Funeral Service

• ‘Unsupported grief is a real reality’: Funeral homes adapt to ongoing pandemic

  Even in a pandemic, Canadians families hope to honour their lost loved ones. Funeral homes are trying to bridge the gap COVID-19 restrictions have created for mourners.

  Lifestyle

  Jan 31, 2021
  
• Funeral held for Henry Harder, victim of London, Ont., building collapse

  One of two men who died during the partial building collapse in west London, Harder leaves behind his wife and their three week-old baby.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2020
  
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• New COVID-19 restrictions affect Alberta families mourning deaths of loved ones

  Even through faith services are limited to 15 per cent of fire code occupancy, funerals -- regardless of where they are held -- are now capped at 10 people.

  Health

  Dec 11, 2020
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• Funeral service Thursday for young Indigenous woman shot by Edmundston police

  The private service is being held in the New Brunswick community where she had moved three months ago.

  Canada

  Jun 11, 2020
• Anxiety lingers as N.L. officials trace majority of coronavirus cases to funeral home

  Public health officials have linked 143 known cases to the St. John's funeral home as of Friday. That's about 75 per cent of the provincial total.

  Features

  Apr 5, 2020
• N.S. funeral homes prepare for potential COVID-19-related deaths

  “There are steps that we can take to safely handle someone who has passed away with COVID-19."

  Health

  Apr 2, 2020
• Memorial service for Céline Dion’s mother, Thérèse Tanguay-Dion, to be held on Feb. 20

  Tanguay-Dion, who passed away on Jan. 17, was 92 and the mother of 14 children.

  Features

  Feb 3, 2020
• Family and friends remember Calgary murder victim as kind and respectable at funeral service

  A funeral service was held in Calgary on Saturday for Joshua Brendan Bamfo, whose death was connected to a double targeted shooting.

  Canada

  May 12, 2018
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• Humboldt Broncos bus crash victim Brody Hinz mourned at funeral

  People gathered to pay their last respects to the young man at St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church on Saturday in Humboldt.

  Canada

  Apr 14, 2018
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• Standing room only as Humboldt Broncos’ bus driver remembered at service

  Hundreds gathered in a small northeast Saskatchewan community on Friday afternoon to pay their respects to the driver who died with 15 others in the April 6 crash.

  Canada

  Apr 13, 2018