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In November our member, Elva Edgar, had selected and lead the discussion on “Daughters of the Deer”. It was written by Danielle Daniel who, in her debut novel, was able to link her family’s ancestral link to this amazing story.  Our five attending members had a very interesting and spirited discussion about this book, whichContinueContinue reading “The Page Turner #22”

The Wine Club tasting of November 2, 2023 was held at Jennifer Roberts’ apartment. There were two wines featured that appealed to the majority of the group. The first was a white wine, while the second was a red wine. South Australia, One Pound Per Acre – Chardonnay, 2022 The winery is called One PoundContinueContinue reading “Through the Grapevine # 38”

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The documents below were available for the October 23, 2023 Annual General Meeting at the Lambton Golf and Country Club. To view a report in a separate Window, press the Download button and then open the file. Agenda for the Probus Annual General Meeting Agenda for the October 23 AGMDownload Minutes from the 2022 AnnualContinueContinue reading “Annual General Meeting – October 2023”

The walk being submitted for September 2023, occurred in May, when the Walking Club took a walk through west-central Toronto to see if we could find any graffiti worth admiring.  Many of these works of art are found on garage doors which necessitates a tour of the back lanes of the city.  These graffiti areContinueContinue reading “September 2023 Walk”

This month we met at the home of Elaine Dulmage for a delightful afternoon of tasting some new vintages. Elaine followed the advice of Carol Evans Hammond, the wine expert who writes a column in the Saturday edition of the Toronto Star. She selected the wines of interest and ordered them online. They were readyContinueContinue reading “Through the Grapevine #36”

Wine Tasting continued during the Summer with a meeting at Tim and Maggie’s home on Thursday August 3rd with two white wines and two red wines being served. Each of the four wines served had something unique about them, and generally all four wines had fans who said that they would buy it. As anContinueContinue reading “Through the Grapevine #35”

On May 11th, 22 people from the Dinner Club met at Leao D’ouro at 920 Dundas Street East in Mississauga, just west of Tomken Road. Maggie Hoffmann and Tim Sulisz picked this Portuguese restaurant as it is easy to get there, they have parking behind the building, a washroom on the same level, and provideContinueContinue reading “Dinner Club #5”

Wine Tasting on July 6th 2023 was at Jack and Marg Markham’s home. They decided, as summer had started, to acknowledge this fact by changing the types of wines normally chosen by incorporating two bottles of Rosé along with a bottle of white wine and a bottle of red. The white wine chosen was fromContinueContinue reading “Through the Grapevine #34”

The most recent meeting of the Probus Wine Tasting Club took place on June 1, 2023 in James and Joan Rayners’ garden.  The hosts’ plan was to compare two white and two red wines of similar varieties but with one of each pair costing significantly more than its partner.  The results were rather surprising. TheContinueContinue reading “Through the Grapevine #33”