Wednesday-Night

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We commend the Westmount Independent for their excellent coverage of the arena issue, although we still dislike their PDF format which requires lots of scrolling.
More on the arena project from Don Wedge’s interview with Patrick Martin (PDF, scroll to page 5)
Excellent […]

The Gazette: Westmount’s ‘civic conscience’ dies at 79
Don and Sylvia Wedge were waiting for a train while vacationing in Italy, more than 40 years ago, when Don decided to buy a copy of the local paper.
“You don’t speak Italian,” Sylvia said.
But that didn’t matter to her husband. For Don, understanding a word here or there […]

Please see the Invitation
Carl Beigie OWN, our friend, the genesis of Wednesday Night and its guiding spirit through the first two decades, died on Thursday, 4 March.
Given the many years when Carl shared with us his views on assorted budgets - sometimes from wherever he had been ‘locked-up’, we cannot overlook the coincidence of his […]

Upcoming events
26 January
6:30 - 8:00PM
Book launch for Cleo Paskal’s “Global Warring”
Paragraphe Bookstore 2220 McGill College
16 December 5-8PM
Robert Gervais and a few colleagues “will be slinging drinks in order to raise funds for Multiple Sclerosis and I was hoping you would join us. We will be the bartenders for a 5 à 8 at Ye Olde […]

On the eve of Lord Mayor Peter Trent’s return to that office (he is to be sworn in at noon on Thursday), the evening started with the award of OWNs to Wanda Potrykus and Sam Stein, whose faithful participation in Wednesday Night dates back to the early years.
The economy and the dollar
Canada can’t have it […]

Work in progress - more to come
With glittering representation from the Federal and municipal levels of government, academia, business, science and technology, education, research and just about any other area of expertise (or government intervention), this was a lively and enlightening Wednesday Night. Aside from Canada’s First Astronaut and the Once and Future Mayor […]

3 October 2007
We will continue our high-tech education this week in the company of Guy Stanley OWN, newly-appointed Director of the Technology and Innovation unit of the Canada Conference Board. Last week’s introduction to the work of the NRC through the eyes of new Council member, Margaret Lefebvre OWN, was not only enlightening, but […]

Stanley Baker’s account in the Westmount Examiner
Last Wednesday, the home of David and Diana Nicholson was bursting at the seams, as about 100 formally dressed guests gathered to celebrate the 25th year of their Wednesday Night salons-a discussion group that addresses current events with input from invited guests.
Tributes to David and Diana on this auspicious […]

Dedicated Wednesday Nighters celebrate 25 years
By Martin C. Barry
A quote by former CBS News president Fred Friendly helped mark the 25th anniversary of Wednesday Night. Describing the task faced by broadcast news reporters, Friendly — who is considered a towering figure in the history of journalism — once said that the job “is not to […]

The Wednesday Night Silver Anniversary
Diana’s version
Prologue
Jeremy Jonas’ brief account sums up a remarkable evening the origins of which started some months before when it was realized that Wednesday Night would soon be twenty-five years young. With Brian Morel taking the lead, a self-appointed committee of valiant souls was formed. In mid-January, Margaret Lefebvre and […]