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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!

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 ...

Wednesday Night # 819
November 12, 1997, 1 Comment

12 November 1997 The Report The gathering at the Nicholsons’ on Wednesday, November 12, was unusual. Special guest ...

Wednesday Night #812 – India
September 24, 1997, 1 Comment

24 September 1997 As Misha Crnobrnja has just returned from India, this Wednesday was a revisit to the sub-continent see ...

Wednesday Night #811 – Mexico
September 17, 1997, 3 Comments

17 September 1997 The eight hundred and eleventh consecutive Wednesday evening (see photos and back-up info) at the Nich ...

Wednesday Night #810 – The Hon. Lucienne Robillard
September 10, 1997, 2 Comments

10 September 1997 AN EVENING AT THE NICHOLSONS’ by the Hon Lucienne Robillard – député Last Wednesday even ...

Wednesday Night #804
July 30, 1997, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #804

Wednesday night #804, was exceptional, even for a weekly event that has enabled those present to be privy to previews of ...

Wednesday Night #785 – the Economy + Updates
March 19, 1997, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #785 – the Economy + Updates

19 March 1997Prologue David and Diana’s E-mail invitation to this meeting indicated that it would take a close loo ...