Janice Perrino: A Lady with a Mission. “We want to diagnose, treat people, and get them home!” These were the words of our dynamic April speaker Janice Perrino, CEO of Nanaimo Hospital Foundation but, in order make it happen, we as individuals need to shoulder some of the cost for state-of-the-art hospital equipment needed to…
PROBUS learns a lot about local Forestry Practices from Makenzie Leine of Island Timberlands at our March meeting. Myths of red plaid-coated, bearded forester stereotypes were broken by our March speaker Makenzie Leine – Registered Professional Forester. As a child she grew up in logging camps with her father, a logger, until age eight. As she…
Gail Sherson, who spoke at our meeting on February 3rd is a Chemical Engineer with a graduate degree in Pulp and Paper Engineering, and has been working with the BC Pulp and Paper Sector on innovation and industry transformation. She spoke to our group about the positive things that are happening as well as some…
Venturing south on a sunny winter’s day was a band of eighteen inquisitive NW Bay PROBUS members seeking information about the proper life skills of Regency England. We arrived in the quaint township of Chemainus proceeding with gentle purpose to the Chemainus Theater’s dining room to be greeted by the dulcet tones of a grand…
If it wasn’t for Trooper, a little rescue dog turned compassion dog, and an amazing woman named Barb Ashmead, war veteran Brian Cameron might still be terrified to even walk out his front door. As it was, Barb and Brian and Trooper inspired and educated all of us who attended the January PROBUS meeting about post traumatic…
Northwest Bay PROBUS | Wine & Dine on Valentine’s Day Venturing south on a nice sunny winters day, down picturesque country roads winding through the working farms and rolling hills in the heart of Cowichan Valley’s wine country, our group of twelve arrived at Unsworth Vineyards. We were greeted with the sights, sounds and fragrance…