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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 #1397
December 10, 2008, 1 Comment

Reprising last week’s major topics: WHERE TO START? Canada’s Opéra bouffe Well, the GG decided for Harper – after ...

Wednesday Night #1396
December 3, 2008, 1 Comment

Photos and more T H E  R E P O R T Three topics dominated the discussion, namely the parliamentary crisis, the economy ...

Wednesday Night #1395 The Report
November 26, 2008, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1395 The Report

T H E  R E P O R T Once again, Charles Cogan dazzled his Wednesday Night audience with a tour de force of political/int ...

Wednesday Night #1395
November 26, 2008, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1395

On the eve of American Thanksgiving, we are delighted to be able to again use our absolutely favourite holiday illustrat ...

Wednesday Night #1394
November 19, 2008, 1 Comment

Overcoming the small annoyance for some of us (Westmount-Ville-Marie residents) of being in our fourth month of election ...

Wednesday Night #1393
November 12, 2008, 2 Comments

We return to some semblance of normality this Wednesday after last week’s back-to-back evenings, with the happy and hi ...

Wednesday Night #1392
November 5, 2008, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1392

T h e  R e p o r t In the wake of the historic events of Election Night, it was not surprising that discussion focused ...

Election Night 4 November 2008
November 4, 2008, Comments Off on Election Night 4 November 2008

In response to a number of requests, we are happy to confirm that Tuesday Night, November 4, the door will be flung open ...

Wednesday Night #1391
October 29, 2008, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1391

Note from Bill Copp: 79 years today since the crash of ’29. Just a mean thought, not a serious one, to help start ...

Wednesday Night #1390
October 22, 2008, 2 Comments

T H E  R E P O R T Maureen Farrow paid an unexpected – and most welcome – visit, contributing immensely to ...