Like cemeteries everywhere, the names of the dead were once those of the living, and each one has a story to tell. At Beechwood Cemetery, the National Cemetery of Canada…
In June 2008, the day before then prime minister Stephen Harper stood in the House of Commons to deliver an apology to survivors of Canada’s residential school system, Cindy Blackstock…
As Canada’s residential school system gathered homicidal force in 1909, two formidable bureaucrats wrestled for control of its direction in backroom Ottawa. Dr. Peter Bryce, the crusading chief medical officer…
FOUNDED IN 2000, the Beechwood Cemetery Foundation has strived to take care of the 162 acres of land with the utmost respect and creativity. Beechwood’s Chief Horticulturist, Trevor Davidson, and…
Beechwood Cemetery As well as being the final resting place of many illustrious Canadians, Beechwood Cemetery—on the eastern edge of New Edinburgh and Vanier—is also a peaceful garden in its…
Beechwood Cemetery will have their main entrance flags flying at half mast in memory of the 215 children whose remains were found at the site of a former residential school in…
Chris Hamilton, his wife Kristin and their three daughters held a memorial service recently for his mother, Rona, who died last year, days after the pandemic-related lockdown began. They picked…
Funeral preplanning through Beechwood: A gentle approach to a subject few of us want to talk about Let’s face it. Discussing funeral plans is hardly at the top of most…
On Sunday, June 6 at 3 pm, the Ottawa community will tune in to watch The Butterfly Memorial Event at Beechwood, Canada’s National Cemetery, to remember our loved ones. You…
On April 18 and 19, 2020, Northwestern Nova Scotia was the scene of a terrible shooting rampage that left 22 dead, including RCMP Cst. Heidi Stevenson. On the anniversary of…