On December 1, 2019 Canada arrested the Chief Financial Officer of Huawei, Meng Wanzhou, at the request of U.S. authorities, under the provisions of the extradition treaty between Canada and the U.S. From the outset the detention of Meng Wanzhou…
September 26, is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, which was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2013. The objectives of the day are to enhance public awareness about the threat posed to humanity…
Members of Peace Alliance Winnipeg joined concerned Canadians in 18 cities to oppose plans by the federal government to purchase new fighter jets. Statement by Peace Alliance Winnipeg Peace Alliance Winnipeg joins with many peace organizations in this national day…
(April 13, 2020) The Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War and the Mouvement Québécois pour la paix/Quebec Movement for Peace today are forwarding to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau an open letter from one hundred prominent Canadians, asking the PM…
By Candice Bodnaruk Freedom of expression and speech, two rights guaranteed to Canadians in their Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, were at the centre of a recent Federal Court decision this past summer [2019] when a judge ruled that…
Jan. 29, 2020 — Winnipeggers gathered at the First Unitarian Universalist Church to commemorate the 2017 attack on a Quebec City Mosque which resulted in 6 deaths and another 19 wounded. This gathering, the third such held in Winnipeg, was…
Winnipeg, Jan. 28, 2020: Michael Lynk’s address in Winnipeg was entitled “The Vanishing Horizon: The ABCs of Human Rights in the Occupation of Palestine.” However, Donald Trump’s newly announced “peace plan” — in reality America’s endorsement of Israel’s illegal settlements…
Winnipeg, Jan. 11, 2020 — Winnipeggers rallied outside the US Consulate to oppose war in Iraq and Iran and to remember the 176 people who died when Ukrainian Airlines flight 752 was shot down.
by Ed Lehman, President, Regina Peace Council The murders of Iranian General Soleimani and others at Baghdad International Airport on Jan. 3 is an act of war against Iraq and Iran. This action by the U.S. violates the UN Charter…
by Peace Alliance Winnipeg The US action to engage in the political assassinations of Iranian General and leading political figure Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis along with their bodyguards is a grave provocation against the people…