDANESE TO OTTAWA’S LIST OF EXPENDABLE PEOPLE, by Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2026/08/20/add-s ... ble-people ]
‘LETHAL AND ILLEGAL ECONOMIC AGGRESSION’: TRUMP, RUBIO REBUKED FOR NEW SANCTIONS ON CUBA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/rubio ... -sanctions ]
ISRAEL’S ESCALATING TACTIC OF DISPOSSESSION IN THE WEST BANK
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/qusra-si ... -west-bank ]
WEST BANK NIGHTMARE, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/west-bank-nightmare ]
AS ISRAEL’S MILITARY ADVANCES ITS YELLOW LINE, GAZANS FEAR THEY’RE BEING PUSHED TO THE SEA
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/yellow-li ... -9.7313205 ]
AS PRESSURE GROWS, ISRAEL FINALLY OPENS PROBE INTO 2024 KILLING OF 5-YEAR-OLD HIND RAJAB IN GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/21/ ... hind_rajab ]
HUNDREDS OF THE ALBANIAN DIASPORA EXPECTED IN TIRANA FOR DAY 76 OF FLAMINGO REVOLUTION PROTESTS
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2026/08/hundr ... -protests/ ]
CONGO’S EBOLA OUTBREAK ‘GROWING EXPONENTIALLY,’ WARNS UN OFFICIAL
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/congo-ebola-outbreak ]
U.S. IMPOSES NEW CUBA SANCTIONS; PROGRESSIVE WINS CALIFORNIA SPECIAL ELECTION; CONGO EBOLA OUTBREAK “GROWING EXPONENTIALLY”
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/us-cuba- ... a-outbreak ]
DE-ESCALATION TRAINING
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75c2P-YZWOk ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
SUNDAY AUGUST 23, 10 am: DOCTORS AGAINST GENOCIDE—PALESTINE & SUDAN & THE ESCALATION OF GENOCIDE
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... m750Nc6iFg ]
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 ]
THURSDAY AUGUST 27, 7 pm: BRIARPATCH LAUNCH OF SPECIAL ISSUE ON HOUSING JUSTICE, ARTESIAN, 2627 13th AVE
The evening will include a workshop by the Regina Tenants Union and a special performance by Jake & the Kid.
[ https://www.instagram.com/p/DcRePNuiR02/ ]
SATURDAY AUGUST 29, 3 PM: RESIST US-LED WAR: REPORT-BACK FROM CUBA
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... 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
PRESERVE ADULT AND TEEN PROGRAMMER ROLES IN SK SOUTHEAST REGIONAL LIBRARIES
[ https://www.change.org/p/preserve-adult ... -libraries ]
TELL YOUR PENSION FUND TO DEVELOP AN INDIGENOUS RIGHTS POLICY
[ https://www.shiftaction.ca/indigenous-rights-action ]
CANADA: STAND WITH UM AL KHEIR
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... m-al-kheir ]
DEMAND THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION REVERSE ITS ANTI-CHINA POLICY
[ https://www.codepink.org/nationalscienc ... _id=399923 ]
POPE LEO: PLEASE GUIDE THE WORLD AWAY FROM NUCLEAR
[ https://nuclearinsanity.substack.com/p/ ... pe-leo-xiv ]
- Making Peace Vigil
SPECIAL LISTENING: CITIES GRAPPLE WITH WAYS TO DEAL WITH TENT ENCAMPMENTS— much of the interview takes place at the Pepsi Park encampment
[ https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1- ... ncampments ]
SPECIAL PETITION: CALL FOR A MORATORIUM ON LARGE SCALE AI DATA CENTRES IN SASK
[ https://www.change.org/p/call-for-a-mor ... skatchewan ]
GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING:
COURTS AT THE SKUARE OPEN ON SATURDAY
[ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/c ... r-AA2aHT0q ]
CONSERVATIONISTS SUE CITY OF REGINA OVER PROPOSED PRINCE OF WALES ROAD EXTENSION
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.7315934 ]
SASK. DOESN’T HAVE LAWS AGAINST REPLACEMENT WORKERS IN A LABOUR DISPUTE. WHY NOT? Why not, indeed!!!
[ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/s ... r-AA2az5fp ]
BIG TECH HAS COME TO SASK. HOW IS THE PROVINCE REGULATING MEGA-AI DATA CENTRES?
[ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/bi ... r-AA2aDwzA ]
IS RAPID AI DEVELOPMENT A SMART MOVE? By David Suzuki
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/is-rapid- ... mart-move/ ]
LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! ROLL THE DATA CENTRE SELL JOB!
[ https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/08/21/D ... -Sell-Job/ ]
SOME 2SLGBTQ+ GROUPS CUT TIES WITH EDMONTON PRIDE FESTIVAL OVER POLICING CONCERNS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton ... -9.7313570 ]
TEEPEE COVER STOLEN 100 YEARS AGO FINALLY BEING REPATRIATED TO SASK.
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.7311155 ]
NAKOTA AND CREE TEEN'S CULTURAL ADVOCACY EARNS HIM AN INTERNATIONAL AWARD
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/youn ... -9.7314272 ]
RABBIT AND LYNX: RETHINKING THE NORTHERN MYTH OF SETTLEMENT, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/rab ... e-northern ]
IF U.S. BOOZE RETURNS TO SHELVES, 'LEAVE IT THERE,' MANITOBA PREMIER SAYS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba ... -9.7314138 ]
‘IT’S WAR’: TRUMP’S 50% TARIFFS TAKE HOLD AFTER US-CANADA TRADE TALKS COLLAPSE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/canad ... s-collapse ]
CARNEY SAYS TRADE DEAL BECAME UNTENABLE WHEN U.S. 'ASKED TOO MUCH AND OFFERED TOO LITTLE'
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-c ... -9.7316934 ]
200,000 BARRELS, ONE DEEP-SEA MYSTERY — AND A VERY CANADIAN QUESTION, by Steve Staples
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/200000-barr ... ea-mystery ]
POILIEVRE WANTS CANADA TO FUEL U.S. WARS IN EXCHANGE FOR TARIFF RELIEF
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/poilievre- ... ff-relief/ ]
WHY IS MILITARY SO CLOSE TO PLACE WE ARE ‘AT WAR’ WITH?, by Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2026/08/23/why-i ... -war-with/ ]
ADD SUDANESE TO OTTAWA’S LIST OF EXPENDABLE PEOPLE, by Yves Engler
[ https://yvesengler.com/2026/08/20/add-s ... ble-people ]
‘LETHAL AND ILLEGAL ECONOMIC AGGRESSION’: TRUMP, RUBIO REBUKED FOR NEW SANCTIONS ON CUBA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/rubio ... -sanctions ]
ISRAEL’S ESCALATING TACTIC OF DISPOSSESSION IN THE WEST BANK
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/qusra-si ... -west-bank ]
WEST BANK NIGHTMARE, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/west-bank-nightmare ]
AS ISRAEL’S MILITARY ADVANCES ITS YELLOW LINE, GAZANS FEAR THEY’RE BEING PUSHED TO THE SEA
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/yellow-li ... -9.7313205 ]
AS PRESSURE GROWS, ISRAEL FINALLY OPENS PROBE INTO 2024 KILLING OF 5-YEAR-OLD HIND RAJAB IN GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/21/ ... hind_rajab ]
HUNDREDS OF THE ALBANIAN DIASPORA EXPECTED IN TIRANA FOR DAY 76 OF FLAMINGO REVOLUTION PROTESTS
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2026/08/hundr ... -protests/ ]
CONGO’S EBOLA OUTBREAK ‘GROWING EXPONENTIALLY,’ WARNS UN OFFICIAL
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/congo-ebola-outbreak ]
U.S. IMPOSES NEW CUBA SANCTIONS; PROGRESSIVE WINS CALIFORNIA SPECIAL ELECTION; CONGO EBOLA OUTBREAK “GROWING EXPONENTIALLY”
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/us-cuba- ... a-outbreak ]
DE-ESCALATION TRAINING
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75c2P-YZWOk ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:
SUNDAY AUGUST 23, 10 am: DOCTORS AGAINST GENOCIDE—PALESTINE & SUDAN & THE ESCALATION OF GENOCIDE
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... m750Nc6iFg ]
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 ]
THURSDAY AUGUST 27, 7 pm: BRIARPATCH LAUNCH OF SPECIAL ISSUE ON HOUSING JUSTICE, ARTESIAN, 2627 13th AVE
The evening will include a workshop by the Regina Tenants Union and a special performance by Jake & the Kid.
[ https://www.instagram.com/p/DcRePNuiR02/ ]
SATURDAY AUGUST 29, 3 PM: RESIST US-LED WAR: REPORT-BACK FROM CUBA
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... 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
PRESERVE ADULT AND TEEN PROGRAMMER ROLES IN SK SOUTHEAST REGIONAL LIBRARIES
[ https://www.change.org/p/preserve-adult ... -libraries ]
TELL YOUR PENSION FUND TO DEVELOP AN INDIGENOUS RIGHTS POLICY
[ https://www.shiftaction.ca/indigenous-rights-action ]
CANADA: STAND WITH UM AL KHEIR
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... m-al-kheir ]
DEMAND THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION REVERSE ITS ANTI-CHINA POLICY
[ https://www.codepink.org/nationalscienc ... _id=399923 ]
POPE LEO: PLEASE GUIDE THE WORLD AWAY FROM NUCLEAR
[ https://nuclearinsanity.substack.com/p/ ... pe-leo-xiv ]
- Making Peace Vigil