TORONTO – Canada’s political elite gather today to pay their final respects to Jim Flaherty, the former finance minister whose sudden death last week spurred an outpouring of grief that has stretched across the country and across party lines.
A state funeral is being held at Toronto’s downtown St. James Cathedral for Flaherty, 64, who died of a heart attack in his Ottawa condo despite frantic efforts by a cabinet colleague to resuscitate him.
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There will be a number of road closures connected with the state funeral for Jim Flaherty Wednesday afternoon in Toronto.
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ALSO COMING UP TODAY…
Glen Murray, Minister of Transportation and Minister of Infrastructure, will provide a progress update on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. (9:30 a.m. at Eglinton Crosstown Extraction Shaft, outside 1435 Eglinton Avenue West)
Six Olympians join young patients at The Hospital for Sick Children at the Bunny Hop Hunt. (1:30 p.m. at 555 University Ave.)
State funeral for former finance minister Jim Flaherty. (3 p.m. at St. James’ Cathedral, 65 Church Street at King)
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