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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 #1764
December 23, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1764

Our traditional just-before-Christmas Wednesday Night is doubly celebratory as we will have our Singapore family with us ...

Wednesday Night #1763
December 16, 2015, 1 Comment

 P R E L U D E 1763 – Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, surrendering Canada to Britain; plus the Royal Proc ...

Wednesday Night #1762
December 9, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1762

We are compelled to lead with the most outrageous story of the week: Donald Trump’s call for a ban on Muslims ente ...

Wednesday Night #1761
December 2, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1761

We were delighted to welcome Andrew Caddell  from Ottawa after a long absence. Andrew, who has been has been a reporter ...

Wednesday Night #1760
November 25, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1760

Honoring our WN tradition of linking to historic events of the year, we hit pay dirt with 1760: From July 1760, Amherst ...

Wednesday Night #1759
November 18, 2015, 1 Comment

There is no other topic – like Rome, all roads lead to Daesh, including coverage of the array of long-scheduled  inte ...

Wednesday Night #1758
November 11, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1758

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, stil ...

Wednesday Night #1757
November 3, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1757

Airbnb braces for the results of a key San Francisco voteOn the first night of the new government (Trudeau 2.0), of whic ...

Wednesday Night #1756
October 28, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1756

It’s time to turn our attention to global problems, starting with the refugee crisis and its inevitable impact on ...

Wednesday Night #1755
October 21, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1755

As there was a highly representative group gathered around the table, it was appropriate to have a tour de table regardi ...