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 #2110 with Peter Berezin
August 24, 2022, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2110 with Peter Berezin

Almost everyone expected that Russia would carry out one or more devastating attacks on Ukraine (Russia to step up strik ...

Wednesday Night #2109
August 17, 2022, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2109

A lot of disquieting news, but first: Biden signs massive climate and health care legislation President Joe Biden signed ...

Wednesday Night #2108
August 10, 2022, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2108

A hybrid Wednesday Night, chez Alex, with Paule Robitaille to discuss her recent trips to Ukraine. While anxiously follo ...

Wednesday Night #2107
August 3, 2022, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2107

The death of Nichelle Nichols at the age of 89 has generated a number of tributes noting that she was a trail-blazing in ...

Wednesday Night #2106
July 27, 2022, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2106

Pope Francis in Canada: Full itinerary of the papal visit On the eve of Thursday morning’s mass at the National Sh ...

Wednesday Night #2105
July 20, 2022, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2105

As much of Europe and North America is preoccupied by a heat wave of historic proportions accompanied by devastating wil ...

Wednesday Night #2104
July 13, 2022, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2104

NASA Reveals Webb Telescope’s First Images of Unseen Universe The dawn of a new era in astronomy is here as the world ...

Wednesday Night #2103
July 6, 2022, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2103

Three towering figures have left us this week. Canadian broadcasting legend Patrick Watson dead at 92 Man behind This Ho ...

Wednesday Night #2102
June 29, 2022, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2102

The 2022 Summer Summit Season is upon us: The Commonwealth Heads of Government(CHOGM),  followed by the G7 and NATO  ...

Wednesday Night #2101
June 22, 2022, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2101

With the death of the irreplaceable Mark Shields, we feel as though we had lost a dear friend. We tried never to miss Br ...