(by Michael John Lo, Times Colonist, June 3, 2025 )
About 100 members of Chinese Freemason branches from B.C. to Quebec are expected to descend on Nanaimo’s Best Western for the organization’s 40th national convention in Canada this weekend.
A 162-year-old Chinese Canadian organization with secret-society origins is convening in Nanaimo to choose a new leader this weekend.
About 100 members of Chinese Freemason branches from B.C. to Quebec, as well as representatives from Australia’s Chinese Freemasons, are expected to descend on Nanaimo’s Best Western for the organization’s 40th national convention in Canada this weekend.
The Chinese Freemasons’ first national convention was held in Victoria in 1919.
Steven Ma, a member of the Nanaimo Chinese Freemason branch that is helping to organize the event, said an important part of the convention, which is usually…
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About 100 members of Chinese Freemason branches from B.C. to Quebec, as well as representatives from Australia’s Chinese Freemasons, are expected to descend on Nanaimo’s Best Western for the organization’s 40th national convention in Canada this weekend.
The Chinese Freemasons’ first national convention was held in Victoria in 1919.
Steven Ma, a member of the Nanaimo Chinese Freemason branch that is helping to organize the event, said an important part of the convention, which is usually…
read more:
Steven Ma, a member of the Nanaimo Chinese Freemason branch that is helping to organize the event, said an important part of the convention, which is usually…
read more:
