On Friday, August 6th, Winnipeggers joined in a Lanterns for Peace Ceremony to mark the 76th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These ceremonies are held each year to help keep alive the memory of these attacks…
by Candice Bodnaruk On Saturday, May 15th Israeli airstrikes hit a high rise in Gaza that housed The Associated Press and Al Jazeera offices. [AP May 15, 2021 12:21 p.m cdt] The AP has operated from that building for 15…
By Candice Bodnaruk RANA ABDULLA has waited nine long years to have her story told in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR). Before the museum was even built, the CMHR put out a request to Canadians for content ideas.…
by Glenn Michalchuk, Chair, Peace Alliance Winnipeg The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic created difficulties for all organizations in terms of carrying on their regular work. Due to these difficulties, it was not possible to hold an AGM last year.…
by Glenn Michalchuk, Chair, Peace Alliance Winnipeg Significant anniversaries pose the opportunity to assess the ground we have travelled over those years. This morning the bells in the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill tolled 75 times at the exact moment…
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…
Feb. 9, 2020 — Winnipeggers rallied in front of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to express their opposition to Donald Trump’s “Deal of the Century” – a plan which signals US approval of Israel’s illegal annexation of the Occupied…
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. 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 Peace Alliance Winnipeg Latin America is in the grips of a struggle which has pitted its people against the forces of neoliberalism and reaction. Canada has stood squarely on the side of forces which are trying to return Latin…
