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Starting A Book Club

  • Post author:Gregory Bosecker
  • Post published:2022-05-18
  • Post category:Uncategorized

Article courtesy of: Terry Carson Early in the Fall of 2021 some VRMNC members began to explore the idea of starting a history book club. The idea began to take…

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 

  • Post author:Gregory Bosecker
  • Post published:2022-05-14
  • Post category:Uncategorized

Book review: coutesy Wally Lazaruk and VRMNC's History Book Club In the month of May, the History Book Club read and discussed the book entitled Sapiens: A Brief History of…

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Mary’s Bleue Moon Café

  • Post author:Gregory Bosecker
  • Post published:2022-04-22
  • Post category:Uncategorized

Restaurant Review by: Every once and a while, luck is on your side, as it was on a recent Date Nite, when Intrepid’s director-at-large chose this restaurant for a first-time…

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Incident on the Messalina !

  • Post author:Gregory Bosecker
  • Post published:2022-04-22
  • Post category:Uncategorized

(Life Anecdote - shared by Ken Brown) A friend, who worked in a Winnipeg hospital lab in 1979 purchased a 52' wooden boat that spent its entire life on Lake of the…

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Participants needed for study on the relationship between older adults, play, and the built environment.

  • Post author:Gregory Bosecker
  • Post published:2022-04-04
  • Post category:Uncategorized

Dear VRMNC,  My name is Maxwell Hartt and I'm a professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at Queen's University. I am currently recruiting participants to take part in…

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NANAIMO: THE CITY AND THE BAR

  • Post author:Gregory Bosecker
  • Post published:2022-03-15
  • Post category:Uncategorized

Article Courtesy: Larry MacDonald Entering Nanaimo, the Harbour City “Thar she blows”!  Sure enough, just 200 yards ahead of our zodiac was a small pod of killer whales (Orcas), surfacing repeatedly…

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CHICKEN CACCIATORE !

  • Post author:Gregory Bosecker
  • Post published:2022-03-10
  • Post category:Uncategorized

Article (recipe) courtesy Gerry Delval Who doesn't like chicken?  It's a favourite meat for many people.  So, I thought that this month, I would share with you the best authentic…

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J & J Wonton Noodle House

  • Post author:Gregory Bosecker
  • Post published:2022-03-10
  • Post category:Uncategorized

1012 Fort Street Restaurant Review by: The Intrepid Diner has driven past this restaurant numerous times since moving to the best city in Canada. Never once did its rather staid…

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Build a Better Brain at Any Age!

  • Post author:Gregory Bosecker
  • Post published:2022-03-03
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A Review of Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s book: Keep Sharp Article Courtesy: Ken Brown What incredible years we Baby Boomers have lived through! In just the past twenty-five years, we have…

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INDONESIA, TIMOR, AND AUSTRALIA ON A BICYCLE (continued; part 3/3)

  • Post author:Gregory Bosecker
  • Post published:2022-01-09
  • Post category:Uncategorized

Part 3 of 3 (Article courtesy: John Waterhouse) The Route This is the last of three installments about my bicycle adventure: eighteen weeks, 10,800 kilometers and three countries, Indonesia, East…

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We are a 40 year old volunteer social club with ~275 members. Our aim is to help men in the Victoria Region integrate into the community by providing opportunities to meet others with common interests and experiences by participating in a variety of social and recreational activities. Our Activities are listed below, our News items are Posted here, our Events are listed in our Calendar, our published Newsletters are here.

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