Tribute Caskets are made using recycled content fibreboard, non-toxic starch based glues and custom printed in a variety of customized designs. This product's design options are endless - one can view a catalogue and choose a casket that features photos of their lifetime, images of their favorite ho  Read More..

Funerals aren’t cheap. On average it costs around $7,400 for the funeral itself and everything that surrounds it, according to Ontario Board of Funeral Services< (BFS), the organization that regulates the industry. For most people, the funeral planning process is a mystery. If the death   Read More..

When long-time hockey coach and baseball fanatic Paul Carruthers died last month after a long battle with cancer, his daughter was keen that his funeral be far more celebration than commemoration. So she had his casket rolled onto the floor of the local ice rink, along with his goalie gear, a hoc  Read More..

Death. It’s a taboo subject.   Talking about it tends to make us uncomfortable, but the harsh reality is, we all have to deal with it, sooner or later.   Most of us haven’t the foggiest idea of all the things that must be done when a death occurs, or the costs associated wi  Read More..

City taxpayers will pay for actor Corey Haim’s funeral, according to his mom. But after cash-strapped Judy Haim told the U.S. news show Access Hollywood about the generosity of her son’s birthplace, city officials said Sunday they would neither confirm or deny the former teen idol&rsq  Read More..

It costs too much to die. For many years, people from middle-class families and lower-class families have been struggling to pay their dearly departed loved ones' funeral expenses. Even if you decide against give your dearly departed a funeral and decide to cremate the recently deceased, it is st  Read More..

The cost of funerals and burials has been on the rise for the last four years. While there is inevitability to the often emotional and overwhelming process of dealing with funerals, online urn retailer Une Belle Vie Memorial Urns offers ways to save money while not compromising on the integrity of t  Read More..

COLLINGWOOD – Mark Spencer was "one of a kind."  The highly regarded Collingwood Collegiate Institute (CCI) teacher died early Friday morning after a nearly year-long battle with cancer. He was 49. Spencer taught music at CCI for 23 years. Kevin Hamlin, a fellow CCI music teacher, not   Read More..

The family of a young Mountie killed in a car crash Tuesday expressed anguish over his death, as his public funeral was slated for next week and the investigation into what caused Const. Adrian Oliver's cruiser to collide with a transport truck at a Surrey intersection continues.   "It is t  Read More..

If you can't attend a funeral service, you might be able to pay your respects by watching online, as more services are being recorded or streamed live on the internet these days. At Lyle Reeves Funerals in Calgary, Craig Snodgrass says all services are video-recorded for the family to take home, an  Read More..