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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 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 #1200
March 2, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1200

Recognition of recent deaths There was a brief recognition of two recent deaths: Hunter Thompson, the inventor of “ ...

Wednesday Night #1197
February 9, 2005, 1 Comment

See also Jacques Clément on China’s economy and #1197 on Wednesday-Night.com Introduction The evening opened with ...

Jacques Clément on China's economy
February 9, 2005, Comments Off on Jacques Clément on China's economy

After 9½% economic growth lat year, China (Asia’s fastest growing economy and the second largest in the world). C ...

Wednesday Night 1186
November 24, 2004, Comments Off on Wednesday Night 1186

More on Wednesday-Night.com Return of an early Wednesday Nighter Christopher Halsted, a classmate of Marc Nicholson, ret ...

Wednesday Night #1176 – Aviation (with 2007 updates)
September 15, 2004, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1176 – Aviation (with 2007 updates)

9/11 Anniversary The past weekend was filled with anniversary stories of the tragedy of September 11, 2001 , while CBC r ...

Wednesday Night #1175
September 8, 2004, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1175

8 September 2004 Bits and pieces One guest commented on the cost of putting up a client at the Ritz in London where the ...

Wednesday Night #1168
July 21, 2004, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1168

 More on Wednesday-Night.com Individual Privacy versus security The sanctity of personal privacy has always been an imp ...

Wednesday Night #1167
July 14, 2004, 1 Comment

Much more on Wednesday-Night.com Juliane Zeidler of Namibia P R O L O G U E Vive La France! We will indeed celebrate Bas ...

Jacques Clément Report on the economy
April 21, 2004, Comments Off on Jacques Clément Report on the economy

21 April 2004 CANADA Bank of Canada Monetary Policy Report presented last week, indicates that real G.D.P. growth in the ...

Wednesday Night #1155
April 21, 2004, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1155

Almost fifty guests, including many of Harry Mayerovitch’s close friends, close relatives and classmates crowded i ...