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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 #1663
January 15, 2014, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1663

  EVERYONE’S BACK TO WORK OR WHATEVER  and we can again enjoy the spectacle of the Charbonneau Commission hearings ( ...

Wednesday Night #1662
January 8, 2014, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1662

  “The challenge of the next half century is whether we have the wisdom to use wealth to enrich and elevate our n ...

Wednesday Night #1661
January 1, 2014, 1 Comment

A timely article in Foreign Affairs: Why Chinese-Japanese Economic Relations Are Improving — Delinking Trade From ...

Wednesday Night #1659
December 17, 2013, 4 Comments

FOR YOUR CALENDARS: December 18th  – #1659 – Wednesday Night will be particularly festive and include Catherine ...

Wednesday Night #1658
December 11, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1658

Merry Christmas from Canada Post Canada Post to phase out urban home mail delivery Of course we are saturated with the n ...

Wednesday Night #1657
December 4, 2013, 2 Comments

John Curtin advises that in his continuing quest to explore multiple aspects of the Royals, he “will be flying to ...

Wednesday Night #1656
November 25, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1656

We take this opportunity to wish you a Happy Kosher Thanksgiving  or Thanksgivukkah on this historic “once-in-a-Talmu ...

Wednesday Night #1655
November 20, 2013, 1 Comment

A postscript to the discussion of real-estate prices: St John’s Wood mansion with 11 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, a gym ...

Wednesday Night #1654
November 13, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1654

The return of Susan Hoecker and John Drysdale  of Concordia and American Universities to Wednesday Night this week offe ...

Wednesday Night #1653
November 6, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1653

Nothing endures but change. Heraclitus With the foreshadowing of end of the year and the anticipation of winter, one can ...