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Located in the heart of Waterdown, ON and a division of Circle of Life Cremation and Burial Centre Inc.

in Dundas, we are committed to providing you the highest service in direct cremation options ⚱️🫶

05/08/2025

We welcome you to join us for our next speaker series event, featuring Andrew Brown of Brown Lawyers in Waterdown! ⚖

📆 Tuesday, May 27th from 2-4pm
📍 22 Mill Street South, Waterdown

Bring all your questions on estates, wills, and end-of-life legal matters for this exciting (and free!) information session. Light refreshments will be served 😋

To book your seat please call us at 905-645-0244 ☎

04/28/2025

Honouring the Victims of the 2025 Lapu Lapu Festival Tragedy

We are in shock at the events that unfolded on Saturday, April 26 at the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver. Our thoughts are with the victims, their families, and the Filipino Canadian community during this time of profound grief. We also extend our deepest gratitude to the bystanders and first responders whose swift actions provided aid amid the chaos.

Victim Services are available 24/7 for those who witnessed or experienced trauma - call or text 1-800-563-0808or email 211-victimlinkbc@uwbc.ca

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04/02/2025

Calling all readers! 📚💗

Are you looking for your next book on grief, bereavement, death/dying, and end-of-life resources?

Starting next Wednesday we'll be welcoming anyone to stop by our Waterdown office for a chance to find something in print that piques your interest. There will be complimentary coffee as well as treats provided by our local favourites in , so come for a book and stay for the snacks (and puppy pets)!

Also if you happen to be purging any relevant texts from your home library we'll happily rehouse them for other to enjoy, swing by Mon-Fri or give us a call at 905-645-0244 📞

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03/26/2025

Join us in welcoming Circle of Life’s latest member of the team, our very own administration and transfer vehicle! 🚐✨

As part of our 2025 expansion and commitment to serving families in all the ways we do, this week is an exciting new chapter (and appropriately just in time for Spring!) 🌞

Much of what is required of us depends upon timely work carried out in a professional manner.

While this can often be outsourced to industry partners, by acquiring a company vehicle we’re taking big steps towards a more independent and expedient level of service for those within our care.

Whether it’s us receiving a decedent from place of death, delivery of confidential documents, or return of cremated remains to a residence we believe it’s important that our names and faces be kept consistent for folks who choose Circle of Life 🤝

We look forward to where this takes us! 🫶

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03/17/2025

To all who celebrate, Happy St Patrick's Day from us!🍀💚

Enjoy this poem by William Butler Yeats, entitled The Sorrow of Love:

"The quarrel of the sparrows in the eaves,
The full round moon and the star-laden sky,
And the loud song of the ever-singing leaves,
Had hid away earth's old and weary cry.

And then you came with those red mournful lips,
And with you came the whole of the world's tears,
And all the sorrows of her labouring ships,
And all the burden of her myriad years.

And now the sparrows warring in the eaves,
The curd-pale moon, the white stars in the sky,
And the loud chaunting of the unquiet leaves
Are shaken with earth's old and weary cry."

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), widely considered one of the greatest poets of the English language, received the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature. His work was greatly influenced by the heritage and politics of Ireland.

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03/12/2025

Paperwork of all kinds can be found at each and every step in the cremation process (and for good reason!) ⚱📝

Since all funeral homes charge documentation-based service fees we felt it might benefit the consumer to understand how and why these often confusing pieces of paper function for a cremation to take place in Ontario🧐✅

With the typical turnaround from date of death to cremated remains received being roughly one week much is accomplished on a family's behalf in a relatively short space of time ⏳

Any questions? Feel free to call us at (905) 628-8558 and we'll be happy to answer them ☎

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03/10/2025

Death and the Maiden (1908) by Marianne Stokes (1855-1927)

Housed at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, this painting in the Pre-Raphaelite style depicts an encounter between a young woman in bed and a winged personification of death.

This intriguing piece draws on the Renaissance art motif of Der Tod und das Mädchen (Death and the Maiden), a type of gendered Memento Mori work representing the intimate interactions of life and death.

In a departure from her source material Stokes chooses to characterize death in a more human, feminine form complete with nun's headpiece and lantern (as opposed to something more skeletal bearing a scythe). Despite the clearly ominous arrival, a winged embrace and raised left hand offers reassurance to both maiden and viewer that this meeting might not be a final one, or perhaps that she has little to fear in what is yet to come 🪽🖤

What do you make of this image? Let us know in the comments!

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03/08/2025

Happy International Women's Day from all of us at Circle of Life! 🏋️‍♀️👏

As a woman-owned and operated funeral home within a traditionally male-dominant field we're keenly aware of the challenges and rewards that come with doing the work we do.

Funeral services are something of a sacred calling and we're empowered by the fact that throughout history it has largely been women who have carried the burden of end-of-life care and griefwork within their communities.

Join us today this March 8th in lifting up Karin, Darlene, Liz, and Issi as devoted exemplars of the profession who meet families in their time of need and walk alongside them through pain and loss.

By their tireless efforts this fab female foursome are breaking barriers each and every day, and for that we wish to celebrate them!

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03/06/2025

Join us for our free upcoming Serenity Clarity Seminar with Renee Moor, death doula and executive director of Journey Home for Empowered Living and Dying ⚰️🌿🆓

Attendees will receive a copy of Journey Home's Peace of Mind Planner, created out of Renee's own experience of navigating the logistics of losing loved ones and her watching others in the frustrations of paperwork instead of being with the process of grief. This planner is a beautiful way to bring together a reflection of your life, the people you have come to love, and your values and wants at the end of your life ✍

📆 Monday March 24th from 2-3pm
Held at Circle of Life Cremation & Burial Centre :
📍100 King Street East, Dundas ON
☎️ RSVP via phone: 905-628-8558

We hope to see you there!

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03/03/2025

Over the past few decades cremation has steadily risen in Ontario to make up 75% of final disposition choices over traditional burial ⚱📈

With that in mind many are faced with the question of what to do with cremated remains when they either can't afford a fancy urn or prefer not to keep them at home.

Thankfully, at Circle of Life Simply Cremations we recognize the value in scattering ashes and encourage you to consider it as a meaningful way of saying goodbye and in a place you might return to one day. It's one that especially appeals to the nature lovers and we're here for it! 🌳⛰️

Have you scattered ashes before, and where? Let us know in the comments!

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02/25/2025

At Circle of Life Simply Cremations we know that making arrangements after the death of a friend or family member can be challenging, for many reasons 🥀

That's why we now provide a new, affordable option for those in such circumstances:

Introducing our online cremation special for $2101 after tax (a discount of over 50%) and including a basic urn ($175 value) to complete this package ⚱️

Whether your interest is in affordability or conducting arrangements from the comfort of your own home know that we are here for you!

Why do we feature this discount?

Simply put, meeting our families halfway means a lot to us and when it comes to accessibility, cost, and time any savings can be substantial 💸

Consider this our way of showing both how much we value your continued business and having your needs met, all while delivering the highest customer service of any cremation provider in the Greater Hamilton Area.

Got questions? Feel free to call us any time at 905-645-0244 📲 or email at info@circleoflifesc.com 📩

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02/20/2025

"I’m not a survivor; just still breathing.
I remember grief, love’s grand finale.
What else do we have if not the memory of life before this?
I cannot tell you how many lives I’ve lost to mourning, but I can tell you that the sky does what it does.
Let’s go for a walk & touch the trees that survived like us."

from Good Grief (2022),
by KB Brookins ✍️🖤

KB Brookins is a Black, q***r, and trans poet and the author of Freedom House ( Publishing, 2023). The recipient of fellowships from the Broadway Advocacy Coalition, Equality Texas, The Watering Hole, and PEN America, they live in Austin, on Jumanos, Tonkawa, Lipan Apache, Coahuiltecan, Sana, and Comanche land.

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Address

22 Mill Street South
Hamilton, ON
L0R2H0

Telephone

+19056450244

Website

https://www.circleoflifesc.com/

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