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 #1910
October 17, 2018, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1910

Cannabis is legal in Canada — here’s what you need to know Rules around legal weed vary from province to provinc ...

Wednesday Night #1909 with Peter Berezin
October 10, 2018, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1909 with Peter Berezin

We are fortunate to have Peter Berezin with us to help make some (economic) sense out of the past tumultuous week (and m ...

Wednesday Night #1908
October 3, 2018, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1908

What news? One cliffhanger and the other – not so much. NAFTA has changed its name (along with some major clauses) ...

Wednesday Night #1907
September 26, 2018, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1907

The 2018 UN General Assembly has opened. World leaders have descended on New York to take part in the 73rd session of t ...

Wednesday Night #1906
September 19, 2018, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1906

A couple of days ago I ran into an old friend and neighbour whom I had not seen for some months. As we were both waiting ...

John Ciaccia OWN 1933-2018
September 17, 2018, 3 Comments

Photo by Robert J. Galbraith at WN #1500 It is with immense sadness that I share the news that John Ciaccia died peacefu ...

Wednesday Night #1905 with Jennifer Maccarone & Dr. Mark Roper
September 12, 2018, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1905 with Jennifer Maccarone & Dr. Mark Roper

We are delighted to have Jennifer Maccarone, the LPQ candidate in our riding of Westmount-St. Louis as our guest this We ...

Wednesday Night #1904
September 5, 2018, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1904

Fall term has begun! For us, September has always been the beginning of the new year, a reminder of happier, carefree da ...

Wednesday Night #1903
August 29, 2018, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1903

The week’s news has been overcome by Senator John McCain’s death and reactions to it, many of which are base ...

Wednesday Night #1902
August 22, 2018, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1902

Welcome back, Peter Berezin! Peter’s latest weekly report is titled “Hot Dollar, Cold Turkey”. Highlig ...