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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 #1744
August 5, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1744

FINALLY, on Sunday morning*, Stephen Harper put an end to the conjecture about WHEN the writ would be dropped. As far as ...

Wednesday Night #1743
July 29, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1743

Following last Wednesday’s excellent SRO discussion of Greece and the EU with Kimon, plus the excitement of the wo ...

Montreal couple’s weekly discussion nights are legend
July 25, 2015, 4 Comments

Diana Nicholson stands behind her husband, David, during their discussion night, where well-informed guests are invited ...

Wednesday Night #1742
July 22, 2015, 1 Comment

An SRO group that included a number of prominent members of Montreal’s Greek community gathered to hear and debate ...

Wednesday Night #1741 in beautiful, bucolic Boucherville
July 15, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1741 in beautiful, bucolic Boucherville

Following the news that Boucherville was designated #1 on the MoneySense  Best Places to Live list, John Evdokias gener ...

Wednesday Night #1740 with Peter Berezin
July 8, 2015, 1 Comment

The deeper problem is that it is virtually impossible to have an effective monetary union without a functioning fiscal u ...

Wednesday Night #1739
July 1, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1739

Happy Canada Day! Every year we wonder why we have to call it Canada Day – imagine July 4th being US-of-A Day, or ...

Wednesday Night #1738
June 24, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1738

For those not already absent on summer sojourns, Wednesday Night’s welcome mat is out. We will bid Alan Hustak adieu a ...

Wednesday Night #1737
June 17, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1737

Former Montreal Mayor and Wednesday Night friend Jean Doré died on Monday, June 15. As we read the impressive list of h ...

Wednesday Night #1736
June 9, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1736

Turkey’s elections are front and centre following the surprising/welcome news that  the Justice and Development P ...