Our speaker on January 7 will be Dr. Eike-Henner Kluge on the topic of “Physicians and the Pharmaceutical Industry”. It is a common complaint that the pharmaceutical industry provides product-biased information to physicians, and that it targets an otherwise ill-informed public in its advertisements. We (the Public) take offence with the apparent ethical failings in…
Update on Northwest Bay Probus General Meetings: It is apparent from the Provincial health rules that meeting in groups larger than 50 people will likely not be permitted for many months. In light of this, our NWB Probus Management Committee has decided to try meeting via zoom, starting on 2 October 2020. The focus of…
In November we held a working meeting with the purpose of keeping our club vibrant and in line with the interests of our members, based on the results of the recent member survey. Members of the management team set up sign-up tables for new Special Interest Groups (SIGs) that had been proposed in the survey.…
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…
A new wine club is in the formative stages. Members so far include: Kim Rasmussen and Norm Kilarski Leslie and Al MacDonald Sue and Terry Kelly Regular monthly meetings will be held the second Wednesday of each month at one of the member’s homes commencing on May 9 from 7 to 9 pm. The cost…
President’s Message – January 2018 I’m really pleased to be taking on the NW Bay PROBUS Presidency for the next two years and once again want to thank our past president, Don Dempson, for his inspired leadership over the past two years. For my first President’s message, I thought I’d tell you a bit about…