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Wednesday Night #1717
We start with the sad news that Ron Walker, husband of our dear friend and Wednesday Nighter, Margaret Lefebvre, has die ...
Wednesday Night #1716
The furor over Charlie Hebdo has not died down, but the attention of the world is turning this week to two events. But b ...
Wednesday Night #1715
The late-breaking story that Oxford University Press reportedly barred pigs and anything pork-related from children’s ...
Wednesday Night #1714 with Peter Berezin
May the New Year – whether 2015, or the 4712th Chinese year (Year of The Goat), or Anno Mundi AM 5775 – be filled wi ...
Wednesday Night #1713
What an amazing start to the New Year! A surprise visit from the always gorgeous and intrepid Isabelle Ramsay-Bra ...
Douglas Robertson R.I.P.
ROBERTSON, Douglas Christian March 15, 1937 – December 26, 2014 It is with great sadness that the family of Douglas Ro ...
Wednesday Night #1711
Two items that were not on the horizon when the Prologue was written were the focus of much of the discussion. Sony canc ...
Wednesday Night #1710
Malala Yousafzai: From a schoolgirl to a Nobel Peace Prize winner On Wednesday, Yousafzai is to accept her Nobel at a ce ...
Wednesday Night #1709
Jean Bélivau R.I.P. Jean Béliveau, beloved Canadiens hockey legend, dead at 83 Le Gros Bill, hockey hero to generation ...
Wednesday Night #1708
When FDR moved Thanksgiving: The executive action that tore a nation apart We have a couple of rants this week – o ...
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Australia/3
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Democrats/progressives – November 2024
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The Papacy 2024-
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China: economy, government, governance
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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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SCOTUS & the US courts December 2020- May 2022
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Wednesday Night #1974
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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.…
I’m sure by now all have heard about Biden’s dropping out. Although we all agreed last Wednesday that this was…
Molly Minturn - My family is heartbroken to share that my father died in surgery on Monday, Feb. 10. It…