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11/26/2025

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11/26/2025

Remembering the Year 1950

The year 1950 was significant to both Canada and the world as it marked the beginning of the Korean War. The Canadian Army Special Force was established in response to this conflict with the first regiment deployed to Asia in November. Over 26,000 Canadians served in this war, which lasted from 1950 to 1953.

Back on Canadian soil, 1950 marked the first time Inuit people could vote. In politics, British Columbia’s Nancy Hodges became the first woman in the Commonwealth to be elected speaker of the legislature. In medicine, Winnipeg-born inventor John Alexander Hopps helped design a cardiac pacemaker. Working alongside a team of scientists, his invention was successfully tested on a dog, marking a medical milestone in the development of human pacemakers. In industry, 1950 saw the completion of the first inter-provincial pipeline linking Alberta’s gas fields to markets in Central Canada.

Pop culture news of the day witnessed, Disney’s Cinderella premiering in Boston, Charles M. Schulz publishing of his first Peanuts comic strip and Zenith’s introduction of the TV remote control (Lazy Bones). In the US far south, a black bear cub was also making news following its rescue from a burning forest in New Mexico, aptly named Smokey the Bear, this cub would become the mascot for wildfire prevention.

Technology advancements in 1950 included the first credit card payment with a Diners Club Card in New York City, Canadian scientists Harry Wasylyk, Larry Hansen and Frank Plomp’s invention of plastic garbage bags and Bell Laboratories creation of the electronic telephone answering machine.

In science, Dutch astronomer Jan Oort discovered the Oort cloud making our solar system a much bigger place and U.S. President Harry S. Truman approval for the development of the hydrogen bomb, a response to the Soviet detonation of an atomic bomb, forever changing the arms race.

Across the world in India, Catholic nun Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity. The purpose of this order was to help the poor while living among them, sharing their experience and treating them with kindness, compassion and empathy, but never pity.

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11/25/2025

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11/24/2025

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11/24/2025

It’s a Family Matter

Often when discussing prearrangements, the conversation is about addressing the needs of immediate family members. What are the wishes of the spouse, children, grandchildren and extended family. There is a phrase that is commonly used which says, “Funerals are about the living.” Yes, the loss of a loved one is sure to have an impact on those who were closest to them.

A primary consideration is about honouring the life of a loved one, the relationships they forged and their accomplishments, both personal and professional. That said, a service is about providing an opportunity for family members to express how important their beloved was to them.

This connection is vital in how a service is planned. Elements need to involve family members, whether it be as the person who delivers the eulogy, someone who reads a special message or scripture, someone who plays music or sings… or those who meet with well-wishers on behalf of their beloved.

This is exactly what a service provides; it offers a time and place for family to reflect, remember and pay tribute to one of their own. It truly is a family matter.

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11/22/2025

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11/20/2025

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11/20/2025

Historically, religious funerals mostly aimed to help the deceased in their passage to the next life. This continues to be the case, but in modern times emphasis has shifted towards comforting the bereaved, particularly within Christian traditions

11/19/2025

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11/19/2025

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11/19/2025

11/18/2025

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