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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 #1389
October 15, 2008, 1 Comment

It appears most likely that humanity is destined to repeat the folly of their forefathers, leading us into a very diffic ...

Wednesday Night #1388
October 8, 2008, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1388

Late development: Claude William Genest Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada, and candidate in Westmount-Ville-Mar ...

Wednesday Night #1387
October 1, 2008, 1 Comment

Politics Canada In yet another departure from Wednesday Night traditions, the first part of the evening was dominated by ...

Wednesday Night #1386
September 24, 2008, 1 Comment

A small, (competition from the Opéra de Montréal, McGill Chamber Orchestra, pension fund gathering in PEI …) but ...

Wednesday Night #1385
September 17, 2008, 1 Comment

The doom and gloom which naturally surrounded the discussion of the world economy was alleviated by the most welcome ret ...

Wednesday Night #1384
September 10, 2008, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1384

Despite a respectable list of topics, the evening was unusual because almost entirely devoted to the elections in Canada ...

Wednesday Night #1383
September 3, 2008, 1 Comment

Not to be missed: Beryl Wajsman’s account of the Peel Street flood and the decision-making process involved in mak ...

Wednesday Night #1382
August 27, 2008, 2 Comments

Following last Wednesday Night’s Canada-focused (healthcare, the NDP and environment) evening, we are looking forward ...

Wednesday Night #1381
August 20, 2008, 9 Comments

We are delighted that Anne Lagacé Dowson, the NDP candidate in our by-election will be joining us this Wednesday. As al ...

Wednesday Night #1380
August 13, 2008, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1380

Wednesday Night’s West Wing holds its fifth session August 13th. Alexandra and James have set up a beautiful new w ...