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Category: Notice to the Consumer

Notice to the Consumer, Suspensions/​Revocations/​Conditions/​Discipline/​Orders

Notice to the Consumer: Registrar orders Anglican Diocese of Niagara to stop selling burial services

25 Jul 2024
The Anglican Diocese of Niagara has been ordered to immediately stop selling burial services at several cemeteries it operates. Pursuant…
Notice to the Consumer

Notice to the Consumer: Voluntary Termination of Licence – Eirene Cremations Inc.

19 Jul 2024
Eirene Cremations Inc. (Eirene) voluntarily terminated its Transfer Service Licence Class 1 on July 16, 2024. Consumers who have prepaid…
News Article, Notice to the Consumer, Notice to the Profession, Suspensions/​Revocations/​Conditions/​Discipline/​Orders

Judge orders $386,000 restitution and house arrest for a former Simcoe funeral establishment owner

9 May 2024
A judge has sentenced a former Simcoe funeral director and funeral establishment owner to 12 months house arrest and ordered…
Blog - Straight Forward, Notice to the Consumer

Care and Maintenance Funds ensure cemeteries are maintained for their communities

6 Feb 2024
Consumer FYI By Jim Cassimatis Interim CEO/Registrar Bereavement Authority of Ontario Cemeteries are well maintained in perpetuity thanks to companies,…
Notice to the Consumer

Notice to the Consumer: A Richmond Hill cemetery is required to stop charging and collecting additional interment fees

19 Jun 2023
Darul Barzakh Gardens cemetery in Richmond Hill has been required to stop charging and collecting additional interment rights (IR) fees…
Notice to the Consumer

Notice to the Consumer: An unlicensed business is illegally advertising funeral services in northwestern Ontario

9 Jun 2023
A Manitoba-based business has been ordered to cease operating in Ontario or face prosecution. Despite this, the business continues to…
Notice to the Consumer, Suspensions/​Revocations/​Conditions/​Discipline/​Orders

Notice to the Consumer, and Notice of Proposal to Refuse to Renew Funeral Director Licence and Funeral Establishment Licence of Covenant Funeral Homes in Toronto

7 Jun 2023
Update – June 7, 2023 — Notice to the Consumer – In January of 2023, the Bereavement Authority of Ontario…
Notice to the Consumer, Suspensions/​Revocations/​Conditions/​Discipline/​Orders

Registrar orders a Toronto cemetery to cease operations for not establishing a required trust fund

2 Jun 2023
Update: Sept. 28, 2026 — This Cease-and-Desist Order is no longer in effect. A cemetery manager has been appointed by…
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