When 65-year-old Dennis Walstrom died suddenly of complications from lung disease in Surrey late October, his daughter Emily Walstrom chose to have him cremated.
With Canada Post the only major shipping company in the country permitted to handle human remains, Walstrom, who lives in Montreal, arranged with the funeral home to have her father’s ashes packaged for transport.
“They told me they would be able to ship him out on the 12th and he would arrive on the 20th of November,” she said.
On Nov. 13, the Canada Post tracker showed the remains were at a sorting facility in Richmond. Two days later, the union went on strike and there has been no update since.
“I don’t know where in transit his remains stopped once the strike started, I don’t know anything,” said Walstrom.
“I’m just sort of left wondering where he is, when will he arrive, and how can …