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“It’s astonishing how much trouble one can get oneself into if one works at it. And astonishing how much trouble on can get oneself out of if one simply assumes that everything will, somehow or other, work out for the best.” - The Sandman by Neil Gaiman

As you no doubt have heard, as of Wednesday, Jan. 5 at 12:01 a.m. 2022, the Province has announced increased restrictions. These measures include ...

"... with high levels of COVID circulating in the community even the fully vaccinated still need to mask, physically distance and limit their social contacts." - 

David J. Cameron, Grand Master

"'I decided that the candidate could not be received, for, in my opinion, no person should be initiated into the mysteries of Free Masonry who is either maimed, halt, or blind...'"

David  Cameron, GM

"the moratorium on all INDOOR Masonic gatherings is extended until at least September 1."

David J. Cameron

Grand Master

"Let us look at lodges “As If People Mattered”, not at the economics of running a building, a fund-raising machine, or a political hierarchy."

- D.J. Cameron, GM

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

- J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

"Freemasonry has long been a beacon of universal tolerance,.. from time to time we are moved to re-examine how we practice these tenets, and the language that
we use."

 - David J. Cameron, GM

"I strongly believe the cautious actions taken by our Grand Master and Grand Lodge should be commended and supported with gratitude for our own and our families’ wellbeing. "

- Thomas W. Hogeboom
Deputy Grand Master

"The Worshipful Master, Secretary and Treasurer of each lodge have already been authorized to conduct the necessary business of the lodge until the lodge re-opens, subject to retroactive approval at the next regular meeting."

 - David J. Cameron
Grand Master

Brethren, By staying home our province has flattened the curve and probably gotten through the first wave of COVID-19. But the virus is not gone. W...