Year 2023

Wednesday 6th December ushered in our last PROBUS meeting of 2023 at the Legion on Lansdowne St. About 57 members joined together to enjoy the start of the Christmas festive season.

PROBUS PETERBOROUGH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Minutes for September 6, 2023 President Peggy Watton called the Annual General Meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. Peggy welcomed everyone back to Peterborough Probus and our AGM. She hoped all members had had a…

Peter joined the Canoe Museum staff in 2022, bringing his experience in outdoor education and wilderness travel to his role as Programs Manager.

Kristie Virgoe, a certified Forest Therapy Guide with Kawartha Conservation, presented to the Probus group on October 4, 2023. Kristie shared her passion and knowledge about the emotional and physiological benefits of walking in the forest. Spending time with nature…

At the September 6th meeting, our guest speaker was Malcolm Kelly. Malcolm has been a professional sports and news journalist and a writer for over 37 years. Additionally, he is a Professor in the sports journalism program at Centennial College…

Elwood H. Jones is Archivist at Trent Valley Archives, Emeritus Professor of History at Trent University, a former Saturday columnist with the Peterborough Examiner. His many books related to Peterborough, some with co-authors, include Peterborough the Electric City (1987), An…

PROBUS Peterborough golf is back! If you’re looking to spice up your summer with fun, good conversation and even a little bit of golf, then this golf group is for you regardless of whether you are new to golf or…

Simonne Ferguson, a graduate of Trent University, started her career as a federal parole officer, then moved to a job in a maximum security penitentiary where she ran inmate programs.   For more than two decades she was an executive manager…

Jon Thurston is one of Team Canada’s premier wheelchair curlers. Jon was selected to Team Canada in 2019. Team Canada, noticing Jon’s marksmanship, decided to put him in the pressure situation of throwing the 4th rocks. Thurston is the proud…

Alan Wotherspoon presented a PowerPoint slideshow on the history of MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) in Canada. He reviewed the history of MAiD in Canada and how it has been implemented. He emphasied that his talk was for members information…