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January 3, 2024, Comments Off

Janus Night, The first Wednesday of 2024. We look back -with no affection- on 2023 and forward -with faint hope- to 2024 ...

June 9, 2021, Comments Off

Throughout the week we have been consumed by news, reactions and commentary -both national and international- about the ...

December 2, 2020, Comments Off

How many years ago did someone ask the question when would the Wednesday Night session # be the same as the year in whic ...

October 9, 2019, Comments Off

Wednesday Night Salon/Wednesday Night @ Pearson Behind the Wednesday Night Salon weekly invitations lie years, weeks and ...

March 21, 2018, Comments Off

First and foremost, a shout-out to Marc Nicholson and Singapore’s 1880 Members Club. We had hoped to link 1880 wit ...

August 31, 2016, Comments Off

Scheherazade had 1001 nights of fabulous stories to entertain her husband-king Primarily to stop him from doing her in D ...

October 7, 2014, 1 Comment

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, TO ONE AND ALL FOR MAKING WN #1700 SUCH A ROUSING SUCCESS Almost a week later, the ceiling is stil ...

October 1, 2014, 1 Comment

You are invited to celebrate the 1700th Wednesday Night Salon* on Wednesday, October 1st. – Chez-nous – any ...

February 16, 2011, Comments Off

The MetropolitaIn February 16, 2011 Dear Diana and David, The year is now 2011, you have just moved out of the house ...

February 16, 2011, Comments Off

By P. David Mitchell The MetropolitaIn February 16, 2011 The Age of Enlightenment spawned the salon, an important place ...

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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
January 15, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1974

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…
Diana Thebaud Nicholson on Campus demonstrations 2024May 4, 2024
Police treatment of a Dartmouth professor stirs anger and debate A retired Dartmouth Dean and good friend who lives in…
Diana Thebaud Nicholson on Wednesday Night #2198May 1, 2024
Christopher Goodfellow Hard to believe a lifetime has passed and Montreal the once great world city, gateway to North America,…