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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 #869
October 28, 1998, 1 Comment

This session of the Wednesday evening salon, was an action-packed occasion. The broad scope of interest of the assembled ...

Wednesday Night #864 – China
September 23, 1998, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #864 – China

March 18, 2008 This makes for fascinating reading 10 years later. Note the absence of any reference to environmental con ...

Wednesday Night # 858
August 12, 1998, Comments Off on Wednesday Night # 858

Special guests this week are Sonia Saumier de Bueno and her husband Gerardo Bueno y Zirión, O.B.E. A dividend which Son ...

Wednesday Night #856
July 29, 1998, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #856

Our special guest was J. Robin Wohnsigl, VP Technical Operations of Air Canada since August 97, introduced by Emile Fatt ...

Wednesday Night #846
May 20, 1998, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #846

An unusual preamble As they arrived in the front hall, guests were treated to a display of brilliant photographs taken i ...

Wednesday Night #830 Notes in verse by Barry Lazar
January 28, 1998, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #830 Notes in verse by Barry Lazar

28 January 1998 Editor’s Note : Almost ten years later, this delightful take on Wednesday Night by author and film ...

The Ice Storm: message from Hon. Lucienne Robillard
January 16, 1998, Comments Off on The Ice Storm: message from Hon. Lucienne Robillard

  COMING TOGETHER AS A FAMILY IN A TIME OF CRISIS    Hon Lucienne Robillard   In the last couple of week ...

Wednesday Night #826 End-of the-Year
December 31, 1997, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #826 End-of the-Year

31 December 1997 Canadian Politics Asked for comments on the local political scene, our resident MNA said he felt that p ...

Wednesday Night #824
December 17, 1997, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #824

17 December 1997 This was the first Wednesday after the wrap-up of the Kyoto Protocol meeting and we, naturally, looked ...

Wednesday Night #821
November 26, 1997, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #821

The Prologue As the postal strike continues and we are unable to exchange letters, Wednesday November 26th will be an Al ...