Amnesty international is organizing the world's biggest letter-writing campaign on Dec. 10, International Human Rights Day. Already some 3,000 people have registered to write letters to prisoners of conscience and their governments. To join in, visit http://www.amnesty.ca/writeathon/ You will receive all the information you need to make a difference.
Letters do work. Just ask the people in this video:
Starting Friday, Nov. 13, 'Human Rights Radio' hosted by Regina's Amnesty
International volunteers, will be a one hour program starting at 12:00 (noon)
Regina time... listen in, every Friday, at CJTR 91.3 FM or wherever you live -
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Public debate briefly sighted in Regina civic election
Written by Trish Elliott
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Actual debate broke out at a candidate’s meeting in Regina
last night, a rare occurrence in this year’s civic election. Ward 3 candidates Fred Clipsham, John Conway, Shirley
Dixon and Don Young spoke briefly and then for nearly two hours fielded
unscripted questions from an audience of about 100 at the Cathedral
Neighbourhood Centre. With an opening
announcement that there would be no free and open mayoralty debate this
election, it was the only game in town for citizens who like to discuss issues
in a public setting.
The exchange saw incumbent Clipsham defending the city’s
record on a number of fronts, such as the current business-residence tax split,
and the city’s recent efforts to review transit, solid waste management and
recreational facilities. Meanwhile, challengers Conway, Dixon and
Young vowed to push for changes in these areas. But the true stars of the
evening were citizens who asked tough, persistent questions, focussing on
affordable housing, the environment, poverty and community sustainability.
Community group active in Regina school board elections
Written by RealRenewal
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Elections for Regina's public school board will be held Oct. 28, 2009.
RealRenewal, a coalition of parents and community members, has been
using the election campaign period as a time to encourage public
debate on the 10-year school closure plan. We also hope to raise public
awareness about current resesarch on the value of retaining and
enhancing neighbourhood schools.
RealRenewal first met in December
2007 in response to the Regina Public School Board’s 10-Year Renewal
Plan to close 14 inner city schools, placing nearly half of elementary
students on buses. Since that time, we have worked to promote greater
public awareness about the educational, social and economic advantages
of small-school education, and about the role schools should play in
building healthy, sustainable communities of the future. Please visit our web site at www.realrenewal.org to learn more, and to check out some of the candidates.
A Walking School Bus in Westvale, Ont./ Green Communities Canada photo.
On October 13th, the Toronto Star reports that, "The (Harper) government's push to abandon much of the Kyoto Protocol prompted dozens of developing countries to walk out on Canada's address during recent climate talks in Thailand, the Canadian Press has learned."
"The mass walkout came after the Canadian delegation suggested replacing the Kyoto Protocol with an entirely new global-warming pact, according to one of the negotiators and notes taken by others at the meeting."
U of R student Vicki Nelson will speak about her experiences in Zambia on Monday.
Each year the University of
Regina Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Chapter sends a student to Africa for 4
months. Vicki Nelson was that student and went overseas this past May. Vicki
is a fourth year Human Justice student and her placement was in Livingstone,
Zambia working with the well known organization, International Development
Enterprises (IDE). IDE Zambia focuses on increasing agriculture production for
low income, small scale farmers.
We
hope to present/explore aspects of urban life in the Queen City: design,
planning, community-building, ecology, and perhaps a bit of history
too. Write Comment (0 Comments)
For many Canadians, the Regina Manifesto remains the touchstone of Canadian socialism. Forged in the misery of the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Manifesto offered the promise of a new economy that would be “owned, controlled and operated by the people.” While the Manifesto’s original vision may appear utopian, much of what the Manifesto called for are now well-established parts of Canadian life, like universal health insurance, pension plans, labour standards, unemployment insurance and a Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
As the world experiences the turmoil of yet another economic crash, we need to ask whether a positive vision for the future will emerge out of the ashes of the old economy. Here, the Manifesto may still have much to teach us.
The Standing Committee on Crown and Central Agencies public hearings on energy generation are underway in Regina, Saskatoon and La Ronge until October 19, 2009. Written submissions may be sent to the address provided and should be received no later than Friday, October 16, 2009.
Additional public meetings will be held in Lloydminster, Prince
Albert, Saskatoon, Yorkton, Estevan and Regina during the period of January 18 - 29, 2010.
The dates are: Lloydminster on Jan. 18, Prince Albert on Jan. 19,
Saskatoon on Jan. 20 and 21, Yorkton on Jan. 22, Estevan on Jan. 25 and
Regina on Jan. 27, 28 and 29.
The Importance of the Regina Douglas Park By-election
Contributed by John W. Warnock
Saturday, 12 September 2009
Premier Brad Wall has called by elections for Regina Douglas Park and Saskatoon Riversdale, to be held on September 21. The Regina election is of particular importance because Dwaine Lingenfelter has returned from Nexen oil corporation in Calgary, has won the contest for leadership of the provincial New Democratic Party, and is now seeking a seat in the legislature. Sitting NDP MLA Harry Van Mulligan resigned his safe NDP seat hoping that Lingenfelter could take his place in the legislature.
The question of nuclear power The biggest political issue in the province over the past year has been the proposal by the Saskatchewan Party government to build a nuclear reactor to provide electrical power to the province and the Alberta tar sands. This proposal has the support of the Saskatchewan Power Corporation
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Actual debate broke out at a candidate’s meeting in 
Elections for Regina's public school board will be held Oct. 28, 2009.
RealRenewal, a coalition of parents and community members, has been
using the election campaign period as a time to encourage public
debate on the 10-year school closure plan. We also hope to raise public
awareness about current resesarch on the value of retaining and
enhancing neighbourhood schools.