Category Archives: activities

our 21st executive meeting via ZOOM

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. It’s over two years now and COVID is still dragging on with recent news of the Omicron variant. Collectively, we have pretty well avoided the FOURTH wave effect by distancing, masks, and an excellent response to vaccines (a third shot – … Continue reading →

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in Quebec we say nombre vingt

Posted on November 6, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. and the English say ‘number 20’ – our twentieth executive session via ZOOM. It’s over a year and a half now and COVID is still dragging on. Collectively, we have pretty well avoided the FOURTH wave effect by resorting to … Continue reading →

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the 19th hole …

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Wow! It’s been over a year and a half and COVID is still with us. Our society has   avoided the FOURTH wave effect so far by resorting to very limited outdoor events plus using ZOOM. We found out that … Continue reading →

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ZOOM EXEC #18 September 2021

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Who would have thought a year and a half ago that COVID would still be a threat;  that a FOURTH wave would be here; and that we would still be resorting to ZOOM? Mind you, online has its own … Continue reading →

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way way back focus

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. When COVID-19 arrived in Toronto the spring of 2020, we closed down daily person to person venues as demanded by the city. Our editor at the time, the late Bob Lansdale, felt we needed to get something out to … Continue reading →

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ZOOM Executive #17

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Robert
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a eulogy or two

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. My wife and I recently sat in on two funerals via the modern miracle of video streaming. At both, our president Clint Hryhorijiw spoke very knowledgeably about the effect of our society on the deceased. All too often, we … Continue reading →

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all a twitter

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Robert

Toronto.  Well, it had to come to this. Twitter, I mean. When the society was established back in 1974, everyone had a land line and a postal address. Personal computers were unheard of. Mobile telephones were massive affairs used only … Continue reading →

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sweet sixteen by ZOOM

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Robert
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after one and a quarter …

Posted on June 4, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Hard to imagine, but the PHSC executive held its fifteenth monthly meeting by ZOOM! We cannot get into our North York Memorial Hall venue before September. All events are in abeyance just now but there is real hope on … Continue reading →

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