Category Archives: Probus

By James Rayner One of the more interesting walks that the Walking Club took this summer was to see the Yorkville Murals.  Starting at the Bathurst subway station, we made our way east through the Annex over to Yorkville.  The Annex, so named because Toronto annexed the area in the late 1800s, is a treasureContinueContinue reading “September 2022 Walk”

The Investment Club met again in person for the first time in several years on September 13th.  It was so good to see everyone and enjoy coffee and cookies again. After getting reacquainted, we reviewed our portfolio compared to the TSX over our fiscal year, June 30, 2021 vs June 30, 2022.   The TSX wasContinueContinue reading “Investment Club News #16”

The Wine Tasting Club did not meet in September, due to unforeseen circumstances.   However, we do not intend to disappoint you this month, since we have a few cheap and cheerful wines to recommend as well as a little help with those hard to pronounce names of the many wine selections that we all struggleContinueContinue reading “Through the Grape vine #25”

By James Rayner One of my favourite outings is to the Vale of Avoca. The Walking Club did this walk in June 2022. The Vale of Avoca is a ravine system that begins north of the Downsview Airport but is buried until its exit  from Mount Pleasant Cemetery and runs south-east to Rosedale and the DonContinueContinue reading “August 2022 Walk”

Over the summer months, we met in person at Linda Hasler’s home in July and Margaret and Jack Markham’s home in August for two delightful afternoons of sampling new and unexplored vintages.   Since we are now meeting in person, we have returned to our original format of tasting two white and two red vintages everyContinueContinue reading “Through the Grape Vine #24”

The exact on-line banking screens, terminology and sequence of steps with depend on which Bank your account is with.  The screens are very similar and the description below is for a bank account with RBC. Procedures for CIBC are at the bottom of this page. RBC Procedures Steps: Sign on to your Bank Account. 2. Add anContinueContinue reading “How To Pay For Events Using INTERAC E-Transfers”

The exact on-line banking screens, terminology and sequence of steps with depend on which Bank your account is with.  The screens are very similar and the description immediately below is for a bank account with RBC. Procedures for CIBC are at the bottom of this page. RBC Procedures Steps: Sign on to your Bank Account. 2.ContinueContinue reading “How To Pay Membership Fees Using INTERAC e-Transfers”

To order an event with the Probus Club of Kingsway-Islington, please fill out the form below to notify us that you would like to attend. All of the fields must be completed. Please indicate whether you will be paying using Interac e-Transfer or by a cheque. The Club’s mailing address for events is Kingsway ProbusContinueContinue reading “Order an Event”

Photograph of the Club’s Executive from Debra Owens and Mont-serrat Petrie Photos from the Camera Club Photographer: Kathryn Riddell Photographer: Maggie Hoffmann Photographer: Donna Thomas Hats and Fascinators by Jack and Marg Markham

By James Rayner This month’s walk actually took place in May 2022 in the charming village of Port Credit.  To get to the starting point, we drove west on the Queen Elizabeth Way to Hurontario Street (Hwy. 10) and took it south to Lake Shore Road, turned right (west) for 3 blocks to Stavebank Rd.ContinueContinue reading “June 2022 Walk”