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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 #1817 — Looking Back and Looking Forward
January 4, 2017, 1 Comment

Who better to lead us through the patterns of cracked crystal balls than Peter Berezin? Just before Christmas he wrote: ...

Wednesday Night #1817 — Good things in 2016
January 4, 2017, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1817 — Good things in 2016

Thank you to Canada’s favorite astronaut, Colonel Chris Hadfield,  for reminding us that 2016 wasn’t all ba ...

Wednesday Night #1816
December 28, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1816

Yes, the door is open to Wednesday Nighters in town and recovering from holiday hangover! Due to assorted constraints, t ...

Wednesday Night #1815
December 21, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1815

Winter Solstice today. Yes. Wednesday 21 December 2016 is the shortest day of the year and last night was the longest ni ...

Wednesday Night #1814
December 14, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1814

2016 has been marked by some great losses of admirable (and seemingly irreplaceable)  public figures, as well as severa ...

Wednesday Night #1813
December 7, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1813

Opinions around the table regarding the issues leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbour was unanimous and supported by ...

Wednesday Night #1812
November 30, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1812

As always, Gerald presented a number of memorable events from the year 1812. The obvious one being the Napoleon’s ...

Wednesday Night #1811
November 23, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1811

Discussion about the obvious conflicts of interest regarding the Trump organization and the necessary probity of the occ ...

Wednesday Night #1810
November 16, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1810

This has been an awful week – first, the election result, then Leonard Cohen’s death (see Wednesday Night ...

Raoul Wallenberg – Updates
November 12, 2016, 1 Comment

See also Wednesday Night #1577 and #1610 Raoul Wallenberg was, at last, declared dead on October 26th (The Economist) BR ...