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All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson
Wednesday Night #2201
Lost power and then Internet access on Wednesday Night Power came back quite quickly; Internet not until 11 am Thursday ...
Britain, Brexit & Rishi Sunak 6 September 2022-May 2024
Britain Adrift The UK’s Search for a Post-Brexit Role May/June 2020 The Brexit effect: how leaving the EU hit the ...
Wednesday Night #2200
China-Russia relations The Xi-Putin partnership is not a marriage of convenience – It is one of vital, long-term n ...
Kentucky Derby 2024
Racehorses Have No Idea What’s Going On If you give a horse a trophy, will he even know he raced? By Haley Weiss (The ...
Wednesday Night #2199
8 May 1945 – Victory in Europe (VE) Day Great Britain, the United States and other Allied countries celebrate Vict ...
Québec Bill 96/Canada C-13 January 2023- May 2024
Task Force on Linguistic Policy Illegitimi non carborundum 3 May Quebec judge worries changes to language law cou ...
Wednesday Night #2198
Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit say many North Americans and Brits while elsewhere the world celebrates International Workers/Lab ...
Québec Education/universities October 2023 – April 2024
27 April Protesters set up encampment at McGill University in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza The protesters held u ...
Wednesday Night #2197
Ukraine A collective global sigh of relief could be heard on Tuesday when the US Senate overwhelmingly passed the long-d ...
Canada and Indigenous peoples 2022-
Achieving clean drinking water in First Nations communities Compare and contrast with the first visit of Pope John-Paul ...
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Trump Tariffs & Trade October 2025
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E is for espionage /5
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Israel, Palestine, Gaza, West Bank 21 September 2025-
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COP30 Belém Climate Change Conference
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Canada economy 8 September 2025-
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Middle East & Arab World: Saudi Arabia August 2023-
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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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UN, Reform & multilateralism September 2024-
October 22, 2025, 1 Comment
Molly Minturn - My family is heartbroken to share that my father died in surgery on Monday, Feb. 10. It…
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.…
Johannah Bernstein post: "eternally proud of my father’s extraordinary aeronautical engineering. legacy. here is a photo of the Canadair Water…