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 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. Since Herb was no longer up to the task, the entries for Wednesday Night consist only of the “Prologues”. Chatham House rules prevail!

Wednesday Night #1973
January 8, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1973

Iran crisis We woke on Friday morning to the news that Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani (Portrait of a General) was killed alo ...

Wednesday Night #1972 New Year’s 2020
January 1, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1972 New Year’s 2020

HAPPY NEW YEAR to one and all! And take comfort – or maybe not – in the fact that we will have 2020 vision t ...

Wednesday Night #1971 – Christmas
December 25, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1971 – Christmas

A Wednesday Night like no other: Woman dies after Christmas morning shooting in city’s 24th homicide Police arrive ...

Wednesday Night #1970
December 18, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1970

‘Twas the night before Wednesday, when all through the house, Only one creature was stirring – and that would be ...

Wednesday Night #1969
December 11, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1969

Yes, these are shortest – darkest – days of the year, but does the news have to match the darkness? From pol ...

Wednesday Night #1968
December 4, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1968

While most of us regard the U.S. Thanksgiving as a benign, stress-free precursor to the commercial Christmas madness (sa ...

Wednesday Night #1967 with Peter Berezin
November 27, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1967 with Peter Berezin

We must note that WN #1967 evokes the memories of a magical year for Canada. Would that the future looked as bright and ...

Wednesday Night #1966
November 20, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1966

November 19 is the anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address 156 years ago,  one of the most insp ...

Wednesday Night #1965
November 13, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1965

11 November – Remembrance Day – was filled with touching stories of the sung and unsung heroes of recent and ...

Wednesday Night #1964
November 6, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1964

The past week has been a worthy lead-up to Tuesday, 5 November when we remembered -if not celebrated- Guy Fawkes Day and ...

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