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Wednesday Night #1734
May 26, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1734

We are delighted to welcome David and Terry (aka Teresa Chin) Jones, who are on their annual Canadian fact-finding  tr ...

Wednesday Night #1733
May 20, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1733

The week’s news ranges from the deadly serious to a  particularly eclectic if not downright bizarre collection th ...

Wednesday Night #1732
May 13, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1732

ANOTHER devastating earthquake in Nepal. As Quartz points out “During the earthquake on April 25 not all of the ...

Wednesday Night #1731
May 6, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1731

WOW! Alberta election 2015 results: NDP sweeps province in historic win Very few people believed this would happen. All ...

Wednesday Night #1730
April 27, 2015, 2 Comments

So many sad anniversaries commemorated over the past few days. The centenary of the Armenian genocide was remembered aro ...

Wednesday Night #1729
April 21, 2015, 1 Comment

Wednesday, April 22nd is Earth Day 2015. Among the many events planned around the globe, Fulbright Canada will celebrate ...

Wednesday Night #1728
April 15, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1728

April 14 is the anniversary of the Boko Haram kidnapping. Exactly a year ago, 276 girls were abducted from Chibok in Nig ...

Gerry Germain R.I.P.
April 12, 2015, 2 Comments

R.I.P. Gerry Germain Our dear friend for 50 years with whom we shared adventures and many happy hours of quiet conversat ...

Wednesday Night #1727
April 8, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1727

Hoping everyone enjoyed a Happy Easter/Passover, or simply a long, restful, weekend. For those for whom Easter or Passov ...

Wednesday Night #1726 with Marko Papic
April 1, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1726 with Marko Papic

And in a timely announcement on Thursday morning: Ukraine signed a deal for Russian gas. Naftogaz, Ukraine’s state gas ...

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