IODE 48th Highlanders Chapter

10/12/2026

Grateful and thankful!

10/10/2026

Our Services Officer found a great bargain at Home Hardware. Eleven pair of shoes and boots for under $50. for our connected community at King Fisher Lake. Great job Dianne Love!

10/07/2026

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09/28/2026

Chapter members Dianne Love, Services Officer, Susan Arbour, Co-President and Shirley Ann Elms, Co-President met at St Andrews’s Presbyterian Church on September 26th to make chocolates. This was our second chocolate making session and 48 chocolates were made and packaged. The chocolates will be available for sale at the Regiment’s 135th Anniversary event.
A special thanks goes to Peter Olsen for his support, providing lunch and for the oatmeal raisin cookies.
Another great day as members of IODE 48th Highlanders Chapter. Dileas!

09/10/2026

Twenty five years ago this day they went to sleep for the very last time. The next morning their lives were taken by the acts of terrorists. May their memories be a blessing and may we continue to say their names.

06/10/2026

On behalf of our Chapter, Dianne Love presented the IODE 48th Highlanders Best Overall Cadet Award to MWO Hannah Kyazike.

04/11/2026

From Drab to Dileas!
Friday 10 April 2026 was a dull and dreary day with the threat of rain in Toronto but the weather did not dampen the spirits of five members of our chapter. We gathered to turn buttons of chocolate into bars of sweet delights complete with a falcon motif. We had melters, pourers, tappers 1&2, coolers, baggers and finishers. We will be selling our chocolates to raise funds to support one Highlander on the Battlefield tour in 2027.
Great job Susan Arbour, Beth Crook, Shirley Elms, Dianne Love and Janet McKay.

04/06/2026

Chapter Member Lindsey Lake dropped deployment packages at the MFRC to be forwarded to deployed troops of the 48th Highlanders of Canada currently deployed to Latvia on Operation Reassurance. For those serving overseas treats from home are most welcome. Well done Lindsey!

02/11/2026

The following was written by Ashley Bonnell upon learning of the passing of our chapter member Bonnie Brown-Thompson. We each have wonderful memories of Bonnie, her wonderful smile and her quick wit. The world is a little sadder for losing her but blessed that she was here and we shared some aspect of her time with us. Rest easy Bonnie

Our IODE Sister

Not sister by blood,
but sister by choice,
by shared purpose, service, and care.
She stood beside us in friendship and kindness, woven into our chapter and our hearts.

Though her place now is quiet,
her spirit remains in the work we do,
the values we carry forward,
and the community she helped to shape.

May we honour her by continuing together, as sisters always do.

With sympathy and remembrance.

Bonnie's Obituary: https://www.arbormemorial.ca/en/mcdbrown-scarborough/obituaries/bonnie-heather-thompson/155693.html?fbclid=IwdGRjcAP5Z4pjbGNrA_lnhWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHm3C5t-o8T6DyhqG_q8z_W0jGhJOwVwL6_iMW3e2kX7uqSzYjwg3xWKNrzD0_aem_8I1tUB9tVtsv5IaQM5enNA

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02/07/2026

🎉🎁🎂🧁Birthday Luncheon details coming soon!