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The accounts of Wednesday Night Salons in chronological order appear below. The task of archiving them is on-going . As stated elsewhere, it was not until the early 90s that we began to keep weekly records of discussions, therefore, there are, unfortunately, major gaps in the earlier chronicles.
Most, but not all, accounts until 2014 were written by our Scribe, Herb Bercovitz, and edited as required, by Diana, however a number of other Wednesday Nighters also contributed their note-keeping talents on occasions when Herb was absent. Since Herb was no longer up to the task, the entries for Wednesday Night consist only of the “Prologues”. Chatham House rules prevail!

Wednesday Night #1319
June 13, 2007, 1 Comment

Isn’t the summer weather lovely? So lovely in fact that we are having a very hard time concentrating on serious ma ...

Wednesday Night #1318
June 6, 2007, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1318

 Preface There was a welcome influx of new (and much younger) faces, including three from Europe – lending fresh ...

Greener by miles – locally-sourced food debate: Comment
June 3, 2007, Comments Off on Greener by miles – locally-sourced food debate: Comment

A contribution from Douglas Lightfoot to the on-going debate on climate change 03/06/2007 Conscientious consumers are be ...

Wednesday Night #1317
May 30, 2007, 2 Comments

May 30, 2007 After three weeks of stimulating and highly informative environment and energy (including nuclear) focus, w ...

Wednesday Night #1316
May 23, 2007, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1316

23 May 2007 A very interesting evening last week, which was a continuation of the previous week’s discussion of nu ...

Wednesday Night #1315
May 16, 2007, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1315

May 16, 2007 This week, in the absence of Diana, who will be in Washington with colleagues from the UN Convention on Mig ...

Wednesday Night #1314: ‘Nobody’s Fuel’ – Nuclear Energy
May 9, 2007, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1314: ‘Nobody’s Fuel’ – Nuclear Energy

Introduction In contrast to most Wednesday Nights, there was a very specific focus on “Nobody’s Fuel”; ...

Wednesday Night #1313 – Australia
May 2, 2007, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1313 – Australia

May 2, 2007 Although some might say “BE AFRAID, be VERY AFRAID” (Triskaidekaphobia) of this double-thirteen ...

Wednesday Night #1313 Australia & Canada Comment
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(Copyright National Post 2003) Australia the next best thing to being at home by Cleo Paskal published Jan 25, 2003 AUST ...

Wednesday Night #1312
April 25, 2007, 1 Comment

25 April 2007 Expo 67 How many of you realize that Friday the 27th is the 40th anniversary of the opening day of expo 67 ...

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