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 #1735
June 3, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1735

The great divide between Quebec and ROC shows up in Tuesday’s headlines. In Quebec the print media, airwaves and ...

Wednesday Night #1734
May 26, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1734

We are delighted to welcome David and Terry (aka Teresa Chin) Jones, who are on their annual Canadian fact-finding  tr ...

Wednesday Night #1733
May 20, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1733

The week’s news ranges from the deadly serious to a  particularly eclectic if not downright bizarre collection th ...

Wednesday Night #1732
May 13, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1732

ANOTHER devastating earthquake in Nepal. As Quartz points out “During the earthquake on April 25 not all of the ...

Wednesday Night #1731
May 6, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1731

WOW! Alberta election 2015 results: NDP sweeps province in historic win Very few people believed this would happen. All ...

Wednesday Night #1730
April 27, 2015, 2 Comments

So many sad anniversaries commemorated over the past few days. The centenary of the Armenian genocide was remembered aro ...

Wednesday Night #1729
April 21, 2015, 1 Comment

Wednesday, April 22nd is Earth Day 2015. Among the many events planned around the globe, Fulbright Canada will celebrate ...

Wednesday Night #1728
April 15, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1728

April 14 is the anniversary of the Boko Haram kidnapping. Exactly a year ago, 276 girls were abducted from Chibok in Nig ...

Wednesday Night #1727
April 8, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1727

Hoping everyone enjoyed a Happy Easter/Passover, or simply a long, restful, weekend. For those for whom Easter or Passov ...

Wednesday Night #1726 with Marko Papic
April 1, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1726 with Marko Papic

And in a timely announcement on Thursday morning: Ukraine signed a deal for Russian gas. Naftogaz, Ukraine’s state gas ...