Our first PROBUS “Away Walk” this year will be the 5.5 km trail around beautiful Westwood Lake https://www.nanaimo.ca/parks-search/Parks/32-Westwood-Lake-Park followed by lunch (optional) at Piccadilly Bistro. Date: Friday, March 20th Time: 10:15 AM Meet at the Westwood Lake Tennis Club parking lot, 2367 Arbot Rd. Nanaimo by 10:15. Lunch reservation will be for 12 Noon. (Piccadilly Bistro…
Sunday, February 9th was another stellar bowling day at the Sunset Lanes in Parksville. So much so, that there has been a challenge for another match up before golf season begins. See below for details and to sign up! Top scores from Hart Pfortmueller and Al McDonald were separated by one point, so the gloves…
Our February speaker, Peter Hall, talked about the collapse of the Second Narrow’s Bridge on June 17, 1958. Very rarely do you have the opportunity to relive a disaster through the eyes of someone that experienced it. Now, 61 years later Peter shared the story and his film with us. As part of his job…
Lunar New Year Dim Sum The second, hopefully annual, Dim Sum Lunch was held on February 1st at Shanghai City Restaurant. Working ahead of time with Phoebe, the lovely owner, we were able to taste 11 different items with endless pots of tea. Our 36 members just fit into the private room, where the staff…
On Friday, February 21, 18 Probus members went for a night out at the Bailey Theatre on Rosstown Road in Nanaimo. The production was “Lend Me a Tenor”, a comedy farce. What a pleasant show with a belly of laughs. How they do a show with only one set and non-stop slapstick I do not…
What a topic to start the New Year, with the drastic wildfires in Australia and climate change threatening future incidents in BC like another Fort McMurray. Investigations throughout North America have resulted in new scientific and practical knowledge of how wildfires spread and burn through communities and what we can do to reduce damage to…