Funerals

• 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
  
• Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery reopens to visitors, burials resume

  Montreal's Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery is striving to carry out 50 burials a week. The hope is to clear the backlog of burials by December.

  Canada

  Sep 11, 2023
  
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• Members of B.C.’s catering and events sector feel ‘overlooked’ by COVID-19 rules

  With Omicron still spreading rapidly, indoor gatherings of any size, including wedding and funeral receptions and ticketed parties, are banned.

  Health

  Jan 25, 2022
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• Wedding, funeral industries see spike in business after COVID-19 restrictions lifted in Lethbridge

  When the province announced the lifting of restrictions on social gatherings it created a wave of business for those in the wedding and funeral industries. Quinn Campbell reports.

  Economy

  Aug 24, 2021
• Manitoba families planning second or delayed funeral services

  Manitoba families are looking into planning for a second or delayed funeral service now that restrictions have been loosened.

  Canada

  Aug 16, 2021
• Weddings — and funerals — move forward without restrictions in fully reopened Sask.

  People across Saskatchewan can now celebrate or mourn with loved ones without having to worry about COVID-19 restrictions.

  Lifestyle

  Jul 11, 2021
• COVID-19: all of Quebec heads to zone green as of Monday

  Quebec reported 88 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday and no new deaths linked to the pandemic. The province will no longer update data on weekends and holidays throughout the summer.

  Health

  Jun 27, 2021
• COVID-19: Funeral celebrants and the growing ‘death positive’ movement

  We have suffered immense loss and death during the pandemic. Tom Morton, a funeral celebrant, explains what the growing 'death positive' movement is.

  Features

  Mar 20, 2021
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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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• Pandemic restrictions on funerals can add extra layer of grief for those mourning loved ones: psychologist

  Funerals can be an extremely difficult time, and some people are struggling with current COVID-19 restrictions that they say are adding to their grief.

  Features

  Dec 6, 2020