Nigerian comedian and actor John Okafor, affectionately known as Mr Ibu, will be buried on 28 June – three months after his death. This is according to a family statement released this week, revealing how and when the eleborate funeral ceremony will take place. MR IBU FUNERAL DETAILS The veteran Nollywood actor passed away on 2 March … Read more
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s path to power may be by prosecuting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s past eight years in government, but his road to victory is painted NDP orange. Appealing to working-class voters in rural and northern ridings — like those held by New Democrats across British Columbia and Liberals in northern Ontario — is … Read more
Wayne Gretzky will be among the high-profile figures to eulogize former prime minister Brian Mulroney at his state funeral on March 23, government officials announced Friday. Mulroney’s daughter Caroline will also speak, along with Canadian media baron Pierre Karl Péladeau, former Quebec premier Jean Charest and former U.S. secretary of state James Baker, who will address the … Read more
Seiji Ozawa, the Japanese conductor who amazed audiences with the lithe physicality of his performances during three decades at the helm of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has died, his management office said Friday. He was 88. The internationally acclaimed maestro, with his trademark mop of salt-and-pepper hair, led the BSO from 1973 to 2002, longer … Read more
FINDING FUNERAL HOMES While a list of Taiwan funeral homes was helpful, Mr Ng also had to look for one in Singapore – that would be familiar with repatriating a body from Taiwan. He planned to call each Taiwan funeral home on the list to ask when they last handled a similar case where they … Read more
The federal Liberals face a choice early in 2024: They can allow a sunset clause to take effect so that eligibility for medical assistance in dying expands to adults whose only reason for seeking it is a mental disorder. Or they can do what they did in 2023 and postpone it further, even indefinitely. Justice Minister … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR: The funeral of the elderly couple murdered on Saturday (Dec 9) was held at the Kampung Sungai Penchala Muslim Cemetery here on Sunday (Dec 10) night. Funeral rites for Agus Omar, 82 and Darlisma Nyatu Salleh, 72 were conducted at the Tengku Abdul Aziz Shah Jamek Mosque here before the funeral took place … Read more
Thousands of people lined the streets of Dublin on Friday to say goodbye to the Pogues front man Shane MacGowan as his funeral procession wound through the Irish capital. MacGowan died Nov. 30 at the age of 65 after a lifetime of drinking, carousing and writing songs that fused Irish tradition with the spirit of … Read more
