Chronicles & Capers – Issue 101

Chronicles & Capers

Issue 101

In this issue:

President’s Update

Featured Article

Get To Know Our Amazing Members: Don Boyd & Gerald Soon

Health and Safety

Webinar and e-Learning / Simple Apps to Make Your Life Easier

Seniors and Moving

Lifelong Learning

Scholarship / Bursary Winners 2024

Finance

Travel

More Canadian Affinity Benefits

 

 

Meetings Agenda

UPCOMING GENERAL MEETING:

Thursday, May 22, 2025 @ BCPVPA Office

Articles are sent to: info@bcrpvpa.ca

Sunshine Cards

If you know of a member who has recently passed, is not well or just needs a pick me up, please let us know.   Bonnie Deren is happy to send members or families a thoughtful message.

Email Bonnie at –bonniederen36@gmail.com or info@bcrpvpa.ca

 

PRESIDENT’S UPDATE Issue 101

Happy Spring! The signs of new growth in my garden

TRAVEL

Anchors Away! We were oh so fortunate. Right after retiring

MORE CANADIAN AFFINITY BENEFITS

More Canadian Affinity Benefits As a BCRPVPA member of our

FEATURED ARTICLE

Technology Workshops – What interests you? BCRPVPA hopes to partner

GET TO KNOW OUR AMAZING MEMBERS

Don Boyd Don began his teaching career in Likely, B.C.,

HEALTH AND SAFETY

Mediterranean diet: Could it reduce dementia risk? Previous research has

WEBINAR AND e-LEARNING

Join Drs. Richard Sztramko and Anthony Levinson for a free

SENIORS AND MOVING

Transitionwise – Need help with downsizing and/or moving? Many older

LIFELONG LEARNING

Lifelong Learning Get set for our SFU summer 2025 courses.

SCHOLARSHIP / BURSARY WINNERS 2024

Alexandra Chow from Vancouver plans to study environmental science while

2025 - 2026

BCRPVPA EXECUTIVE

President: Deborah Luporini
Past President: Christine Johnson
Vice-President: Marsha Arnold
Treasurer: Lanny Young
Secretary: (Vacant)
Membership: Jessica Antosz
Scholarships: Jeff Larcombe, Ted St. Pierre, Ian Kent, Christine Johnson, Jessica Antosz, Yolande Martinello
Pensions/Affinity and Benefits: Marsha Arnold
Speakers: Christine Johnson
Communications: Marsha Arnold
Technology: Deborah Luporini, Marsha Arnold
Chronicles & Capers Newsletter Editor: Marsha Arnold
Website Committee: Deborah Luporini, Marsha Arnold
Representatives at BCPVPA Chapter Council: Deborah Luporini, Marsha Arnold
Refreshments at Meetings: Lanny Young
Sunshine:Bonnie Deren
Member-at-Large: Sher Baerg, Yolande Martinello, Sandra Kinnon

Articles for the next newsletter are due Mon., June 2, 2025.

Articles are sent to: info@bcrpvpa.ca

Upcoming General Meeting:

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Chronicles & Capers – Issue 101

Summer is here as well as Canada Day celebrations.

The U.S. Trade War on Canada And Who’s Really Winning

 University of Alberta’s Canadian Foreign Policy Journal by Greg Anderson For years, Canada and the U.S. had a sibling rivalry.…