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Wednesday Night #1607
December 19, 2012, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1607

The evening was enhanced by seasonal treats supplied by Catherine (the famous mince pies), Katherine Waters (Scottish sh ...

Wednesday Night #1517
March 30, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1517

******************** Prologue Judging by the early high-decibel roaring of the election campaign, we are doomed to the c ...

Wednesday Night #1403
January 21, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1403

Growth is not the Holy Grail. What if we changed the nature of our society and everyone reduced their level of expectati ...

Wednesday Night #1386
September 24, 2008, 1 Comment

A small, (competition from the Opéra de Montréal, McGill Chamber Orchestra, pension fund gathering in PEI …) but ...

Wednesday Night #1366 – The Report
May 7, 2008, 1 Comment

We talked about the moon which made me think about Odysseus who must have spent a lot of time looking at it as he was tr ...

Wednesday Night #1338
October 24, 2007, 4 Comments

24 October 2007 Lately, we have spent a lot of time agonizing over the political scene in this country. So much so, that ...

Wednesday Night #1337
October 17, 2007, 5 Comments

Of course the news this week for the inhabitants of this northern realm is all about the Speech from the Throne and the ...

John Curtin wins Gemini CONGRATULATIONS!
October 17, 2007, 1 Comment

22ND Annual Gemini Awards Open With Documentary, News and Sports Winners First of three nights for Industry Awards (Toro ...

A Song for Africa, By P.A. Sévigny, The Suburban
October 17, 2007, Comments Off on A Song for Africa, By P.A. Sévigny, The Suburban

A Song for Africa Curtin documentary wins prize Last week, Montreal filmmaker John Curtin won the Canadian International ...

Wednesday Night #1194
January 19, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1194

January 19, 2005 What is art? A video news clip of the opening of the Moishe Safdie-designed Desmarais Pavilion of the M ...