Online obituary business from Quebec City catching flak for posting unauthorized death notices
CTV
Some within the funeral home and mortuary services industries in Quebec say they are frustrated with an online obituary site that publishes death notices from public information posted on the internet. They claim the site is doing so without consent from the families.
Some within the funeral home and mortuary services industries in Quebec say they are frustrated with an online obituary site that publishes death notices from public information posted on the internet.
They allege the site is doing so without consent from the families.
When Jimmy Jolicoeur's father, Patrice, died on Feb. 10 after choosing medically assisted death, his family published an obituary notice at Groupe Garneau Thantologues in Lévis, Que.
A few days later, Patrice Jolicoeur's obituary popped up on Echovita's site, "without any authorization from us, from our family," according to Jimmy.
"First of all, we were shocked," he told CTV News. "We're not very happy with the situation because it's really not a good time to be dealing with this thing."
Jimmy is not alone.
There are five complaints on the Better Business Bureau from families claiming Echovita published their loved one's obituaries without authorization, used inaccurate information, created Facebook pages and sold flowers and other memorial products the family did not ask for.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce a two-month GST relief on select items heading into holidays to address affordability issues, sources confirm to CTV News.
Sea Bears centre Chad Posthumus has died at age 33.
Alberta’s government is poised to overhaul the province’s auto insurance system, with a no-fault model emerging as the most likely, offered to counter rising premiums.
Next week, Sudbury city council will decide how to rehabilitate the College Street underpass, which was built in 1949.
A Toronto-area woman who was defrauded out of $158,000 in a roofing scam over the summer received about half her money back following a tip from a CTV News viewer.
It's official — Quebec has set a new record for the most stolen vehicles recovered in one year by Canadian border agents.
Facing criticism for requiring health care workers with two jobs within the public system to choose one to comply with labour laws, Santé Québec has announced a one-year extension to the transition period.
The consortium responsible for building Ottawa's new north-south line, TransitNext, says it is ready for the City of Ottawa to begin the final phase of approvals before opening the line to the public.
Former Saskatchewan Party MLA Greg Lawrence has been sentenced to 12 months probation – after pleading guilty to one count of assault.
Several thousand British Columbians remain in the dark Wednesday morning after a windstorm known as a bomb cyclone slammed coastal communities.
A man who plead guilty to a double stabbing in 2015 will soon be out on statutory release, but he'll have to follow some strict conditions set out by the parole board.