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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 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 #1836
May 17, 2017, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1836

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MONTREAL! On May 17, 1642, the city was founded by Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, who led French mission ...

Wednesday Night #1835 with Peter Trent OWN
May 10, 2017, 2 Comments

Wednesday Night welcomes back its premier OWN in poetry and verse May 10, 2017: A very special guest was greeted by an e ...

Wednesday Night #1834
May 3, 2017, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1834

It has been an eventful week and we are sure that none of you needs to be told that the world has now survived Donald Tr ...

Wednesday Night #1833
April 26, 2017, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1833

On Tuesday night, we were at Place des Arts for the premiere of the French version of the splendid documentary Expo 67: ...

Wednesday Night #1832
April 19, 2017, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1832

The Atlantic Daily newsletter frequently bears an alliterative heading like “Flip-Flops and Force” as a clue ...

Wednesday Night #1831
April 12, 2017, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1831

We had hoped to focus on AI and some of the challenges and opportunities that come with its expansion into seemingly eve ...

Wednesday Night #1830
April 5, 2017, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1830

For Wednesday Nighters – and many others – the news that Wednesday Night’s OWN Peter Trent is resignin ...

Wednesday Night # 1829
March 29, 2017, Comments Off on Wednesday Night # 1829

We are growing tired of saying (about the U.S.) “Just when we thought things could not get worse”, so this w ...

Wednesday Night #1828
March 22, 2017, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1828

Happy World Water Day! In a timely move, India court gives sacred Ganges and Yamuna rivers human status. The “lega ...

Wednesday Night #1827
March 15, 2017, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1827

Big dig begins after Quebec slammed with record-setting blizzard Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre urges people to stay home ...