by Saira Peesker, The Dominion, Feb. 28, 2011 “The greatest contribution that I appreciate from the Dominion is that one feels the energies, the focus of a new generation of Canadians taking stock of Canadian reality as it is.” –Jooneed…
Where: Manitoba Legislature Sponsor: Students for a Free Tibet Canada Please bring flags, placards and candles. Background: March 10, 1959 is the day in which the Tibetan people rose up against their Chinese oppressors who for so many years and…
Location: U.S. Consulate, 201 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg Organizer: ACTION 1:21 Background: We are a Christian group that believes following Jesus involves working for justice and peace. Our name is derived from Phillipians 1:21, a Bible verse “for me, to live…
Statement from the Canadian Peace Alliance The Government of Canada has announced that it will send HMCS Charlottetown to Libya to join the US aircraft carrier fleet led by the USS enterprise. This is part of a much larger NATO…
Where: U of M, Engineering Complex (building 3) Rm E3-270 Movies Night, Discussion and Fund Raising Event 5 -8 pm – Movie: Lion of the Desert (starring Anthony Quinn) 8-9 pm – Discussion: Humanitarian situation in Libya Suggested Donation: $5/person…
Where: Manitoba Legislative Building, 450 Broadway, Winnipeg THIS IS A NATION-WIDE EVENT. Other cities across Canada will be having peaceful rallies on this day. Please come and show your support! Please come and join the peaceful rally in at the…
By RAWA News, Feb. 21, 2011 The Italian women’s organization, CISDA – Coordinamento Italiano Sostegno Donne Afghane – denounces the draft regulation promoted by the Council of Ministers in January 2011, whose adoption allows the Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MoWA)…
Africa: Global NATO Seeks To Recruit 50 New Military Partners by Rick Rozoff, Global Research, Feb. 21, 2011 A recent article in Kenya’s Africa Review cited sources in the African Union (AU) disclosing that the 28-member North Atlantic Treaty Organization…
By Michael Bueckert, Program Coordinator, Project Peacemakers As you may know, this past July, the Conservative government announced what could be the single largest military procurement in Canada’s history when it declared its intention to buy 65 F-35 Lightning II…
By Glenn Michalchuk, Chair, Peace Alliance Winnipeg The year 2010 was a challenging one for peace activists around the world. Locally, Peace Alliance Winnipeg was active on a number of priorities including opposition to the ongoing wars and occupations in…
