When local historian Catherine Gilbert ( also author, editor and lecturer) was a guide on boat cruises, the question came up: “What were the original individual names of the archipelago of islands that surround us?”  As it turned out,  First Nations people never actually gave the islands names,  referring to them after the function they…

Outside, if you’d have thought there was a good- sized party going on, you wouldn’t be wrong; but once inside the noise level was approaching a sports stadium pitch as more than 50 Club members shared greetings, stories and holiday memories. December’s meeting was a rousing kick-off to the Christmas Season and it was the…

Our November Speaker was Dr. Graham Pike, Dean of International Education at VIU. After 40 years of teaching, 30 of which have been in International Studies, it was evident that Dr. Pike continues to be passionate about his love of teaching and fostering the international students who have become an integral and essential part of…

Our October Speaker was our own President Don Dempson, who took us behind the scenes at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo. For most of his career, Don had worked for Eastman Kodak.  In the latter years this involved being on camera as a company spokesperson and product host on the Home Shopping Channel.  In 1997, on…