posted February 07, 2018
Grand Lodge Office – Update #3
The Main Grand Lodge Office is almost unpacked and set back up. The main copier is still off line for at least another few weeks. The Grand Secretary’s office is being painted today and wont be ready for at least 2 weeks while Brother Nichols is away on personal leave. We wish him well and a speedy return, until then he wont be returning emails or phone calls. If you need anything urgently, please contact the Grand Treasurer at the office number ( 519-273-8088 ) or by emailing him at ten.fooi@ertlgo. He will respond but it may take a day or two as he is the only one in the office.
posted January 31, 2018
Grand Lodge Office – Update #2
The Main Grand Lodge Office is almost back together. Any of the furniture that wasn’t damaged, has been moved back in. We have our Computer Network guy coming in this weekend and early next week to start to wire the computers all back together. The Grand Secretary’s Office is still in pieces and wont be back together for a few weeks still. Most of the Grand Lodge Office’s functionality is back except we still don’t have the main copier online as we must wait for it to be inspected to ensure it wasn’t damaged.
posted January 05, 2018
Grand Lodge Office – Update #1
The Grand Lodge Office will reopen on Monday, January 8,2018 at a limited capacity. Our copier is down for a while and we are still sorting out what we lost. All our records are safe and sound but we lost some computer technology and furniture and a lot of damage to the building itself. We would like to thank everybody for all the emails and phone calls looking to help, but we are at a stand still waiting for the Restoration Company to repair all the building damage. When we need help, we will be sure to call upon those of you who have offered.
posted January 03, 2018
Cleanup has Started
The Restoration Company and the Insurance company has been in and everything is being taken out and the flooring and walls are being taken out. They are estimating 6 to 8 weeks to have everything completed and back together.
posted January 02, 2018
Grand Lodge Office is Closed
We are sorry to announce that due to a broken water main pipe, the Grand Lodge office will remain closed until further notice. Please check back here for details.
posted October 07, 2015
Updated with new options and features.
We have heard from our members they wanted something new and updated on the website and on a more frequent basis. We have listened to them and their ideas and have started to implant them into the site. Some of these changes will take some time and others will appear rather quickly. Please work with us on this and if you happen to find wrong information or something not working correctly, please contact myself and I will address every email. Please fill out a ‘Help Desk Ticket’ located to the left. By using this method, you will be able to track your ticket to see when the issue was looked at and then resolved.
posted October 06, 2015
Youtube channel is open
One of the suggestions we received is that we have a Youtube channel. The channel has been created and we will add some content to it over the next couple of weeks. If you see a video or have a video that you would like us to add, please send the details to me and I will review the request and add it if is appropriate.
posted October 06, 2015
Grand Master Itinerary
I have a copy of the Grand Master Itinerary and I am adding all the details to the calendar. I will try to get it done in the next couple of days and get it posted on the website. The link can be found on the Grand Lodge Executive page.
posted October 06, 2015
Lodge Websites
I have now setup a free website domain for every lodge in Ontario. Some lodges have their own websites already and that is terrific. For the lodges who wish a website but don’t want to spend the money, we can provide you with a free one. The only requirement is that somebody from your lodge be able to build and maintain it. If need be, I would be willing to help them out to get it online because it is an important tool to help assist us in telling the world who we are. For the Lodges that currently have one, if you wish to switch over to the free one, please contact the webmaster. I will be listing all the websites on the Detailed Information sheet which is located on the page “Lodges in Ontario”. So please forward me all your information with your web address and I will get it posted.
posted October 06, 2015
Printer Friendly Version
We have had a few requests for this option. With the cost of ink for printers and so many different types of printers for sale, some members were having trouble printing parts of the website or wasting a lot of paper. So we decided to create a “Printer Friendly Version” for almost all of our pages. On the top of every page (top right hand corner), you will see a “Printer Friendly Version” link. If you click on this link, it will open a new window of the current page you are viewing, but all in Black & White and formatted to fit a letter size paper. All the extras on the page (Buttons on the left, links on the bottom) have all been removed. If you use this feature and find an issue with printing, please fill out a help desk ticket (located at top left of every page) with the issue you are having (please include printer model) and I will try to correct the issue.
posted April 14, 2013
The Website has new features!!!
We have completely updated the website and added new features to it. We still have a few bugs to work out of it, but that will be done shortly (or hopefully even before you notice any of them). We have added the “Printer Friendly Version” feature. When you click on the “Printer Icon”, a new page will open up and it will be only the text with no graphics and formatted to fit a letter size paper. The RSS feature should be functioning within a couple of days (If you are unsure what a RSS Feed is, you can read more about them by clicking on the following link ( RSS Feed information )). We have also added a “Twitter” Account which we hope to start using more and more to keep everybody up-to-date with what is happening in the order. If you have any issues or ideas, please send them to the Webmaster and he will see what he can get posted on the website ( Email the Webmaster ).
posted February 01, 2013
The Website is back up and completely updated!!!
We have had some issues in the recent months with the website not being updated as often as it should be. I have now made a time to up date it on a weekly basis. If you have something you want posted or would like to see on the site, please send me an email with all the details.
posted September 07, 2012
Welcome back from Summer Holidays
The summer is over almost and Lodges are starting back up. Over the next few weeks, we will be posting a lot of updates on the website of what is happening and when. So check back often.
posted February 12, 2012
RSS Feeds now available
Today we setup a RSS Feed for the news page to our website. Our Members have asked that we try to bring the Odd Fellows up-to-date with technology and this is one step in that direction. If anybody runs into issues with using it, please let the webmaster (email: ten.fooi@retsambew) know so he can work out the bugs with it. If you are unsure what a RSS Feed is, you can read more about them by clicking on the following link ( RSS Feed information ).
Also, if you have any other suggestions that you would like to see added to the site, please email the details to him.
posted February 05, 2012
Youtube Video
Today we posted our first Youtube video. We will be posting a lot more of them in the near future. If you have any videos that you have seen and think we should include, send the webmaster (ten.fooi@retsambew) a message with as much information as you can. Thank you. ( a direct link to our Youtube page can be found at the top left of every page!
posted November 20, 2011
As some of you are aware we have been having issues with our website. Our webmaster has promised us that by month’s end it will all be fixed and completely updated. He does apologize for this and is taking measures to prevent this from happening again. Thank you for your patience.
posted February 16, 2011
We are currently updating our Facebook and Youtube pages with content. We admit that we fell a little behind with our updates and we apologize for that. We are putting measures into place to prevent that from happening again. We thank you for your understanding.
posted January 20, 2011
The Grand Lodge of Ontario wishes to announce details of the upcoming Annual Grand Lodge Sessions.
Please click here to get more information.