Wednesday-Night
Where the world comes together
All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson
Wednesday Night #1781
Peter Berezin is with us and there is lots to discuss. At the beginning of the month, his team issued the Global Investm ...
Wednesday Night #1780
The revelations of the Panama Papers continue to provoke conspiracy theories (The Russians are behind the leak) and sobe ...
Wednesday Night #1779
We were delighted to welcome Jean Gagnon, a colleague and friend of Tom Haslam-Jones. The sheer amount of the Panama Pap ...
Claire Kirkland-Casgrain 1924-2016
Claire Kirkland-Casgrain remembered as female pioneer Saturday’s service marks the 1st national funeral for a woma ...
Wednesday Night #1778
David’s 84th birthday was on Easter Sunday, not a good day to celebrate, so you are invited to join us on Wednesday Ni ...
Claire Kirkland-Casgrain
Claire Kirkland-Casgrain, Quebec’s first female legislator, dies at 91 Claire Kirkland-Casgrain, the first woman e ...
Ian Soutar R.I.P. 1936 – 2016
Pembroke co-founder Ian Soutar dies Ian Soutar, a pillar of the Montreal investing community and active contributor to m ...
Wednesday Night #1777
Just as we were prepared to send off a suggestion of a relatively wonkish, if not upbeat, topic, came the awful news o ...
ISIS Paris attacks and aftermath
Reuters: Paris attacks The Paris attacks change everything Friday’s attacks changed the world in fundamental ways. The ...
Wednesday Night #1776
Much discussion of the U.S. political scene and the awfulness of Donald Trump’s success which is based on his very ...
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China: economy, government, governance
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Elon Musk, Trump, DOGE and MAGA
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U.S. Government & governance January 2025-
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Israel, Palestine/Gaza February – July 2023
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Climate change, uncertainty & security February 2021- May 10, 2023
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SCOTUS & the US courts December 2020- May 2022
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Wednesday Night #1974
January 15, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1974
This is such sad news, Diana. He was a presence of calm and reason in our discussions which were sometimes…
Re The UN General Assembly Speaker Schedule is Here! I note that whoever will be speaking for Canada this year…
So many memories, particularly of the years as neighbours on Rosemount Avenue, with shared activities, adventures and lively political discussions.…
I’m sure by now all have heard about Biden’s dropping out. Although we all agreed last Wednesday that this was…
Molly Minturn - My family is heartbroken to share that my father died in surgery on Monday, Feb. 10. It…