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 #1711
December 17, 2014, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1711

Two items that were not on the horizon when the Prologue was written were the focus of much of the discussion. Sony canc ...

Wednesday Night #1710
December 10, 2014, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1710

Malala Yousafzai: From a schoolgirl to a Nobel Peace Prize winner On Wednesday, Yousafzai is to accept her Nobel at a ce ...

Wednesday Night #1709
December 3, 2014, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1709

Jean Bélivau R.I.P. Jean Béliveau, beloved Canadiens hockey legend, dead at 83 Le Gros Bill, hockey hero to generation ...

Wednesday Night #1708
November 26, 2014, 1 Comment

When FDR moved Thanksgiving: The executive action that tore a nation apart We have a couple of rants this week – o ...

Wednesday Night #1707
November 19, 2014, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1707

Victory abroad, grief at home Footnotes to the evening: In a new book on Canadian history, Conrad Black recounts the mom ...

Wednesday Night #1706 with Eric Maldoff
November 12, 2014, 1 Comment

More photos by Robert J. Galbraith English community uneasy about Bill 10 (Global News) Thu, Nov 13: Despite every reass ...

Wednesday Night #1705
November 5, 2014, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1705

A few Big Ticket items on the agenda this week and the first is of course, Peter Berezin, who will discuss the October a ...

Wednesday Night #1704
October 29, 2014, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1704

A lively evening which unexpectedly focused on the climate refugees reference rather than the greater issue of the waves ...

Wednesday Night #1703
October 22, 2014, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1703

Only some (very) random notes in no particular order for this Wednesday Night. The reason being that Diana is  currentl ...

Wednesday Night #1702
October 15, 2014, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1702

We love Thanksgiving – both  celebrations – not only for the opportunity to offer heartfelt thanks for the ...