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…
Our March speaker was James Raffan, current Director of External Relations for the Canadian Canoe Museum and for 19 years a Professor of Outdoor & Experiential Education at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Based on his wealth of experience from…
On February. 5, 2020, Peterborough Chief of Police Scott Gilbert spoke to us about the challenges and opportunities of policing in the city of Peterborough. His presentation gave members a fascinating insight regarding the challenges and opportunities of policing for…
On January 9, 2020, our speaker was D’Arcy Jenish a magazine journalist and author, who has written 10 books, including the topic of his presentation: The Making of The October Crisis— Canada’s long nightmare of terrorism at the hands of…
On December 4, 2019 we had a Christmas Luncheon, and Yvonne Leahy relived fond memories of her Christmas’s past in England, and also compared Christmas customs in other countries.
