Our Strength is Fellowship; Our Success is Participation.

Thursday, December 4th, 2025
Doors open at 9:45 am
Plated Dinner*
$65/person
Partners and Guests are Welcome!!!
Guest Speaker: John Carswell
“Travelling the Arctic”

*Vegetarian/dietary options are available by request. Cash Bar

* Please bring a new, unwrapped, small stuffed toy for the G & M Hospital’s children patients.

Contact: Pierre Tousignant

Past Speakers

Speakers, 2023

January: Bonnie Campbell, Seniors Fitness

February: John Millar, Clean Water for Indigenous Communities

March: Ted Barris, Author, Historian. Battle of the Atlantic

April: Bonnie Sitter, Peach Fuzz and Farmerettes

May: TC Energy, Meaford Pumped Storage

June: Ed”Chen” Cohen, A Lifetime of Mountain Climbing

July: Melissa Shaw, ‘Farm Fresh’, a History of Smart Bros Brands in Collingwood

August: Fred Dobbs, Nottawasaga River Restoration Program.

September: Nadia Stolfi and Terry Geddes, Collingwood Health and Wellness Development

October: Carole Binsky, Protection from Fraud and Scams

November: Ted Barris, ‘Rush to Danger”, Medics in War.

December: Captain Peter Lang, Safe Commercial Flight

Speakers, 2024

January: Kelly O’Neil, Public Relations and Communications Manager, Hospice Georgian Triangle.

February: Amanda Pegg, Executive Director, Town of Collingwood

March: OPP Constable Trevor McKean, Fraud Awareness and Prevention

April: Will Goertz, Casinos and a whole lot more.

May: Mike Hiltz, The Canadarm..A Canadian Success Story

June: Ted Barris Video Interview with Jim Deeks of Canada Files

July: Andrew Kirsch, Former CSIS officer, Author, ‘I Was Never Here’.

August: Nancy Esson, Right At Home, Health care in the home.

September: Peter Lang, Nuclear Power.

October: Malcolm G Kelly, Canada’s Sports Century

November: Jane Fleetwood-Morrow, WW11 Through An Unseen Lens.

December: Julian Bayley, ‘Ice Sculptures That Worked’

Speakers, 2025

January: Dave Hanna,’ The World of Commercial Diving’.

February: Tim Morawetz, ‘Canada’s Art Deco Heritage’.

March: Paul Weatherhead, Navigating Cyber Threats.

April: Tony Pigott, Georgian Bay Ecopark.

May: Eric Pootmans, Former Snowbird Pilot

June: David Sweetnam, Microplastics in Our Water

July 3: Jarvis Strong, Escarpment Corridor Alliance

August: Deb Dougherty, Blue Mountain Watershed Trust

September: John Arnone, ” Us and Them”- The Beatles”

October: Judge Norm Douglas, ” You Be The Judge”

Collingwood Mayor, Yvonne Hamlin

Upcoming Events

Feb
12
Thu
Snowshoeing at the Christensen Farm
Feb 12 @ 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
Thursday, February 12th, 2026; 10:30 am
8315 21/22 Sideroad Nottawasaga, Duntroon
Directions: come south on Highway 124 go through the lights at Duntroon and 2122 Side Rd. is the next one after the Duntroon corner. Turn right heading west and go 1.6 km and the house is on the left-hand or south side up along driveway. There is signage at the road.
Choose one of two routes.
Bring your own drink and lunch.
Sue and Bud will be providing soup!

Partners and guests are welcome to attend.
Contact: Bob MacNair.

Meetings

Meetings are the first Thursday of every month, starting at 10:00 am. They are held at The Royal Canadian Legion, 490 Ontario Street, Collingwood.

Contact Us

Membership: Ken Mang
Email collingwoodprobus@gmail.com