All posts in Wednesday Nights

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 late 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. Once Herb was no longer up to the task, no-one volunteered to execute the task with such absolute fidelity. Then COVID invaded our weekly gathering and pushed us to ZOOM, where we remain, and since then, the entries for Wednesday Night consist only of the “Prologues”. Chatham House rules prevail!

Wednesday Night #1336 Jacques Clément Report
October 10, 2007, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1336 Jacques Clément Report

October 10, 2007 U.S. The Dow Jones reached a record level yesterday at 14,165 a gain of 762 points since the Sept, 18 b ...

Letter from Yangon: forwarded by David Kilgour
October 6, 2007, Comments Off on Letter from Yangon: forwarded by David Kilgour

29 September 2007 We live in a quiet neighbourhood a good 15 minutes taxi ride from the downtown area of Yangon. The mar ...

Wednesday Night #1335
October 3, 2007, 1 Comment

3 October 2007 We will continue our high-tech education this week in the company of Guy Stanley OWN, newly-appointed Dir ...

Wednesday Night #1334 Jacques Clément Report
September 28, 2007, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1334 Jacques Clément Report

September 28, 2007 U.S. At 13,913, the Dow Jones is 128 points away from the July 19 record, having gained over 500 poin ...

More on Concordia
September 28, 2007, Comments Off on More on Concordia

28 September 2007 Why did president leave, Concordia faculty asks Open letter denounces board’s silence. Sept. 18 ...

Wednesday Night #1334
September 26, 2007, 1 Comment

26 September 2007 This is National Biotechnology Week which we would have expected to produce great chest-thumping from ...

Wednesday Night #1333 – Montreal Protocol & ICAO
September 19, 2007, 1 Comment

19 September 2007 While Montreal lives up to its aspirations as an international city this week with two major conferenc ...

Wednesday Night #1332
September 12, 2007, 3 Comments

We are very happy to introduce this week two heretofore-unknown cousins of Diana’s from Louisville, Kentucky, Laur ...

Wednesday Night #1331
September 5, 2007, 1 Comment

The Report The attack on Charles Taylor & the Templeton Prize Richard Martineau of Le Journal de Montréal, the unin ...

Naomi Klein: The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
September 5, 2007, 1 Comment

Forcing change on the weak Economists’ shock therapy harms many, Naomi Klein says PAT DONNELLY, The Gazette Naomi ...