Our Probus club member Sonya Bardati recently celebrated her 80th birthday by rollerblading from Port Hardy to Parksville – more than 350 kilometres – over seven days. “I don’t feel old, I feel like I’m back at 60,” she said when CHEK News caught up with her at a roadside pullout near Port McNeill on…
On the morning of June 1, 2018 we dipped our tires into the Pacific Ocean waters in Nanaimo B.C. and headed off on a three month biking adventure across Canada. Five of us embarked on this cross-Canada tour, four cyclists and one driver. All our possessions, spare tubes, tires, repair equipment, food and a spare…
In the midst of drought conditions, resulting in water restrictions and smoke and ask from regional fires, Joan McCully brought the welcome sound of rain to the July meeting. Her rain stick, a souvenir from a recent trip to South America is actually a percussion instrument made from a hollowed out, dried cactus branch. Filled with small pebbles and capped…
Originally retired to Shuswap at Eagle Bay, Joyce & Florian finally saw the light after 14 years there and moved to Nanoose in 2008. Prior to retirement, they farmed in the Virden area of Manitoba for 25 years and then owned their own kitchen/bath business for seven years. Florian is an avid golfer and Joyce…
Although Tom and Laurie still miss the big, blue skies and sun of Alberta, they were happy to get away from the cold as well as the hustle and bustle of Calgary. Laurie spent much of her career in the education field but retired in December 2008 as Executive Assistant to the President of MEG…