Washington has just become the first state (or province for that matter) to permit the composting of human remains. Instead of having to go up in smoke or uselessly interred in the ground, creating all sorts of environmental problems, loved ones will be able to have the departed transformed into
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Wise Law Blog: The Executor’s Roadmap – Part 1: Death and the Funeral
BY PAUL B. ADAM, ASSOCIATE LAWYER This series of articles will cover the many stages that an executor (now also known as an “Estate Trustee”) must pass through in managing the affairs of a deceased- from the immediate aftermath of death, to the final distribution of the Estate. Even if
Continue readingThings Are Good: The Future of Green Burials Lies in the Past
The modern funeral industry took something that was natural and safe and converted it into a toxic-filled death. When people die we need to dispose of the body in an appropriate way to ensure diseases don’t spread, human civilizations have been doing this for millennia. However, in the past hundred
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: So Let’s Get this Straight
Steve Harper has $28-million to blow on 200-year old triumphalism for a war between Britain and the United States but he can’t come up with $5-million year to cover the funeral costs of impoverished Canadian soldiers. Remember when that greaseball was the Canadian soldier’s Best Friend Forever, back when he
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