Meet the QCT’s newest arts reporter, Oksana Mukhina Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter editor@qctonline.com Oksana Mukhina is a music journalist and former TV producer from Ukraine who now lives…
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Shannon leaders honoured, new flag presented at Irish Heritage Québec AGM
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OBITUARY: Hilda Margaret GOOD (née Thompson) (1925-2024)
OBITUARY: Hilda Margaret GOOD (née Thompson) (1925-2024)
Hilda Margaret GOOD
(née Thompson)
(November 29, 1925-December 16, 2024)
Hilda passed away peace- fully at Vancouver General Hospital on Monday, December 16, 2024 about two weeks after celebrating her 99th. birthday with family and friends.
She was predeceased by her elder sister, Fay, her twin brother, George, her younger brother, Christie, and by her son Michael, and her son, Ian.
Hilda leaves behind her daughter, Jane, her son, Simon, her daughter-in- law, Linda, her grandchildren Sophie, Emma, Samantha, and Andrew; and great grandchildren, Rowan, Miles, Liv, and Case – as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins, godchildren, and close friends.
Hilda was born in Quebec City to her Ottawa born mother, Katherine, and Quebec City born father, Andrew Cecil Meredith Thomson. She grew up in a much-storied neighbourhood on Learmouth Avenue, and later attended Compton girls boarding school in the Eastern Townships, and Mc- Gill University in Montreal.
She met her husband, Donald Good in Toronto while working as a social worker for Children’s Aid, and returned with him to his home in Cape Town, South Africa, following their marriage, in 1952, where she raised her four children.
After separating from Donald, she returned to Quebec City in 1962, and lived there until her move to Vancouver in 1993.
Hilda has always been an active member of the Anglican Church, in Cape Town, in Quebec City, and in Vancouver; participating on various committees and in various ecumenical projects.
She spent almost every summer of her life (except while she was in South Af- rica) at her beloved ances- tral family property on the St. Lawrence River in St. Patrice, Rivière-du-Loup, and spent over 5 months there in the summer of 2024, surrounded by extended family and longtime friends.
It is expected that she will be buried in Mount Hermon cemetery in Sillery, Quebec. Funeral arrangements have yet to be finalized.
Hilda will be lovingly remembered as an adventurous, compassionate, joyful, and wise mom, granny, auntie, sister, cousin, sister-in- law, mother-in-law, great-grandmother, godmother, and friend.
Crowds are invited to learn about crowds at the Musée de la Civilisation
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REVIEW: Hommage à Vienne welcomes the New Year
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Victor the giant Snowman charms Sillery residents
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Victor the giant Snowman charms Sillery residents
Dear Shirley,
I heard you write for the Chronicle-Telegraph. If there is such a thing as a little happy story in the editions, I thought I would share that my spouse Kevin loves making snowmen and that we currently have a 10-foot-high one in front of our house. People have spread the word and we have a steady line of visitors coming by each day. Some stop to chat. Some stop to take pictures. It has brought the street and our community closer.
We name the snowman every year. Victor is the name of our little neighbour; we named the snowman after him because he was the very first to show interest in it and ask questions.
Kevin intends on keeping Victor the snowman going all winter. We have a giant tarp to cover him when it gets too warm and rainy; it helps preserve him. Right now [Dec. 30] it looks like a giant orange mountain.
That’s our dog Kika in the photo (below), a rescue animal from Peru. She is adjusting to snow.
Keep well and Happy New Year!
Anne McConnell
Sillery
LEGION REPORT: Pharmacology student wins big at Chase the Ace
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Children Now brings Christmas and more to underprivileged children
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