Families say they're still waiting to bury the remains of their family members at Montreal's Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery, months after the end of a lengthy strike that brought burials to a halt. Overgrown foliage and fallen branches surround gravestones at Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery in Montreal, Sunday, July 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

After cemetery strike, grieving Montreal families still waiting to bury loved ones

by The Canadian Press May 23, 2024

written by The Canadian Press May 23, 2024

For more than a year, an urn holding the ashes of Bridget Heffernan's brother has remained in her Montreal-area home instead of being buried in the plot at Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery where her family members have been laid to rest for nearly a century. With her mother's death last September, Hef...

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After cemetery strike, grieving Montreal families still waiting to bury loved ones

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