Welcome to summer and the occasional drink to cool off with! With four wine clubs, a beer club and whisky club, our Probus club will warmly welcome our July speakers. Mich Pambrun is with Storied Wines &Spirits, which represents local and sustainable family owned producers on Vancouver Island. As a professional Sommelier (CAPS/ASI), Mich is…
On Thursday August 9, join us for an out-&-about day trip to Mt. Washington. We’ll take the chairlift up the mountain to see the 360-degree vistas and have a picnic lunch atop the mountain. After lunch, we’ll drive for 10 minutes to the Paradise Meadows trailhead in Strathcona Provincial Park where we’ll walk on the…
Excursion to Denman and Hornby Islands: July 31st Contact person: Linda Burrows Following on the heels of the wonderful tour of Gabriola Island, Linda Burrows has an even more event-filled “Island Day”! In store for you: Departure from Buckley Bay Ferry at 9 AM and over to Hornby for 9:40 ferry. Cost per car $20.65. …
OUR ANNUAL PROBUS PICNIC IS WEDNESDAY JULY 25th Get ready for lots of fun! The annual picnic is one of our Club’s most popular social events and it is always well attended. This year’s theme is TACKY TOURISTS. So get creative: find your loudest shirt, your plaid shorts, and your ugliest hat and join us…
Northwest Bay PROBUS | Lisa Leger: A Sensible Look at Natural Medicine Lisa Leger, the Natural Health Consultant at Parksville Pharmasave, helped guide us through the quagmire of information out there to build a bridge between conventional medicine and natural approaches to health. Lisa discussed preventative strategies like diet and lifestyle and the use of…
— PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION TOUR – JUNE 20 — The mystique and magic of our oceans has fascinated locals and scientists for centuries. What goes on in our seas and throughout their depths is simply amazing, and hidden in Nanaimo is one of Canada’s leading research stations that opened its doors for us again this…
Upon completing university, Byron Horner and Ian McAllister, long- standing best friends, chose career paths that went off in completely different directions: Byron to become a corporate lawyer and businessman; Ian an environmentalist, photographer and film maker. Many years later fate re-connected them for the making of IMAX film: The Great Bear Rainforest when Byron,…
FRIDAY ON THE GREEN Probus Golf May 11, 2018 It was an absolutely beautiful sunny day for golf at the Qualicum Memorial Golf Course on Friday, May 11. There were 7 foursomes of NWB Probus golfers for a Nine & Dine initially teeing off at 2:56 in the afternoon plus 3 additional members who came…
Well, wasn’t that a party! With 61 members and 11 guests present, we had a packed house as we celebrated our Club’s 15th Anniversary in grand style at the April meeting. Looks as though our Snowbirds are home to roost and to welcome Springtime in beautiful Nanoose Bay and environs. Don and Phil provided us…
JAZZ IN JUNE Join your PROBUS friends to carpool to a jazz concert at Shaw Auditorium in Nanaimo. Details below: ____________________________________________________________________ June 15 – LOVING JAZZ Rosemary Lindsay and Ken Lister SHAW AUDITORIUM Vancouver Island Conference Centre 101 Gordon St, Nanaimo, BC 7:30 – 9:30 ADMISSIONS Concert $30 Members $20 Sign up…
REPORT ON THE JUNE 12th TOUR OF BEAUTIFUL GABRIOLA ISLAND Fourteen members of NWBay PROBUS Club carpooled to the Gabriola Ferry on June 12. The day was overcast but dry and we had smooth sailing. The first port of call was the Hardware and Garden Centre. The proprietors were very friendly and happy to have…
