October Tour Pacific Biological Research Station – Nanaimo – October 25 If you let the scientific terminology overwhelm you, you could end up being lost. But for expert scientists who love what they’re doing and want to share their life’s work, they made our October tour to…
Northwest Bay PROBUS | An evening out paddling Nanaimo Harbour Full Moon Tour On September 6th, a couple members of our club were handed paddles, PDFs and asked to choose our rental kayak from the array of colourful kayaks. After a quick ‘how to’ paddle tutorial and some safety tips we followed our Alberni Outpost…
KEY for TWO at the Bailey Studio Theatre | “A wickedly amusing play to entertain you” | To all those Probus members who did not go to our Out & About Theatre night October 27 – you missed out on a great night of comedy – “Key for Two”. The 21 who did, enjoyed a British…
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…
“Gilakas’la!”: “Welcome! Come with all that you are.” These are the words that greeted PROBUS members who came out to hear a fascinating presentation by Terri Mack on September 1st. Terri, a member of the Da’naxda’xw Awaetlala Nation Band, is an educator, author and founding member of Strong Nations Publishing in Nanaimo. Her greeting, a…
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…