Burial

Nova Scotia

Halifax starting plan for Memorial Library site that will honour forgotten burial ground

More than a decade after the closure of the old Halifax library, the city is now looking towards the future…

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Canada

Search detects 114 ‘unmarked burial features’ on former McIntosh Indian Residential School property

An investigation has uncovered a distressing discovery at the former McIntosh Indian Residential School in northwestern Ontario. The Wiikwogaming Tiinahtiisiiwin…

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World

Pope Francis rejects tradition, opts for humble wooden casket and burial outside Vatican

Pope Francis has made a groundbreaking announcement that he will depart from the traditional elaborate burial rites of his predecessors,…

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Canada

Unable to afford a burial, this mother’s grief is compounded with her daughter lying in a freezer

Janice Strickland says her family is among those struggling with the high cost of a funeral, which has left her…

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Nova Scotia

After decades as a medical skeleton, a hanged Black man’s remains will be given proper burial

The remains of a Black man hanged for murder in Nova Scotia nearly 200 years ago will be laid to rest Saturday…

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Entertainment

Movie reviews: ‘The Burial,’ ‘Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe’ and more

THE BURIAL: 4 STARS “The Burial” is an old-school fist-in-the-air Hollywood crowd-pleaser, now streaming on Amazon Prime, whose winning performances…

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