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Wednesday Night #2059
September 1, 2021, No Comments

We are sad to convey the news that Wednesday Nighter David Waters died peacefully last Friday at the St Raphael hospice ...

Wednesday Night #2057
August 18, 2021, No Comments

What a delightful experience with our first hybrid (in-person & Zoom) Wednesday Night last week, with the additional ...

Canada: Energy, environment & climate change 2020-
August 9, 2021, 1 Comment

What the new UN report warning of climate impacts means for Canadians Expect more heat waves, fires and flood events in ...

Cities, globalization and governance
May 27, 2021, No Comments

What Is a Smart City? Bloomberg CityLab Global Cities Institute GOVERNANCE Cities occupy pivotal positions as strategic ...

Australia/2
October 6, 2020, No Comments

New York Times Topics: Australia ; BBC Australia country profile ; Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) 6 October Di ...

Transportation Environmental impact
May 11, 2020, 1 Comment

The Enduring Romance of the Night Train The beguilements of the sleeper car have never seemed sharper than on the eve of ...

Wednesday Night #1969
December 11, 2019, No Comments

Yes, these are shortest – darkest – days of the year, but does the news have to match the darkness? From pol ...

Wednesday Night #1966
November 20, 2019, No Comments

November 19 is the anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address 156 years ago,  one of the most insp ...

Wednesday Night #1872
January 24, 2018, No Comments

We and the world survived the first anniversary of DJT’s inauguration and the government shutdown that so inconven ...

Burma/Myanmar 2012-2016
October 24, 2016, 4 Comments

(BBC) Should it be Burma or Myanmar? CIA World Factbook: Burma Aung San Suu Kyi (The Elders) Desmond Tutu: Speaking to A ...