Western Standard - June 03, 2024


Unburied and Unaffordable The Human Toll of Trudeau’s Economic Policies


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Escalating funeral costs is being blamed for the soaring amount of unclaimed bodies being stored in temporary freezers outside the largest hospital in Newfoundland. Provinces across the country have logged a jump in these numbers in recent years. It s prompted some communities to build new storage facilities, while others are turning to memorial fundraisers. CTV s Garrett Berry on the solutions set for St. John's.

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00:00:00.000 Escalating funeral costs is being blamed for the soaring amount of unclaimed bodies being stored in temporary freezers outside the largest hospital in Newfoundland.
00:00:09.700 Provinces across the country have logged a jump in these numbers in recent years.
00:00:14.140 It's prompted some communities to build new storage facilities while others are turning to memorial fundraisers.
00:00:20.760 CTV's Garrett Berry on the solutions set for St. John's.
00:00:25.260 On a hot Newfoundland day, bodies still kept cool.
00:00:29.040 In what officials call a temporary and temperature-controlled storage facility.
00:00:34.780 Inside these units, unclaimed remains, human bodies that haven't yet been buried.
00:00:40.380 Officials today say they may are weeks away from a better solution to move human remains back inside the hospital and then a new permanent home in store in October.
00:00:51.500 Still, they say they don't really know why morgue space has become so full.
00:00:55.780 We saw this problem creeping up at us.
00:00:58.380 Obviously, there's something that's shifted in society, you know, something changed.
00:01:03.640 There's some insight from Ontario, where new data shows the number of unclaimed human remains is rising fast.
00:01:10.500 From 438 in 2019 to 1,183 last year.
00:01:16.680 In about a quarter of the cases, the next of kin cannot afford to arrange a funeral.
00:01:20.720 In about a quarter of the cases, the next two days, the next of kin mayak .
00:01:26.240 There are two purposes of owed to normal to nothing else, and therefore can apply to the emergency system go.
00:01:27.220 Through this case, I'll give you a milestone.
00:01:28.520 Thank you very much for your consideration.
00:01:31.160 Thank you very much god.
00:01:31.520 In addition to having much senate from nature to the main stage,
00:01:32.180 as well go life just as close to nothing else.
00:01:34.520 and also thank you very much for your Provost.
00:01:36.720 thank you for your Chair .
00:01:38.540 Thank you.
00:01:39.720 And all for our own listeners, thank you very much for your point.
00:01:42.180 Thank you, perfect for yourumallah.
00:01:43.060 Thank you too.
00:01:43.960 for all the first time.
00:01:46.060 I'll look into the next of kin NOTE.