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Wednesday Night #1865
BONJOUR/HI! With headlines blaring news of the battle over tax reform, the backing of Roy Moore by Trump and the RNC, an ...
Wednesday Night #1853
Another Great Montrealer has left us, Former McGill chancellor and prominent Montreal journalist Gretta Chambers dies at ...
Wednesday Night #1847
We had to wait before posting this to learn who would be the hosts of the ‘new’ National. As devotees of CBC news, w ...
Turkey 2016 – 2017
Turkey’s Erdogan Refuses to Back Down in Feud With Germany (NYT) President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey raised the s ...
Wednesday Night #1838
While the Trump tsunami continues to assault our eyes and ears, Canada is contributing its own political drama to the he ...
Wednesday Night #1831
We had hoped to focus on AI and some of the challenges and opportunities that come with its expansion into seemingly eve ...
Trump Administration & National Security
5 April Trump Removes Stephen Bannon From National Security Council Post By PETER BAKER, MAGGIE HABERMAN and GLENN THRUS ...
Wednesday Night # 1829
We are growing tired of saying (about the U.S.) “Just when we thought things could not get worse”, so this w ...
Wednesday Night #1826
It has been precisely 100 years since Nicholas II, czar of all the Russias, abdicated from the throne One hundred years ...
U.S.: Environment & energy
4 January Making Waves: A new study in the journal Science Advances confirms that the world’s oceans have steadily war ...
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India/Pakistan/Kashmir 2019-
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Trump 2.0 April 27 2025-
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Putin’s War Russia-Ukraine September 2024-
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The Papacy 2024-
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U.S.-China relations May 2025-
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Israel, Palestine/Gaza February – July 2023
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Climate change, uncertainty & security February 2021- May 10, 2023
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SCOTUS & the US courts December 2020- May 2022
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Wednesday Night #1974
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This is such sad news, Diana. He was a presence of calm and reason in our discussions which were sometimes…
Re The UN General Assembly Speaker Schedule is Here! I note that whoever will be speaking for Canada this year…
So many memories, particularly of the years as neighbours on Rosemount Avenue, with shared activities, adventures and lively political discussions.…
I’m sure by now all have heard about Biden’s dropping out. Although we all agreed last Wednesday that this was…
Molly Minturn - My family is heartbroken to share that my father died in surgery on Monday, Feb. 10. It…