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Wednesday Night #2064
Pandora Papers: Rich and powerful deny wrongdoing after dump of purported secrets a (news)worthy successor to the Panama ...
Wednesday Night #2063
How wonderful to go to sleep last Friday rejoicing in the news that Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, aka the Two Micha ...
Wednesday Night #2062
THANK YOU TO ALL who helped celebrate Leonard Cohen’s birthday with messages, phone calls, flowers (who are the my ...
Wednesday Night #2061
A full week since last Wednesday! The 20th anniversary of 9/11 brought global coverage and commentary and we each, no do ...
Wednesday Night #2060
Quandary of the week: What is the correct spelling of Shanah Tova as my neighbour writes it? I have seen it with an h at ...
Wednesday Night #2059
We are sad to convey the news that Wednesday Nighter David Waters died peacefully last Friday at the St Raphael hospice ...
Wednesday Night #2058
With the looming critical date of 31 August, it is pretty much all about Afghanistan As many of you know, a group rele ...
Wednesday Night #2057
What a delightful experience with our first hybrid (in-person & Zoom) Wednesday Night last week, with the additional ...
Carol Riley O’Brien R.I.P.
Carol was my dear friend, one-time roommate at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Newton, Massachusetts. She was very br ...
Wednesday Night #2056
Welcome back, Marc Nicholson after two years of Covid-imposed absence. We will be taking advantage of Alex’s invit ...
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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-
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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…