By Malcolm Curtis, Victoria Times - Colonist
Burying your dearly departed in the backyard should be as natural as trees in the forest. So says a Victoria teacher in the vanguard of a movement to drag one of society’s biggest taboos out of the closet. The death business - a multi-million-dollar industry in this retirement community - removes the intimacy of taking care of loved ones when they die, says Marie Roulleau.
Why not let people look after their dead relatives instead of passing on the job to funeral home and medical professionals?