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All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson
Wednesday Night #2229
The 2024 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit on Wednesday 4 December The story of its origins is touching and, appr ...
NAFTA – Three Amigos 2.0
Assessing Trump’s proposed 25% tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada Joshua P. Meltzer – A tariff-first appro ...
Canada: Energy, environment & climate change 2023-
Guilbeault disappointed as talks to halt plastic pollution end without agreement (Globe & Mail) Canada and 100 othe ...
BRICS 2023-
Russian 2024 BRICS Chairmanship On January 1, Russia was passed the baton of the BRICS chairmanship, an association whic ...
Democrats/progressives 2024 election 21 July-28 November
28 November The message to Democrats is clear: you must dump neoliberal economics Joseph Stiglitz The party must return ...
Wednesday Night #2228 with Peter Berezin
We were struck by the paucity of references in any media this year to the 22 November anniversary of JFK’s assassi ...
Canada: International relations, defense and foreign policy November 2023-2024
Derek H. Burney: Canada’s hollow place in the world The Canadian government has become increasingly irrelevant int ...
Pakistan February 2023-
Pakistan 2017- February 2023 Pakistan to hold delayed elections on February 8, 2024 electoral commission says A caretake ...
COP29 Baku Climate Change Conference
UN Climate Change Conference Baku, Azerbaijan 11-22 November 2024 COP29: What are the key issues on the table? The UN Cl ...
Canada – U.S. November 2021-November 2024
23 November “We will crush you”: Graham threatens allies with sanctions over Netanyahu arrest warrant The GO ...
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Iran-Israel
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Trump 2.0 April 27 2025-
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G7 Canada 2025
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Airlines & Aviation 2020-
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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…