Cremation

• Halifax man en route to get ‘cremation tattoo’ stopped by airport security over ashes

  Vincent Masse was travelling with a small wooden box containing the cremated remains of his beloved dog, a Dachshund named Balthazar, when he was stopped by airport security.

  Canada

  Jun 25
  
• How companies across Canada are making funerals more personal

  From death doulas to memorial diamonds, how people are choosing to remember their loved ones is changing as families seek out more personalized memorials.

  Features

  May 28
  
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• RCMP seek ashes stolen from car parked in North Vancouver

  North Vancouver RCMP said the ashes were stolen from a Kia Forte parked on W. 21st Street on Saturday morning.

  Crime

  Oct 16, 2023
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• 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
• ‘A beautiful process’: Cremation company wants to make aquamation legal in Alberta

  The cremation rate in Canada has risen by roughly 25 per cent over the years. But now, interest is growing in alkaline hydrolysis, also known as water cremation, or "aquamation". 

  Consumer

  Apr 24, 2023
• Is human composting the next frontier in death care?

  Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, or maybe soil? While death care often involves embalming bodies, burial in coffins or cremation, the demand for green burial options is growing.

  Canada

  Apr 15, 2023
• Judge exonerates Nova Scotia funeral director in case of mistakenly cremated body

  A funeral director in Nova Scotia says he is relieved after a judge ruled he committed no wrongdoing when two bodies were switched in December 2021, and the wrong one was cremated.

  Canada

  Mar 17, 2023
• We all die — might as well plan for it, financial experts say

  Planning ahead for after-death costs — from making the choice between cremation and burial, a funeral or celebration of life — can save money and reduce stress for loved ones.

  Canada

  Feb 23, 2023
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• Stolen glassworks include piece with Winnipeg artist’s late mother’s ashes

  After finding his truck had been broken into, Winnipeg glass artist Chris Loutit realized one of the missing pieces was one with a pinch of his late mother's ashes in the glass.

  Crime

  Dec 12, 2022
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• Peterborough genetic genealogist helps OPP locate widow after Alabama man’s cremated remains found

  OPP say a local genetic genealogist and family history researcher and police in Tennessee helped locate the family of Samuel Wilson, whose remains were found in 2017.

  Canada

  Sep 28, 2022