Northwest Bay PROBUS | An afternoon at the Theatre A favourite activity for some of our club is to partake in a sumptuous buffet luncheon and catch an afternoon play. On Wednesday, September 13th, a dozen club members ventured south to Chemainus Theatre to enjoy a spot of British comedy in the play called ‘Jeeves…
Northwest Bay PROBUS | Taste of Morocco – Cooking Demonstration On Friday, Nov. 10th, sixteen ‘foodies’ from our Club joined Cathie Hamilton (guest chef) around the kitchen at Worldly Gourmet Kitchen Store in Ladysmith for an evening of cooking out of Africa. With a glass of wine in hand, each of us watched and listened…
Clayoquot Days — Annual Victoria Day spring garden show and open island event — May 19-21, 2017 Venturing to the wild west coast, twenty-three Northwest Bay Probus members converged in the Tofino area to attend a special once-a-year chance to visit Clayoquot Island Preserve on Stubbs Island, which is privately owned and normally closed to the public.…
– JOHN HART GENERATING STATION AND DAM COMMUNITY TOUR – | Campbell River | Sunday, July 9 | 10:00 am – 3:00 pm | The third annual John Hart Generating Station Replacement Project community event is a unique annual opportunity to see the construction site and watch the project evolve. Construction activity will shut down…
Do You Know What Island Timberlands Does? Well, 48 Northwest Bay PROBUS members do now! That’s how many of us put on forest safety gear: orange helmets and vests, before heading into the Arrowsmith hinterlands to explore Island Timberlands local domain. Makenzie Leine, Manager of Community and Government Relations with I.T., entertained members with many…
Northwest Bay PROBUS | Jackson Pollock Inspired: Paint Splatter Party On a sunny Saturday afternoon in June, local artists unleashed their creativity under the direction of ‘The Donald’. Adopting Jackson Pollock-like stances they splattered paint their canvasses, the room and themselves in a dazzling display of colour. The event concluded with the creation of a…