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 #2282
December 10, 2025, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2282

Carols by Candlelight With brass and percussion ensemble Saturday, December 20, 2025, 4:00pm Sunday, December 21, 2025, ...

Wednesday Night #2281
December 3, 2025, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2281

On Tuesday, we learned that our much- loved and Diana’s go-to economist for many years Tony (Antal) Deutsch has di ...

Wednesday Night #2280
November 26, 2025, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2280

Horrific fire in Hong Kong: 3 Construction Officials Arrested in Fire That Killed 44 in Hong Kong The exact cause of the ...

Wednesday Night #2279
November 19, 2025, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2279

Heather Cox Richardson reminds us that November 19 is the anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Ad ...

Wednesday Night #2278
November 12, 2025, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2278

The shutdown is almost over and the debate as to whether the Magnificent -or Deplorable- Eight did the right thing or no ...

Wednesday Night #2277
November 5, 2025, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2277

U.S. Democrats Off-year elections Democrats had a big night. 5 takeaways from the 2025 elections – It’s still th ...

Wednesday Night #2276 UPDATE
October 29, 2025, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2276 UPDATE

Interest rate cuts Donald Trump says he wants more rate cuts to help buttress a wavering US economy, and on Wednesday, t ...

Wednesday Night #2276
October 29, 2025, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2276

Peter Frise‘s choice for Wednesday Night study: Ian Bremmer: State of the World 2025 (YouTube) Canada-U.S. Relatio ...

Wednesday Night # 2275
October 22, 2025, Comments Off on Wednesday Night # 2275

Breaking news: Carney to lay out budget priorities in [Wednesday] evening speech to students A source familiar with the ...

Wednesday Night #2274
October 15, 2025, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2274

No Canadian Thanksgiving holiday for PM Carney as World leaders met in Egypt to discuss post-war Gaza plans amid hostage ...