Emily Walstrom was expecting to lay her father to rest this month, but instead, she says his cremated remains are stuck in a Canada Post facility in B.C., delayed by the ongoing national postal strike.
She says her father, Dennis Walstrom, died suddenly on Oct. 23 in Surrey, B.C., from complications of a lung disease. He had just turned 65.
“It’s kind of being left in limbo, not knowing where my father’s remains have ended up and when I will actually receive them.”
Walstrom, who lives in Île Perrot, a suburb of Montreal, says Canada Post is the only courier service that ships cremated remains.
She says her father’s ashes were shipped by the Amherst Funeral and Cremation Services in Vancouver on Nov. 12. A screenshot provided by Walstrom indicates that …