Deathcare advocacy organizations, including the National Funeral Directors Associations (NFDA) and the International Cemetery, Cremation & Funeral Association (ICCFA), have fought since last summer to put funeral workers...
It’s been a long, difficult, and expensive four years for Ontario funeral director Trevor Charbonneau. In 2017, Charbonneau was simply a funeral home owner looking to offer widely-used...
Do you make personal resolutions at the dawn of every new year? Lose weight, spend less, yadda, yadda, yadda. The goal of a resolution is to improve yourself...
2020 was a year we don’t really want to remember, but unfortunately can never forget. We certainly had a lot of deathcare-related news to share here at Connecting...
Every funeral home, crematory, and cemetery owner and manager knows that getting involved in the communities they serve is not only a valuable marketing tool — it’s just...
Last week’s $250,000 settlement may have closed Aimee Stephens’ landmark transgender case, but it marked the implementation of sweeping reforms across the employment landscape. And to think it...
Every so often you hear of a product that seems too good to be true. It’s innovative and highly functional. It solves more than one of your persistent...
Extreme embalming — the practice of posing the deceased in positions and places other than prone in a coffin — isn’t new. However, it hasn’t really caught on...
Black smoke billowing against a blue sky will inevitably spark questions, calls, and the ever-present speculative social media posts. Most people simply want to sate their curiosity, and...
The rising popularity of cremation has brought with it an interesting conundrum: unclaimed remains. With traditional burial, disposition of individuals with no family or funds is managed and...