Cemetery

• As financial woes mount, military cemetery in Montreal at risk of closing

  The Pointe-Claire National Field of Honour is currently in need of financial assistance as it faces bankruptcy within the next four to five years.

  Canada

  Jun 5
  
• Unused 50-year-old burial plots may be reclaimed by City of Kelowna

  Reclamation is standard practice for cemeteries all over the world. In B.C., this practice is regulated by the Cremation, Interment, and Funeral Services Act.

  Canada

  May 7
  
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• N.B. women offer greener ‘forest cemetery’ burial option

  Two friends who share deeply rooted beliefs about the importance of protecting the environment and honouring those who have died are now offering people a greener burial option

  Environment

  Dec 11, 2023
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• Lethbridge cemetery volunteer honouring veterans year-round

  He’s done this for nearly four years, spending 10 to 12 hours every day doing his work, but Adamus takes special care on the week leading up to Nov. 11.

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2023
• Quebec cemetery turns former golf course into forest for the deceased

  A new Quebec cemetery in Ste-Sophie has no gravestones or plaques. Instead, people locate burial sites with the help of a cellphone app.

  Features

  Aug 20, 2023
• N.S. RCMP investigate theft of crosses from Cape Breton cemetery

  The crosses were taken sometime between May 27 and June 1 from a cemetery in Lower River Inhabitants, N.S. 

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2023
• Police make arrest in Quinte West cemetery mischiefs

  A woman has been charged after an investigation into multiple mischiefs at Quinte West cemeteries.

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2023
• Perth OPP seek info after dozens of headstones vandalized at Mitchell, Ont. cemetery

  It's believed that more than 60 headstones were damaged sometime between 12:30 p.m. Tuesday and 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, police said in a statement.

  Crime

  Jan 4, 2023
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• London, Ont. man charged after flower vases, plaques stolen from cemetery: police

  Following the theft of items from a cemetery, a 35-year-old London man faces a charge of possessing property obtained by crime exceeding $5,000, police said Tuesday.

  Crime

  Nov 22, 2022
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• Veteran graves of Alberta ghost town cemetery never left alone

  Mountain Park is an abandoned ghost town in the Alberta foothills. Some people have gone to great lengths to ensure those buried in its cemetery are not abandoned.

  Features

  Nov 11, 2022