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March 31, 2010, Comments Off

There is a difference between public interest and what the public is interested in. If you are to be tough (as a politic ...

March 10, 2010, Comments Off

Please see the Invitation Carl Beigie OWN, our friend, the genesis of Wednesday Night and its guiding spirit through the ...

March 3, 2010, Comments Off

More on Wednesday-Night.com The evening started on a somber note, as Diana noted with sadness the deaths of Judith Patte ...

February 24, 2010, Comments Off

As many Wednesday Nighters are out of town taking advantage of school holidays and others were glued to the Olympic hock ...

January 20, 2010, Comments Off

Photos and videos Kimon reintroduced a most welcome face from the past, Concordia Associate Professor (Communications St ...

January 6, 2010, 1 Comment

Leonard Cohen Poet-in-residence at Westmount High With a background of the soundtrack of some of the poet’s wonder ...

December 16, 2009, 1 Comment

Climate Change There are those who describe a disaster scenario depicting the virtual end of life on earth unless carbon ...

December 2, 2009, Comments Off

Special thanks to Margaret Duthie for assiduous note-taking It seems that almost every week, we celebrate another achiev ...

November 25, 2009, Comments Off

The Internet and the media, Social networking, Wikipedia … but first, Mackay Smith presented his new copiously ...

November 11, 2009, Comments Off

Hug a Central Banker This time last year capitalism died for 48 hours The central bankers of the G20 stepped up to the p ...

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March 13, 2022, 1 Comment
Israel, Palestine/Gaza February – July 2023
July 31, 2023, 3 Comments
Climate change, uncertainty & security February 2021- May 10, 2023
May 10, 2023, Comments Off on Climate change, uncertainty & security February 2021- May 10, 2023
SCOTUS & the US courts December 2020- May 2022
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Wednesday Night #1974
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Diana Thebaud Nicholson on Richard Shaw Minturn RIPFebruary 12, 2025
Molly Minturn - My family is heartbroken to share that my father died in surgery on Monday, Feb. 10. It…
Diana Thebaud Nicholson on Herbert Bercovitz OWN R.I.P.December 5, 2024
This is such sad news, Diana. He was a presence of calm and reason in our discussions which were sometimes…
Diana Thebaud Nicholson on UN, Reform & multilateralism September 2024-September 10, 2024
Re The UN General Assembly Speaker Schedule is Here! I note that whoever will be speaking for Canada this year…
Diana Thebaud Nicholson on André-Eugène Audet 1939 – 2024 RIPJuly 25, 2024
So many memories, particularly of the years as neighbours on Rosemount Avenue, with shared activities, adventures and lively political discussions.…
Alireza Najafi-Yazdi on Wednesday Night #2210July 21, 2024
I’m sure by now all have heard about Biden’s dropping out. Although we all agreed last Wednesday that this was…