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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 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 #2173 with Peter Berezin
November 8, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2173 with Peter Berezin

For a brief shining moment, we turned away from the dire events in Israel/Gaza, Ukraine and other parts of the world to ...

Wednesday Night #2172
November 1, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2172

Another star dimmed, but after a life well-led ‘Storytelling was her life’: Veteran CBC journalist Elizabeth ...

Wednesday Night #2171
October 25, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2171

The grey, gloomy weather in Montreal matches the mood of the developing stories of the day. The U.S. finally has a Speak ...

Wednesday Night #2170
October 18, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2170

The Israel-Hamas War The world is consumed by news, information, rumors, disinformation in every media form.Never have w ...

Wednesday Night #2169
October 11, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2169

Israel, Palestine/Gaza If one reads only one early piece about the Israeli-Hamas war, it should be Heather Cox Richardso ...

Wednesday Night #2168
October 4, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2168

Sad news We have just learned of the death on 26 September of Hélène Audren, generous friend and indefatigable volunte ...

Wednesday Night #2167
September 27, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2167

Harvest moon 2023, the last supermoon of the year, kicks off fall stargazing on Sept. 29 As (some) Americans and their c ...

Wednesday Night #2166
September 20, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2166

While the Housing Crisis was top of the agenda as the Liberals emerged from their caucus retreat last Thursday, it was q ...

Wednesday Night #2165
September 13, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2165

Natural disasters The world is still absorbing the news of the devastating earthquake in Morocco -and wondering why aid ...

Wednesday Night #2164
September 6, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2164

Andrew Caddell‘s weekly column starts: “Labour Day weekend is the unofficial end of summer in Canada, as wel ...

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