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Volume 73 Number 1
15 February 2021

Inside This Issue President’s Message

s we enter the second year of the COVID pan-
A demic and with the knowledge that an unprec-
President’s 1 edented speed at which the vaccines are being de-
Message veloped, our conversation will now be focused on
the vaccination roll out and how that will bring our
lives back to some level of normalcy. With the an-
Member 3
Recognition nounced vaccine delivery dates staggered through-
out the latter part of this year, it is unlikely that
many Canadians will get their vaccine shots until

Naval History 8 this fall. Since our membership consists mainly of
older and retired people, we sincerely hope to
have many of our folks vaccinated by the end of
this summer. Of course, that will depend entirely on the projected vaccine
Ready Aye Ready 21 delivery dates to our population.

Since the lock down and restricted travel in our region, your association
board members have been working on how best to deliver valued pro-
Medical Update 27 grams for your support and loyalty to NABC. Your board feels that it is
doubtful that we can host the once delayed Battle of the Atlantic dinner in
May 2021. This is due to the variant COVID strains that are in circulation
and the pronouncement from our Public Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry.
UNTD 28 However, we are working on potential in-person events in the fall and are
now targeting the Surrender Day lunch at the RVYC as a starter with pos-
sibly other events.

In addition, we are embarking on bringing speakers to deliver topics of
interest to you, coincident with our national and affiliated organizations in
the interim until we can meet in-person again.
We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting a number of online
presentations that may interest you. We have lined up a number of fasci-
nating speakers: Dr. John Blatherwick; Captain (N) Jean Stéphane Ouel-
let, commander of the Canadian submarine fleet; Mr. Herb Auerbach and
Mr. Graham Fuller in the next few months. We will start with our very own
Dr. Blatherwick, who will speak on the “History of Honours in Canada; the
start of the Canadian Honours system; and the evolution of the Canadian
Honours system to today” on Wednesday, February 24, at 11:00 AM. This
is to be followed in subsequent months, keeping our last Wednesday of
the month date, by Mr. Herb Auerbach who was responsible for producing
the 9 Bill Reid Invitational Concert Series at the Haida House at the Uni-

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