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Desmond Morton OWN R.I.P.
September 6, 2019, Comments Off on Desmond Morton OWN R.I.P.

Desmond Morton, historian and McGill University professor, dead at 81 Author who chronicled Canada’s history remem ...

Wednesday Night #1955
September 4, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1955

[The] test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still ...

Wednesday Night #1954
August 28, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1954

The world – and host country France – appear to have survived the 2019 G7 Summit relatively unscathed. Both ...

Wednesday Night #1953
August 21, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1953

August 23, 2019 marks the 80th anniversary of the infamous Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, officially known as the Treaty of ...

David Taylor Jones 1941 – 2019 RIP
August 20, 2019, 1 Comment

JONES David Taylor Jones, 77, of Arlington, VA, passed away on August 6, 2019 in Philadelphia, surrounded by his wife an ...

Yves Jasmin, O.C. 27 February 1922 – 23 July 2019
August 15, 2019, Comments Off on Yves Jasmin, O.C. 27 February 1922 – 23 July 2019

15 August Yves Jasmin, 97, spread the gospel of Expo 67 to a world initially full of skeptics (Globe & Mail) His mis ...

Wednesday Night #1952
August 14, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1952

It is a delight  to welcome Tyler Meredith this Wednesday after a long absence. We have not seen Tyler since he left IR ...

Wednesday Night #1951
August 7, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1951

Arguably summer’s excessive heat contributes to general irritability, irrational behavior, and, sadly, in some cases c ...

Wednesday Night #1950
July 31, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1950

One of the last of the Expo leadership team, Yves Jasmin, for whom I worked in my first years at Expo and who post-Expo ...

Wednesday Night #1949 with the Singapore Nicholsons
July 24, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1949 with the Singapore Nicholsons

THE VERY GOOD NEWS IS THAT MARC, JEAN, MAYA AND TEBO ARE WITH US THIS WEDNESDAY. ON THEIR LAST STOP OF AN AMAZING TRIP ( ...