Funeral Home Mix-up

• N.S. brings in stricter rules, harsher fines for funeral home industry after bodies mix-up

  The changes call for stiffer fines and stricter rules and what the government describes as more transparent rules around hearings, decisions, convictions, fines and penalties.

  Canada

  Sep 18, 2018
  
• N.S. revokes funeral director’s licence after inquiry into body mix-up

  The board also made recommendations, including requiring funeral homes and crematoriums label human remains as soon as they are taken into custody.

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2018
  
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• Inquiry to examine funeral home mishap where family says woman wrongly cremated

  The Nova Scotia Board of Registration of Embalmers and Funeral Directors will convene a hearing Feb. 7 to determine what happened at the Serenity Funeral Home in Berwick on Dec. 27.

  Canada

  Jan 24, 2018
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• Body mix-up at Nova Scotia funeral home ‘unacceptable,’ minister says

  Minister Geoff MacLellan says he's open to recommendations from the board following its investigation, and would be open to policy changes if required.

  Canada

  Jan 18, 2018
• Woman’s body switched at funeral home, accidentally cremated: grieving family

  A Nova Scotia regulator is investigating a bizarre mix-up at a funeral home that provided two wrong bodies to a grieving family before realizing their loved one had accidentally been cremated.

  Canada

  Jan 17, 2018