All posts tagged natural disasters

Japan 2011-2012
July 13, 2012, Comments Off on Japan 2011-2012

China, Japan, Taiwan and the East China Sea (The Diplomat) Although the sovereignty dispute between China, Japan and Tai ...

Population growth, migration and climate change
June 1, 2012, 2 Comments

Forced Migration Online UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund Making data dance (The Economist) Hans Rosling has bec ...

Québec in 2011
December 14, 2011, Comments Off on Québec in 2011

Dossier Cyberpresse: Crise au Parti québécois Plan Nord The Plan Nord is the project of a generation. It first offered ...

Turkey
November 5, 2011, 1 Comment

TURKEY: A Rising Influence Among Arab Nations (IPS) Assurances to women by the winners of the Tunisian elections that th ...

Wednesday Night #1533
July 20, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1533

The Prologue Maureen Farrow‘s appearance this Wednesday could not be more timely; we eagerly await her world view. ...

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 #1515
March 16, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1515

As promised in the Prologue, it was a star-studded – and SRO – evening, further enhanced by some last-minute ...

Haiti
November 30, 2010, 2 Comments

Haiti – Six months later: Haiti on Wednesday-Night.com; CIA World Factbook: Haiti; NYT Times Topics: Haiti; CBC: H ...

Wednesday Night #1470
May 5, 2010, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1470

The evening opened with a brief video of the presentation of the Lieutenant Governor’s Seniors Medal (Médaille po ...

Wednesday Night #1468
April 21, 2010, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1468

The warmly-applauded opening announcement concerned Herb Bercovitz who has been proposed by Mayor Peter Trent as a recip ...

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