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 #1624 – EcoMaris
April 17, 2013, 1 Comment

All the tension and excitement of the Liberal Leadership race-to-the-finish is over;  it is finally confirmed that Just ...

Wednesday Night #1623
April 9, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1623

We are delighted that our OWN Peter Trent will return to Wednesday Night after too long an absence to talk about his adv ...

Wednesday Night #1622
April 3, 2013, 2 Comments

Pipelines and oil spills were on everyone’s mind, thanks to the recent spills in Canada and the U.S. and several i ...

Wednesday Night #1621
March 25, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1621

Heads-up. This Wednesday, March 27th, is David’s birthday. No, no celebrations Chez Alex (although Alex did suggest it ...

Wednesday Night #1620 with Jim Mylonas of BCA
March 20, 2013, 1 Comment

To describe the discussion as ‘lively’ would be an injustice to the informative, often passionate, debate ov ...

Wednesday Night #1619 with Karen McCrimmon
March 13, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1619 with Karen McCrimmon

Another Wednesday that proved to be anything but a slow news day — even though there are one in seven odds, we are ...

Wednesday Night #1618 with Peter Berezin
March 6, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1618 with Peter Berezin

Peter Berezin’s appearance at Wednesday Night always attracts a large audience of economists and followers of the dism ...

Wednesday Night #1617
February 27, 2013, 1 Comment

Warmest congratulations to John Jonas and Margo Somerville who added the Queen’s Jubilee Medal to their respective, im ...

David Nicholson awarded Diamond Jubilee Medal
February 23, 2013, 42 Comments

The short version of David’s citation*: David Nicholson Category: Community Involvement Mr. Nicholson joined the R ...

Wednesday Night #1616
February 19, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1616

The week’s topic is TRADE – of all kinds. President Obama announced during the State of the Union Address that the U ...