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Germaine Gibara R.I.P.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Germaine Gibara on April 21, 2010. A successful and respected ...
Airborne cars
Flying car? Dept of Defense OKs new Jetsons-like vehicle The US Dept of Defense has budgeted $54 million so far to devel ...
China 2010 Qinghai earthquake
David Kilgour: A Tibetan Tragedy The earthquake that struck the Tibetan plateau is only the latest calamity to befall th ...
Wednesday Night #1468
The warmly-applauded opening announcement concerned Herb Bercovitz who has been proposed by Mayor Peter Trent as a recip ...
Griffintown redevelopment project
Save Griffintown! Altered Griffintown plan like ‘night and day’ – Revised project called improvement T ...
Innovation in emerging markets
(Economist special report) The world turned upside down The emerging world, long a source of cheap labour, now rivals th ...
Innovation in Canada
October 2008 The Conference Board of Canada has published Canada’s Pathways Toward Global Innovation Success: Report o ...
Wednesday Night #1467
See also Wednesday-Night.com for videos and photos Although 1467 was apparently a ‘common’ year with no eart ...
Environment and Law
Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD) British campaigner urges UN to accept ‘ecoc ...
Wednesday Night #1466
Given that this evening’s special guest was Nigel Penney, much of the discussion centered on science and educa ...
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The Papacy 2024-
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China: economy, government, governance
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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…