Our Strength is Fellowship; Our Success is Participation.

O.P.P. Constable Sarah Hendrick, O.P.P. Canine Unit

Along with Janus and Finny

June 4, Meeting.

 
Constable Sarah Hendrick is a 20-year member of the Ontario Provincial Police.  For the last 5 years, she has been a Canine Officer.  Her two partners are a 6-year-old Belgium Malinois named Janus and a 4 year old Labrador Retriever named Finny.  Sarah is stationed out of the Nottawasaga OPP detachment in Alliston, serving the Simcoe region, Dufferin and Caledon as well as Huronia West and Collingwood. Janus is a general service dog that tracks people and detects firearms and drugs.  Finny is a search and rescue dog that locates missing and lost individuals.
 
Past Speakers
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”

November: Collingwood Mayor, Yvonne Hamlin

December: John Carswell, Travelling the Arctic

Speakers, 2026

February: Bill Franks”Living Off the Land In the Arctic”

March: Sandra Taylor and Cathy Renaud, Collingwood’s new Hospital

April 2: Michael Pearson, Family Letters from Prime Minister Lester B Pearson.

May 7: COO Andrew McNeil, Deputy Mayor, Tanya Snell, Town of Wasaga Beach.

Upcoming Events

May
1
Fri
Probus Cycling, 2026
May 1 @ 10:00 am – Oct 31 @ 12:00 pm
Biking Season begins in May and continues throughout the Summer.

Plans are for weekly events.

Contact: Doug Smith
We meet at the east side of the Collingwood Canadian Tire Parking lot and depart sharp at 10am. When we finish the ride we typically stop for a lunch. A few days prior to the ride an email will go out to those who have signed up at the monthly Probus General Meeting confirming the routing and the meeting location. (On occasion we may not meet at the Canadian Tire so we would encourage you to add your name to the list of riders so that you will receive the email notifications. ) If weather is a problem an email is sent out prior to 9am on Mondays advising of a cancellation.
May
19
Tue
Breakfast, Jimmy’s Kitchen, Collingwood Airport
May 19 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Tuesday, May 19, 0900.

Jimmy’s Kitchen, Collingwood Airport.

Contact: Dan Fornasier

May
21
Thu
University of Waterloo, Research Aging Institute Tour
May 21 @ 11:30 am – 2:00 pm
The Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA) is a charitable, non-profit organization that enhances the quality of life and care for older adults through research, education, and practice. We connect research to the real world and tackle the biggest issues facing an aging population. Our innovative approach to research is helping to change the way we age in Canada.
Thursday, May 21, 11:30 am.

Car pool, location TBA. Leave at 9:15.

Lunch at Ruby 11:30 am, then speaker.

Contact: Terry Billo

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