About 50 Winnipeggers rallied at the Canadian Museum of Human Rights Saturday afternoon to express their opposition to foreign military interventions in Syria. The rally, organized by Winnipeg Alternative Media, was one of many held on Saturday across Canada, and…
Commemorating the atomic bombings of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945) Program: 7:30 to 8:30 – Lantern Making (all materials supplied) 8:30 – Lantern Ceremony Help publicize this event Download and distribute: Lanterns for Peace Poster: 8.5…
Commemorating the atomic bombings of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945) Program: 7:30 to 8:30 – Lantern Making (all materials supplied) 8:30 – Lantern Ceremony More information: Project Peacemakers at 775-8178 If you have never been to…
By Paul S. Graham For more than 30 years, Winnipeggers have come together, in June, to march for peace. In doing so, we strive to educate our neigbours about the the roots of war and to keep alive the…
If your only source of information is the mainstream news media you can be forgiven for wondering what the Idle No More movement is all about. Since it burst on the scene late last year, media attention has darted from…
Editor’s Note: The United States invaded Iraq on March 19, 2003, insisting that the Iraqi government possessed “weapons of mass destruction” that posed an imminent threat to world security. These claims were later shown to be bogus, but the damage…
by Glenn Michalchuk February 15, 2003 marks the tenth anniversary of the largest protest in human history. As the war clouds gathered over Iraq, millions responded globally to a call for demonstrations against the impending war. The average of all…
Growing concerns over the possibility of an attack on Iran by Israel or NATO countries prompted peace groups in six Canadian cities to join an International Day of Action yesterday. Locally, Peace Alliance Winnipeg held an information picket in…
by the Canadian Peace Alliance Almost ten years after the start of the Iraq War, we face the threat of another war. This time, the target is Iran. And the process that led to war nearly a decade ago is…
Winnipeg’s Project Peacemakers marked International Peace Day 2012 with skits and musical performances at the Free Press Cafe. Performing sketches written by Geoff Hughes and Diane Cooper, actors Tricia Cooper, Sara Constible and Gord Tanner provided a comedic response to…
