Wednesday-Night

July 23
Dear Diana and David and their faithful readers!
It has been over a decade–more than 13 years in fact since I last wrote the
article re-printed below…describing the Wednesday nights of Westmount,Quebec. It is time for a quick review and certainly time to reflect how years pass by and…”plus ça change plus c’est […]

Wednesday nights 25th anniversary AND Reasonable accommodation!
First and foremost hearty and warm congratulations to the hosts of Wednesday nights –who entertained, educated, cultured many of their guests – without distinction of race, creed, colour, religion and sexual orientation – one has to celebrate also their contribution to the Canadian mosaic of nationhood– […]

29 May 1997
The final week of the Federal Election Campaign and we still are not discussing issues, only personalities and percentages….Join us and our good friend Jacques Clément to discuss the state of the economy, the environment, employment, proportional representation, investment in education and the Internet, R & D … Maybe Wednesday […]

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking. Clement Atlee
Dear David & Diana:
Last night along with some thirty of your distinguished guests I attended once again “Wednesday Night” chez les Nicholson. Last night was - different. Different in the sense that we are […]

Dear Mme. Robillard:

At the Wednesday Night Salon, on March 12, in the residence of Westmounters David and Diana Nicholson, one of the topics was how your constituents could best communicate to you their, ideas, suggestions and reactions to policies, initiatives and positions of the Liberal Party of Canada/Federal Government as well […]

Soirée of Wednesday –August 2, 1995
the 700th of these consecutive soirées
The special guest for the occasion was His Honor the Mayor of Montreal, Monsieur Pierre Bourque. (Photo)
Before I give a short account of the evening, I would like to write a few words on Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson, Diana and […]

The anniversary date is always a good opportunity to look back and view the events from a different point of view i.e. in hindsight. When David and Diana started these unique soirées –long, long long time, almost 14 years, ago — their first special guest was Dr. Carl Beigie –the US-made […]