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…

 It was a merry group who showed up to our December 2nd meeting, wearing their tacky Christmas sweaters,  holiday ties  and reindeer antlers to kick off the Holiday Season in style.  Thanks to Linda and team we enjoyed goodies and Christmas cheer along with few games thrown in by our Social Committee to challenge the…

At the November 4th General Meeting, retired Canadian diplomat, Nestor Gayowsky spoke to a packed house on the topic of establishing democracy in Ukraine and what had transpired in that country since 2014.  From 1981 to 1983, Nestor Gayowsky was posted to Moscow as Trade Commissioner. That assignment led to his appointment in 1989 as…

What might you do if someone handed you a 40,000 year-old woolly mammoth tooth?   Well, if you were a master carver and your name was Shane Wilson, you’d undoubtedly accept it and then spend the next few months transforming it into a masterpiece.  On October 7th PROBUS members had the good fortune to listen to…

With a hearty greeting of what sounded like “Nee How!”,  Dr. Ed Nicholson drew in his PROBUS September audience with fascinating information about living and teaching in the enigmatic nation of China. Dr. Nicholson is now in his 55th year of teaching, the last sixteen of which have been in China, primarily Shanghai.  He has…

Those of us who came to the August 5th PROBUS meeting expecting to hear only about the history of fisheries in B.C. were treated to much more fascinating information:  Did you know, for example:  It’s perfectly OK to eat farmed salmon Recent studies have de-bunked the myth that sea lice from farmed salmon have caused…