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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 #2120
November 2, 2022, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2120

Whilst fretting about the U.S. midterms, we have also been monitoring news of three recent elections Brazil (pretty good ...

Wednesday Night #2119
October 26, 2022, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2119

China, Iran, UK, Ukraine & Putin’s War – where to begin? China – government & governance As th ...

Wednesday Night #2118
October 19, 2022, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2118

No WN outcome is more rewarding than to see vigorous debate continued after the Zoom cameras have long-since been turned ...

Wednesday Night #2117
October 12, 2022, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2117

65 years ago today, Canadians learned Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson would receive the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for his ...

Wednesday Night #2116
October 5, 2022, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2116

G’mar chatima tovah to our Jewish friends and Wednesday Nighters as Yom Kippur ends CONGRATULATIONS Désirée McGraw a ...

Wednesday Night #2115
September 28, 2022, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2115

Shanah tovah and/or Happy Rosh Hashanah to all who are celebrating the start of year 5783! September 28th is World News ...

Wednesday Night #2114
September 21, 2022, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2114

As we have said before, no-one does pomp & circumstance better than the British! And the people responded along ever ...

Wednesday Night #2113
September 14, 2022, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2113

The Queen is dead. Long live the King! Britain, the Monarchy & the Commonwealth September 2022- From the moment  th ...

Wednesday Night #2112
September 7, 2022, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2112

Delighted to share the good news announced by the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Windsor “Pleas ...

Wednesday Night #2111
August 31, 2022, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2111

Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91 Adopting principles of glasnost and perestroika, he weighed ...