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Wednesday Night #1358


It seems we are stuck in a topic rut and not only in terms of frequency, quantity and quality of snowfall. The news appears to be same old - same old, with one outstanding exception (see below).
There are the U.S. economy (tanking) and the markets, which are looking for any excuse to rejoice and […]

John Moore on Global Warming


Fibs, Frauds and Whoppers

How the debate over global warming ever became an angry partisan affair, I will never know. Somehow it has become a hard right talking point that global warming is […]

Wednesday Night #1357


As Diana’s computer has a serious malaise, this message is subject to a brief window of opportunity. Thus, it is short and with none of the usual links to major stories (you will have to do your own homework - but we’ll make it up to you).
With the horrendous weather forecast in view, we will […]

Queen Elizabeth Family Medicine Group


February 27, 2008
(Westmount Examiner) Local clinics merge to form Queen Elizabeth Family Medicine Group
Health professionals and elected officials from Westmount are hailing the accreditation and merger this week of four medical clinics into a single family medicine group as an important step towards improving local access to health services which are available through medicare.
Under terms […]

Désirée McGraw to head Sauvé Scholars


February 15, 2008
New Executive Director heads Jeanne Sauvé Foundation and Scholars Program
McGill lecturer Désirée Marielle McGraw, who has worked with Nobel Laureate Al Gore to bring his climate-change message to Canadians, has been named Executive Director of the Jeanne Sauvé Foundation and Scholars Program.
The appointment was announced by Harold (Sonny) Gordon, Chairman, and Jean-François Sauvé, […]

Mihailo (Misha) Crnobrnja


Teaches European Integrations and Economy of Transition in the Faculty of Economics, Finance and Administration of The University of Novi Sad’s Centre for Advanced European Studies and Research (CAESAR)
See Misha Story on Wednesday-Night.com and Misha page
October 1997
I come from the former Yugoslavia. I was not a Serb, or a Croat or a Muslim. […]

Wednesday Night Salon #1352: The Perils of Dumb Democracy


Having all been on our best - and most diplomatic - behaviour last Wednesday, we can now revert to type, indulging in some vigorous debate of a number of items that were not on last week’s agenda.
But before we do, on behalf of Holly Jonas, we would like to call to your attention a […]

Three Rs for surviving environmental change


January 18, 2008
Cleo Paskal
No country is ready for natural disasters. In fact, some of the world’s richest nations are the worst prepared. Cleo Paskal presents a guide to mitigating the huge human and security cost of our changing climate.
Environmental change is a sustained and pervasive attack on the status quo. Nothing can be taken for […]

The sustainable economy


December 18, 2007
Mandatory rules on greenhouse gases might be needed
Governments give only lip service to sustainable development
HENRY AUBIN The Gazette
As the planet approaches what could be a climate-change tipping point, it was encouraging to see the interview of McGill University environment professor Peter Brown in Saturday’s Gazette. He dared question the wisdom of measuring progress […]

How the U.S. election process works: David Jones


We are grateful to David for his excellent election primer for all who are confused by the process (particularly the role of the Electoral College), although we do detect a tiny bit of bias in his references to certain candidates.

THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2008
A VIEW FROM WASHINGTON D.C.
The Race to the […]

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