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Wednesday Night #2171
The grey, gloomy weather in Montreal matches the mood of the developing stories of the day. The U.S. finally has a Speak ...
Wednesday Night #2170
The Israel-Hamas War The world is consumed by news, information, rumors, disinformation in every media form.Never have w ...
Wednesday Night #2169
Israel, Palestine/Gaza If one reads only one early piece about the Israeli-Hamas war, it should be Heather Cox Richardso ...
Wednesday Night #2168
Sad news We have just learned of the death on 26 September of Hélène Audren, generous friend and indefatigable volunte ...
Wednesday Night #2167
Harvest moon 2023, the last supermoon of the year, kicks off fall stargazing on Sept. 29 As (some) Americans and their c ...
Wednesday Night #2166
While the Housing Crisis was top of the agenda as the Liberals emerged from their caucus retreat last Thursday, it was q ...
Wednesday Night #2165
Natural disasters The world is still absorbing the news of the devastating earthquake in Morocco -and wondering why aid ...
Wednesday Night #2164
Andrew Caddell‘s weekly column starts: “Labour Day weekend is the unofficial end of summer in Canada, as wel ...
Paul Carvalho R.I.P.
John Curtin: My great friend and fellow filmmaker, Paul Carvalho, died peacefully at his home in Montreal, this evening ...
Wednesday Night #2163
NOT a happy anniversary: On August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina made landfall near New Orleans, as a Category 3 hurricane; ...
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North Korea/South Korea June 2023-
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The Papacy 2024-
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Democrats/progressives – November 2024
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Putin’s War Russia-Ukraine September 2024-
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U.S. Education May 2024-
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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
January 15, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1974
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…