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Positive COVID-19 case identified at Penticton Indian Band funeralPenticton and Okanagan Indian Band members who attended the funeral last week are being asked to monitor for possible COVID-19 symptoms.HealthApr 29
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‘I lost my baby twice’: Calgary woman says daughter’s ashes were scattered without her consentA grieving mother who lost her newborn baby is sharing her heartbreak. She says her daughter's cremated remains were spread in a park without her consent.FeaturesApr 8
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Montreal police called to religious gathering of 100 people in OutremontPolice say around 100 people were gathered for a funeral before their arrival.HealthMar 14
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Quebec researchers to study ‘delayed grief’ caused by COVID-19 pandemic restrictionsResearchers from the Université de Montréal are looking into the impacts of delayed grief as families are forbidden from holding traditional funeral services to mourn a loss.HealthDec 22, 2020
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New COVID-19 restrictions affect Alberta families mourning deaths of loved onesEven 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.HealthDec 11, 2020
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‘A mighty fine man’: Indigenous hockey pioneer Fred Sasakamoose remembered at funeralFred Sasakamoose played 11 NHL games with the Chicago Blackhawks in 1953-54, becoming one of the first Indigenous players in the then-six-team league.CanadaDec 5, 2020
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Private funeral to be held for OPP officer Marc Hovingh on SaturdayA funeral service is to be held on Saturday for an Ontario Provincial Police officer who was killed in the line of duty.CanadaNov 25, 2020
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Funeral for Montreal priest and community leader John Walsh to be held on MondayWalsh passed away at the age of 78 after suffering a heart attack on Monday.NewsNov 12, 2020
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‘They were like magnets to each other’: Funeral held for mother, 3 daughters killed in Brampton crash"And while we will never know why these young, beautiful lives we're taken from this Earth so soon, we do know that they will never be taken from our hearts, or our minds or our prayers."CanadaJun 25, 2020
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B.C. woman does not qualify for compassionate travel exemption to bury mother in New BrunswickLesley Shannon's mother died in April and her attempts to travel to New Brunswick under the compassionate exemption have been denied.HealthMay 29, 2020
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