In the wake of the Christchurch shootings, a Winnipeg board game cafe is committing to bringing Muslim and non-Muslim Canadians together.
Xiaoli Li from CityNews visits Across the Board for Play for Peace here.
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Venezuelan ballplayers carry on, hope for peace
In the USA, Venezuelan players and coaches can only watch their homeland and loved ones suffer from afar in the wake of a mounting humanitarian crisis that has erupted this year in clashes in the cities and border crossings.
Read about what they are experiencing here.
Environmental conservation: Key to Afghanistan peace?
Snow leopards and Marco Polo sheep have not been on the agenda for peace talks involving the Taliban, U.S. officials and Afghan opposition figures. But going forward, should they be? Read the full story on NPR here and another on how “greening” Afghanistan may bring divided negotiators together here.
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Film focuses on women waging peace
Near the start of Peacekeepers: A Journey of a Thousand Miles, one of two main characters, Farida Parveen, stands on a rooftop and quietly vows to complete her mission with “the love and affection of a mother and the resolve of a soldier.”It seems a fitting beginning for a film that deliberately upends assumptions about women, soldiers, peace and war as it follows women police officers from Bangladesh serving as UN peacekeepers in Haiti.
Read the full film review here.
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On this Day: Israel and Egypt sign peace deal in 1979
At a ceremony on the White House South Lawn presided over by President Jimmy Carter that took place on this day in 1979, Egypt and Israel, having fought four wars since 1948, signed a formal peace treaty. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (1918-1981) and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (1913-1992) signed the agreement.
Read the full story here.
