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Publication Date: August 11, 2026 - 04:00
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The bodies of over 1,000 Quebecers went unclaimed last year. What's going on?
August 11, 2026
In Quebec, when someone dies, surviving family members usually claim the body. If not, the province oversees the remains and authorizes a funeral home to arrange cremation and burial. This isn’t as rare as you might think — it happened more than 1,000 times last year, and that number is growing.
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Ramesh Baniya says every single member of his staff at Everest Cuisine in Ottawa is waiting for an update about a loved one who is missing after catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border. He's helped organize a Friday evening vigil at Ottawa city hall.
August 28, 2026 - 12:36 | Dan Taekema | CBC News - Ottawa
A spokesperson for the Isha Foundation, a spiritual group based in India, said 10 people from Toronto had arrived at the Nepal-China border minutes before the flooding hit.
August 28, 2026 - 12:19 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Canada
The mayor of Kingston, Ont., says a snicker is the only response Donald Trump will be getting from his community following the U.S. president's renaming of Lake Ontario as Lake America. "The best thing we can possibly do is just ignore the silliness," Bryan Paterson says.
August 28, 2026 - 12:13 | Dan Taekema | CBC News - Ottawa
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