Our speaker on June 6 will be historical non-fiction writer, Lynne Bowen, talking about the history of coal mining on Vancouver Island. For over one hundred years Scottish, English, Italian, Croatian, Chinese and Japanese miners dug the coal that lies beneath the surface of Vancouver Island from Ladysmith to Port Hardy. Generations of miners worked…
On May 2, our speakers will be Dr Mark S. Williams and Anna Toderas, on the topic of “Canadian Prosperity and the Great Regression: Trump, Tariffs, and the World Economy” The Crisis of the 1930s involved the Great Depression. The Crisis of the 2020s is causing a “Great Regression,” turning back the clock on free…
Our Speaker at the April meeting was Don Dempson who spoke to us about the logistics of overseeing the television coverage of the Calgary Stampede. He has up to 70 people working on the television coverage which is timed to the seconds. His role has been to coordinate with Stampede staff and outside broadcast groups…
Our Guest Speaker on March 7 was Gary O’Brien who spoke to us about Scams and Frauds in our communities. Gary served as a regular member of the RCMP for 32 years and he is currently the RCMP Media Relations Officer for the Nanaimo detachment. Gary’s talk was highly interactive with the audience where some…
On February 12, 82 guests attended this sold-out event at Pacific Moon Rising Bar and Grill. Congratulations to our event planners Pat Scholz, Judy Karlson and Lynn Grose, and to their beautiful Probus models, Ann Barnes, Louise Allard and Christine MacDonald-Clarkson for modeling spring sportswear and evening fashions (see them modeling in the slideshow below).…
Dr. Chris Canny took us all on an illuminating crash course on how our eyes work, starting with the basic anatomy of the eye, comparing it to the structure of a house. To make sure that we got the concepts, he asked us “Can a person be legally blind yet have a visual acuity of…