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The former members of One Direction reunited Tuesday for the funeral of bandmate Liam Payne. Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson joined friends and family at the service for 31-year-old Payne, who died after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires last month. A horse-drawn carriage …
Read More »Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau to be honoured at Pennsylvania funeral
The Columbus Blue Jackets and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman are among the mourners scheduled to attend the funeral service for Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau, the siblings who died when they were struck by a suspected drunken driver while riding bicycles in their home state of New Jersey. The memorial for the …
Read More »Funeral held for mother, 2 children found dead in rural home near Windsor
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A funeral home in Windsor, Ont., says a mother and her two children, who were found dead in a rural residence last month, have been buried. Families First Funeral Home says that 41-year-old Carly Walsh, her 13-year-old daughter Madison and eight-year-old son …
Read More »‘A funeral every week’: Drug deaths prompt protest on Siksika First Nation
A group of mostly mothers and grandmothers marched down a street in Gleichen, Alta., on Friday to raise awareness about the drug crisis on the Siksika First Nation. Each had their own story to tell about how drug use has impacted them. Pamela Edwards described her son Seth as smart, …
Read More »Slain Ontario police officer’s funeral set for Thursday at Ottawa hockey arena
The funeral for an officer shot and killed in eastern Ontario is set for next week. Ontario Provincial Police say Sgt. Eric Mueller will have a police funeral at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa on Thursday. Mueller died in hospital following the early Thursday shooting at a home in …
Read More »Funeral for former Ontario lieutenant governor David Onley to be held Monday
TORONTO — A funeral is set to take place today in Toronto for former Ontario lieutenant-governor David Onley. Premier Doug Ford’s office says the funeral, which will be livestreamed on the province’s YouTube channel, will be held at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church at 11 a.m., with limited seating available for …
Read More »Private funeral in Barrie, Ont. to be held Wednesday morning for slain OPP officer
BARRIE, Ont. — A private funeral is set to be held this morning for an Ontario Provincial Police officer who was shot dead in an ambush attack last week. The OPP says the service for 28-year-old Const. Grzegorz (Greg) Pierzchala will start at 11 a.m. at the Sadlon Arena in …
Read More »B.C. RCMP officer killed in the line of duty to be honoured with regimental funeral service
Mounties are paying tribute to one of their own Wednesday with a regimental funeral service honouring a British Columbian RCMP officer killed on the job last month. Const. Shaelyn Yang, 31, a homeless and mental health outreach officer, was fatally stabbed while responding to a call about a man in a tent in a park …
Read More »Industry minister to represent Canada at funeral of former Japanese PM
Federal Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne will represent Canada at former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe’s state funeral this week. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was scheduled to visit Japan and attend Tuesday’s funeral, but cancelled those plans to oversee recovery efforts after post-tropical storm Fiona ravaged much of Atlantic Canada and …
Read More »Const. Andrew Hong’s funeral is today. Here’s where the procession is going and how to watch it
Friends, family and fellow police officers will be part of a procession of vehicles Wednesday morning heading to the funeral service for Const. Andrew Hong, the Toronto police officer killed in a shooting rampage west of the city on Sept. 12. The procession is scheduled to leave the Kane-Jerrett Funeral Home in Thornhill north of …
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