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All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson
Saudi Arabia & Jamal Khashoggi
Saudi Arabia says five sentenced to death in killing of Jamal Khashoggi (WaPo) Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor an ...
SNC-Lavalin 2019
‘All I was ever doing was my job,’ Jody Wilson-Raybould says as SNC-Lavalin saga ends (Globe & Mail) When SNC-La ...
Donald Trump Impeachment Inquiry/hearings 2019
Frank Bruni: ’Twas the Eve of Impeachment Finding verse in this curse The 45th President of the U.S. Chapters I, II, I ...
Wednesday Night #1970
‘Twas the night before Wednesday, when all through the house, Only one creature was stirring – and that would be ...
Canada and Indigenous peoples 2017 – 2019
See CBC News/Aboriginal APTN National News 16 Indigenous movers and shakers to watch in 2016 Trudeau hands cabinet minis ...
Wednesday Night #1969
Yes, these are shortest – darkest – days of the year, but does the news have to match the darkness? From pol ...
U.S. Government & governance 2019
U.S. Government & governance 2018 U.S. Government & governance 2017 – 18 The firings and fury: The biggest Tru ...
Wednesday Night #1968
While most of us regard the U.S. Thanksgiving as a benign, stress-free precursor to the commercial Christmas madness (sa ...
Wednesday Night #1967 with Peter Berezin
We must note that WN #1967 evokes the memories of a magical year for Canada. Would that the future looked as bright and ...
Canada: government & governance 2019
See SNC-Lavalin 2019 Canada: government & governance 2017-18 27 November Trudeau hoping that UN ambassador will move ...
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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…