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Wednesday Night #1984
Wednesday Night 1984 – an ominous number, given our preoccupation with fake news, Trumpian dystopia and the COVID- ...
Wednesday Night #1983
The first virtual Wednesday Night – a highly successful experiment! Coronavirus COVID-19 is causing drastic change ...
Wednesday Night #1982
An evocative WN number – some will remember that Wednesday Nights began in the winter of 1982. For International W ...
Wednesday Night #1981
On 4 March 1933, FDR was inaugurated and in his inaugural address, he outlined his New Deal “To have our convictio ...
Wednesday Night #1980
Ash Wednesday – the beginning of Lenten penitence for many Christians following the excesses of Carnival/Mardi Gra ...
Timothy Porteous R.I.P. 1933-2020
John Timothy PORTEOUS (Obituary) Died February 11, 2020 in West Vancouver after 14 years with Parkinson’s Disease ...
Wednesday Night #1979
I cannot remember a time when I felt so bereft of convictions on events and topics of import. Usually, I have quite stro ...
Wednesday Night #1978
No Best in Show (Siba wins at Westminster} in New Hampshire. Bernie Sanders tied with Mayor Pete in New Hampshire and th ...
Wednesday Night #1977
We are delighted that Kent Hovey-Smith will introduce a new guest -and topic- this Wednesday. Caitlin Bailey is the Exec ...
Wednesday Night #1976 with Peter Berezin
Always happy to announce that Peter Berezin will be with us and this week there is certainly much to comment on. In his ...
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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…