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The accounts of Wednesday Night Salons in chronological order appear below. The task of archiving them is on-going . As stated elsewhere, it was not until the early 90s that we began to keep weekly records of discussions, therefore, there are, unfortunately, major gaps in the earlier chronicles.
Most, but not all, accounts until 2014 were written by our late Scribe, Herb Bercovitz, and edited as required, by Diana, however a number of other Wednesday Nighters also contributed their note-keeping talents on occasions when Herb was absent. Once Herb was no longer up to the task, no-one volunteered to execute the task with such absolute fidelity. Then COVID invaded our weekly gathering and pushed us to ZOOM, where we remain, and since then, the entries for Wednesday Night consist only of the “Prologues”. Chatham House rules prevail!

Wednesday Night #2304
May 13, 2026, No Comments

GO HABS GO!! Have you ever wondered where Mark Carney gets all the Habs jerseys he gives away to VIPs? As the Canadian h ...

Wednesday Night #2303
May 6, 2026, No Comments

News and Social Media Three days after Press Freedom Day – will we ever see the likes of The Mouth of the South ag ...

Wednesday Night #2302
April 29, 2026, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2302

Press Freedom Week An excellent introduction from Heather Cox Richardson Letters from an American April 25, 2026 AP to h ...

Wednesday Night #2301
April 22, 2026, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2301

Neither the spreading of the news “The British are coming” on the 18th (Paul Revere’s Ride, nor the Ba ...

Wednesday Night #2300
April 15, 2026, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2300

Before addressing the depressing, not-encouraging, downright awful news, let us celebrate the excellent outcomes of Arte ...

Wednesday Night #2299
April 8, 2026, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2299

Space – the final frontier Let us start by celebrating the continuing triumph of Artemis II, which has now circled ...

Wednesday Night #2298
April 1, 2026, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2298

Stephen Lewis, humanitarian and former Ontario NDP leader, dies at 88 As news of the prominent humanitarian’s death sp ...

Wednesday Night #2297
March 25, 2026, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2297

Wednesday Night Decorum As the wars on Iran and Lebanon continue and expand, the topic becomes ever more sensitive, pers ...

Wednesday Night #2296
March 18, 2026, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2296

Economies No big-ticket items, lower deficit in Quebec’s modest pre-election budget The budget, entitled “A ...

Wednesday Night #2295
March 11, 2026, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2295

IRAN, IRAN, ISRAEL, TRUMP and horrible Hegseth– is there any other news? Most headlines are about the US effort an ...

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