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December 13, 2006, 1 Comment

It’s a bit too early to wish the locals Merry Christmas – we don’t put OUR tree up until the 15th or s ...

December 6, 2006, Comments Off

Introduction The crowded room was pervaded by an atmosphere of genial good humour in contrast to the proposed discussion ...

November 22, 2006, Comments Off

November 22, a date that always provokes a certain nostalgia for the political era dubbed: “Camelot on the Potomac ...

November 15, 2006, Comments Off

We hope that some of you were able to attend the Millennium Promises Conference last Thursday, and at the very least, th ...

November 8, 2006, Comments Off

There are those among us who, despite Don MacDonald’s column in Monday’s Gazette, think that Income Trusts a ...

November 1, 2006, Comments Off

1 November 2006 We had hoped to introduce Martha Hall Findlay to you this Wednesday Night, however, we should have known ...

October 11, 2006, Comments Off

See Wednesday-Night.com for more and photos What will happen to the price of oil? The recent predictable increase in the ...

October 4, 2006, Comments Off

4 October 2006 Many of you will remember the invitation for Wednesday Night #1273. Now, exactly 10 Wednesday Nights late ...

September 20, 2006, 3 Comments

Last week’s Wednesday Night discussion was overtaken by events and thus focused mostly on local issues, with the e ...

September 13, 2006, 3 Comments

13 September 2006 As we began to write this week’s invitation we could not help a slight tremor – what would ...

Diana Thebaud Nicholson on Water bombers and wildfiresJuly 6, 2025
Johannah Bernstein post: "eternally proud of my father’s extraordinary aeronautical engineering. legacy. here is a photo of the Canadair Water…
Diana Thebaud Nicholson on Richard Shaw Minturn RIPFebruary 12, 2025
Molly Minturn - My family is heartbroken to share that my father died in surgery on Monday, Feb. 10. It…
Diana Thebaud Nicholson on Herbert Bercovitz OWN R.I.P.December 5, 2024
This is such sad news, Diana. He was a presence of calm and reason in our discussions which were sometimes…
Diana Thebaud Nicholson on UN, Reform & multilateralism September 2024-September 10, 2024
Re The UN General Assembly Speaker Schedule is Here! I note that whoever will be speaking for Canada this year…
Diana Thebaud Nicholson on André-Eugène Audet 1939 – 2024 RIPJuly 25, 2024
So many memories, particularly of the years as neighbours on Rosemount Avenue, with shared activities, adventures and lively political discussions.…