A remarkable Montreal ‘salon’ has endured five decades

In these times of fractious political debate, a tribune of knowledgeable voices is of enormous value.
Diana Thébaud Nicholson, standing centre, and her husband David, second right, and friends share a laugh in July 2015.

MONTREAL—The spring of 1982 was a turbulent time in Quebec. The 1980 referendum had left scars between families and friends. The Queen’s signature on the Constitution at a ceremony on Parliament Hill in April intensified the squabbles between the governments of then-prim...

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