OPINION: Let 2023 be the start of something great! Pauline Kerr pauline@qctonline.com The start of a new year is traditionally a time for sweeping out the old and welcoming in…
SNO Microbrasserie Nordik is brewing up a storm Nick Stewart nick@qctonline.com One could be forgiven for failing to realize that Quebec City’s Grand Marché is home not only to numerous…
GASPÉ TALES: Author retraces ancestor’s Gaspé road trip Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter ruby@qctonline.com Olive Willett Smith’s story echoes that of generations of Gaspesians. The descendant of United Empire…
Phone fraud scams may target seniors Submitted by Emily Vidal, communications co-ordinator, Centre for Access to Services in English, Drummondville The Sûreté du Québec is sending out reminders of good…
Héma-Québec allows gay men to donate blood Myriam Labbé myriam@qctonline.com In December, Héma-Québec modified its donor admissibility criteria to be based on at-risk behaviours rather than belonging to “at-risk groups.”…
OBITUARY: Kathleen POWER (1926-2022)
Kathleen Power died on Dec. 1, 2022 at Hôpital Chauveau (CSSS Québec-Nord) at the age of 96 years and four months. She was the daughter of the late Fleurette Veillette and the late John Power. She lived in Quebec City.
No funeral ceremony is planned, but her relatives and friends are invited to honour her in their own way if they choose. She is survived by her sister Maureen Power (late Yvan Beauchamp) and her nephews and nieces André Beauchamp (Marie-France Nolin), the late Johanne Beauchamp (Gilles Tremblay) and John, Mark and Richard Power, and many friends. She was predeceased by her brother Bertin Power (late Cécile Ruelland).
The family would like to thank the palliative care staff at Hôpital Chauveau for their kind and skilful care.
Your expressions of sympathy can be made through a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society for breast cancer research.
Further information:
Coopérative funéraire des Deux Rives
Phone: 418-688-2411 or 1-888-688-2411
Fax: 418-688-2414
To send a message of sympathy: coopfuneraire2rives.com
The Europa Ballet dancers ended their performance with a flourish as Christoph Campestrini directed the Strauss Symphony of Québec in Franz Lehár’s “Gold and Silver Waltz.” (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) REVIEW: Salute to Vienna welcomes the New Year with ‘a feast for the senses’ Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com The year 2023 was launched in fine fashion at the Grand Théâtre with…
HELP WANTED
Looking for a caregiver for an elderly anglophone woman in Quebec City for four hours a week, possibly more. For further information or to apply, contact the QCT‘s community liaison, Shirley Nadeau, at shirley@qctonline.com
THANK YOU from the family of Bill Donnelly (1939-2022)
We wish to express our thanks to everyone who has shown their support to our family in this trying time, be it through prayers, flowers or messages. Special thanks to those who donated to the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign or the charity of their choice. We also offer our appreciation to those who travelled to be with us at this sad time.
Bill Donnelly’s family: Ann Buyting Donnelly and children Derrick (Helen) and Kevin (Lynne); grandchildren Noah, Teaghan, Nicolas and Chloé.
These original works of art – Christmas decorations, bookmarks, earrings, dog-shaped
brooches, bone- and heart-shaped pendants – are all made with felted dog hair. (Photo montage by Lise Lafond) ‘Hair of the dog’ has another meaning for local artist Hélène Binette Lise Lafond lise@qctonline.com “My fashion philosophy is, if you’re not covered in dog hair, your life is empty.”…