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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 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 #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 ...

Wednesday Night #1963
October 30, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1963

On the eve of Hallowe’en, the real world seems scarier, more full of goblins and evil spirits than ever – or ...

Wednesday Night #1962
October 23, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1962

We have survived the 2019 election campaign, although emerging somewhat battered by the resurgence of the Bloc and the o ...

Wednesday Night #1961
October 16, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1961

I am back in our traditional WN home of Montreal after an exhilarating experience of hosting Wednesday Night @ Pearson C ...

Wednesday Night #1960 at Pearson College UWC
October 9, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1960 at Pearson College UWC

Wednesday Night Salon/Wednesday Night @ Pearson Behind the Wednesday Night Salon weekly invitations lie years, weeks and ...

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