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 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. Since Herb was no longer up to the task, the entries for Wednesday Night consist only of the “Prologues”. Chatham House rules prevail!

Wednesday Night #1526
June 1, 2011, 1 Comment

It seems to us that news arrives in pyrotechnic bursts. This was certainly the case in May – THE WEDDING; Osama; t ...

Wednesday Night #1525
May 25, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1525

Canada’s case of the “Dutch Disease” We become lazy when all we have to do is dig stuff out of the gro ...

Wednesday Night #1524
May 18, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1524

Events of the past weeks have led us to reflect on whether life was not much more agreeable and certainly less stressful ...

Wednesday Night #1523
May 11, 2011, 1 Comment

“Beware what you set your heart upon. For it shall surely be yours.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Diana welco ...

Wednesday Night #1522
May 3, 2011, 1 Comment

A recent Facebook post sums it up: Tornadoes, Royal Wedding, Bin Laden, and now Harper. Okay, that’s it. This week ...

Wednesday Night #1521
April 27, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1521

A relatively small, but very lively, Wednesday Night was enhanced by the presence of Liam McHugh Russell, Sauvé Scholar ...

Wednesday Night #1520
April 20, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1520

The evening was enlivened by Alan Hustak‘s description of his recent trip to Israel, which was undertaken on the i ...

Wednesday Night #1519
April 13, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1519

Now that the Great Debate is over – what did everyone think? Just to get the ball rolling, here is our take (or at ...

Wednesday Night #1518
April 6, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1518

All the world’s a stage … Canada’s election Both the United States Senate and the Canadian Parliament appe ...

Wednesday Night #1517
March 30, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1517

******************** Prologue Judging by the early high-decibel roaring of the election campaign, we are doomed to the c ...

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