Wednesday-Night

Greatest ever letter of complaint Not to be missed!
This is a genuine letter of complaint sent to Sir Richard Branson. We know that because we checked with Virgin. Polly in the press office confirmed that Branson phoned the man back because “he always likes to hear feedback”.
More on aviation and airlines and Wednesday-night.com ; Financial […]

Pierre Arbour’s foresight and generosity in creating his eponymous Fondation Universitaire continues to foster bright young students through the Master and Doctoral levels providing them with means for acquiring the education that will enable them to make a contribution to the Quebec economy and their fellow humans not only in their chosen fields but to […]

Like Sept.11, volcano plane ban may hold climate clue
(Reuters) - Plane-free skies over Europe during Iceland’s volcanic eruption may yield rare clues about how flights stoke climate change, adding to evidence from a closure of U.S. airspace after September 11, 2001, experts say.
19 April
‘Eruption disruption’ could have long-term benefit
Expert says an ‘excellent opportunity’ has presented […]

TILLER, Wm. James Godfrey
Jamie died at home Wednesday, February 24, 2010, with his wife, brother, nurse, and dogs at his bedside. Born to Betty and Gordon Tiller of Guelph, on a fine September morning in 1950, he leaves to mourn his wife Judith, his mother, brother Doug, sister Jennifer, brother-in-law Jamie Worling, nephews Andrew and […]

On the eve of George W. Bush’s luncheon speech to a gathering of individuals willing to fork out a modest $4000 per table, no Wednesday Nighters indicated that they would attend. However, the unanimous reaction to the event was that the Montreal Board of Trade and other sponsors should be billed for the costs of […]

A video montage of many of Julius Grey’s most publicized cases served to remind all of his commitment to the rule of law and his fight for reasonable laws governing civil rights and humanitarian issues. Although the freedom of expression, freedom of association along with freedom not to associate cases have been widely publicized, it […]

Overcoming the small annoyance for some of us (Westmount-Ville-Marie residents) of being in our fourth month of elections, with the only one that provoked true enthusiasm being over on November 4, we bravely tackle the important matters largely ignored by the Quebec electioneers.
The economy and world financial crisis would be at the top of our […]

March 26 1997 – what does the date mean to you? You may be forgiven if you do not immediately recall that the news of the Bre-X bubble burst exactly eleven year ago. “It had all the elements of a great novel: a dramatic rags to riches story, a mysterious suicide (or was it […]

T H E  R E P O R T
Tar Sands
At one time, the supply of fossil fuels appeared virtually endless. It was probably Marion King Hubbert who, in 1956, first clarified the finite nature of the world’s petroleum supply, now painfully evident to consumers of petroleum products. Extraction of oil from the Athabaska Tar Sands, […]

24 January 2007
The Report
Introduction
In addition to the welcome presence of Wednesday Night’s favorite geologist and resident expert on aviation and the environment, Judith Patterson, we were joined by John Herity, the Director of IUCN-Canada and former head of the Biodiversity Convention Office of Environment Canada. John’s distinguished career in the Environment field includes over 30 […]