News Update

September 29, 2026

Greetings!

Please save the date for the next BMO Friends & Family Bonspiel!

Saturday, November 28, 2026 (NEW earlier date)
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (tentative)
Dundas Valley Golf & Curling Club
10 Woodley's Lane, Dundas, ON

Whether you are an experienced curler or have always wanted to try the Olympic sport, join us for a fun and informal day on the ice with BMO colleagues, friends, and family. The event is open to curlers of all skill levels, and no previous experience is required. Lunch, refreshments, and prizes are included.

You can sign up as a full four-person team or as an individual. Individual registrants will be matched with a team where space permits. At least one member of each team must be a current or former BMO employee.

This year we are introducing some exciting enhancements:

New to Curling?

• Lessons included
• On-ice, in-game instruction
• Dedicated novice division
• No previous experience required

Experienced Curler?

• Separate experienced division
• Two six-end games
• More evenly matched teams
• A great way to enjoy the curling season before the holidays

Registration details will be coming soon, but for now, please mark your calendar and feel free to share this message with colleagues, friends, family members, and anyone who may be interested in joining us for a fun day on the ice.

We are hoping to welcome both returning participants and plenty of new curlers this year.

For any questions, please reach out to James Keene james.keene@bmo.com or Mark Chan mark.chan@bmo.com

Happy Curling!

James Keene, CFP^®, TEP
Senior Wealth Planning Consultant

BMO Private Wealth

360 Oakville Place Drive, 2nd Floor

Oakville, Ontario L6H 6K8

James.keene@bmo.com
M 289-218-8594
F 905-845-6221

September 28, 2026

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September 23, 2026

Hello all. Please review the attached flyers with information about our Holiday Luncheon for 2026.

A response is required by November 10 to allow us time to advise the restaurant. Any questions or concerns, please let me know.

Carla

September 17, 2026

The BMO Financial Group Pensioned Employees Central Ontario Chapter  will be holding the Fall Quarterly Meeting at 1:00 pm on Thursday, October 22, 2026.

*** Please note change of location for this meeting: ***

Fireman’s Lounge

Thornhill Community Centre

7755 Bayview Ave, Thornhill, Ontario L3T 6M8.

The Topic will be Travels Around the World  and the speakers are: Eileen Nixon, Rosemary Fleming and Terry Miller,

Click Here to view the Agenda and Registration details.

September 17, 2026

September 10, 2026

BOMPA is going to the races at Century Mile (out by the airport)  September 25, 2026..  Doors open at 5:30 p.m.  Cost for Seniors is $44.95   Post time is 6:30

September 10, 2026

On Monday, August 24th, 2026 I woke up to another rainy day, my mind reflected back to 1971 when the Carpenters released their song " Rainy Days and Mondays Always Get Me Down"

So I checked the calendar, sure enough our Annual summer BMO Pensioners Luncheon would be the highlight for this rainy day Monday! We car pooled from Sudbury, Val Caron and Coniston, anywhere between 50km to 75km to arrive at Stella's home in St. Charles.

Stella Laforge is our wonderful organizer, she is always well prepared, especially for the arriving group of twelve happy and hungry ladies!  Meals were ordered in from a local restaurant, it was extremely tasty, especially the desserts.

It has become Stella's tradition to present each of her guests with a token of gratitude for our long time friendships. This year we received beautiful colour glasses along with various Owl or Turtle keychains.

Gifting an owl keychain means wishing someone wisdom, protection, and good luck, while gifting a turtle keychain means wishing them long life, patience, and safety.

We picked up our glasses, toasted each other for Good Health, Happiness, Love and Emotional healing for the ones who were unable to attend and to the ones who were no longer with us. As the blue, rose, green and amber glasses clicked together we celebrated our unconditional friendship, until our next luncheon together. Cheers

From all the BMO Sudbury/Northern Ontario Pensioners we want to wish all our cyber network friends  a safe and happy summer!

Attending: 

Thanks to Rose Sigouin

September 4, 2026

Part of the remaining core of the HR group met for our annual lunch September 3rd at Lone Star Texas Grill in Etobicoke.  Most of the group initially either met while working in Montreal HQ or Calgary Divisional Office in the 70s and then ended up working in Toronto.  The luncheon is usually arranged to coincide with Bob Harcourt being in town from Florida and/or David Minifie being in town from Canmore,  Alberta to visit their grandchildren.

September 1, 2026

To understand how Labour Day came to be we need to walk back in our Canadian history and find out what was going on in the second half of the 19th century.  Canada was changing rapidly during this period with increased immigration.  This caused cities to become over-crowded and at the same time industrialization was drastically altering the country’s economy and workforce.  As machines began to replace or automate many work processes, employees found they were no longer marketable with their special skills.  Employees could easily be replaced if they complained or dissented and so were often unable to speak out against low wages, long work weeks and deplorable working conditions.

To read more about "Happy Labour Day" click here

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August 27, 2026

As Fall looms, it is time to meet, talk, eat, and tell stories again. 

Your BOMPA Committee suggests a lunch at the Old Spaghetti Factory in New Westminster as a first get together of the season.

When:  September 28th at 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM

Where: Old Spaghetti Factory, 50  8th Street, New Westminster

Please let Cheryl ( ecfiddis@telus.net ) or Earl (hansfred2@gmail.com) know if you would like to attend.

August 24, 2026

'UNNECESSARY FARCE'  ---  WEDNESDAY MATINEE --- OCT. 14, 2026

10:30 AM  DOORS OPEN & BUFFET        12:00 PM  PERFORMANCE 

In a cheap motel room, an embezzling mayor is supposed to meet with his female accountant, while in the room next door, two undercover cops wait to catch the meeting on videotape.  In this riotous farce, there's someconfusion as to who's in which room, who's being videotaped, who has the money, who hired a hit man and why the accountant keeps taking off herclothes.

A laugh-out-loud cocktail of misunderstandings, revelations and unexpected arrivals, Unnecessary Farce creates a crime caper where the long arm of  the law will have you rolling in the aisles.  If it ever figures out which directionto point, that is!! 

Stage West has again offered a great group rate reduction from the regular brunch price of $93.45 to $65,00.  This group rate is based on a minimum of 30 tickets sold by September 12, 2026,  42 tickets reserved for this production.

Your ticket includes a fantastic buffet, delectable desserts and coffee and tea, however bar service and gratuities are not included.  Please note bar service is available from 10:30 AM until 12:00 PM and also during intermission.  A $1.00 - $2.00 per person gratuity is recommended for service.

REGISTRATION FORM --------DEADLINE--------September 12 ,2024

NAMES;

COST $65.00 PER PERSON

TOTAL SENT $________ E-TRANSFER TO bompasa.bd@gmail.com

Jane Bennett
Phone 403-246-3953
Cell 403-669-1549
 

August 10,2026

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August 7, 2026

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