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George Frederick Hodgins (17 December 1865 – 17 January 1940) was a merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Pontiac in the House of Commons of Canada from 1908 to 1911 as a Liberal. [1] He was born in Shawville, Canada East and was educated at the Shawville Academy. In 1890, he married Georgina Thomas.
There, the casket was taken from the hearse by Toronto Police pallbearers into the Rotunda until Saturday's funeral. On August 27, Layton's casket was transported from Toronto City Hall to Roy Thomson Hall via mounted police escort. Thousands of people lined the procession route and the event was covered nationwide by Canada's major media ...
Le Soleil (Quebec) La Tribune (Sherbrooke) La Voix de l'Est (Granby) Le Nouvelliste (Trois-Rivières) Le Quotidien (Saguenay) Le Journal de Montréal ; Le Journal de Québec ; Montreal Gazette In the English language. Métro (TC Transcontinental) North Shore News In the English language. [1] Ended September 4, 1980. [2]
He retained a home in Shawville after becoming a professional hockey player. He married Maye Horner [2] (1901–1992) and the couple had four children, Joan (1925–2007), Frank Jr., Norma and Ross. [3] Finnigan suffered a heart attack on December 18, 1991, and he died on Christmas Day in 1991 in Shawville Hospital. [4]
Unlike most municipalities in Quebec, it has no Catholic church. Shawville is home to an elementary school, a high school, a regional hospital, and the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC) national head office. Its businesses are mostly small and family-run. The Shawville Fair, held the first weekend in September, is the town's major event.
The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, founded by William Brown (c. 1737–1789) as the Quebec Gazette on 21 June 1764, is the oldest running newspaper in North America. [2] It is currently published as an English language weekly from its offices in Quebec City , Quebec , Canada.
In 1985 Loewen Group went public and, in 1987, the company expanded into the United States. In the years that followed, Loewen rapidly expanded his company, purchasing hundreds of small independent funeral homes. By the mid-90s, the company had 15,000 employees and operated 1,115 funeral homes and was the world's second-largest funeral chain. [10]