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The Monitor, Montreal, 1926 (converted to online-only in 2009) L'Illustration, 1930, Montréal (also known as L'Illustration Nouvelle and Montréal-Matin) Dimanche-Matin, 1954, Montreal; Sunday Express, circa 1973, Montreal; Le Jour, 1974, Saint-Laurent; Montreal Daily News, 1988, Montreal
The funeral procession of Thomas D'Arcy McGee in Montreal, 1868. The first state funeral in Canada was held for Thomas D'Arcy McGee after his assassination in April 1868. [6] The first Governor General of Canada to receive a state funeral was the Lord Tweedsmuir in 1940, who died in office.
The rail lines that had brought Trudeau to Ottawa 35 years earlier as a politician now took his body back home to Montreal. Prime Minister Chrétien and his wife watched a special Via Rail passenger train as it departed the Ottawa Train Station with Trudeau's casket placed in the lower lounge of the observation car Yoho Park. Onlookers ...
Michel Charles-Émile Trudeau (October 2, 1975 – November 13, 1998) was the youngest son of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau and the younger brother of current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He died in an avalanche on November 13, 1998, while skiing in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park.
He lay in state at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building in Ottawa on March 19–20, followed by laying in repose at St. Patrick's Basilica, Montreal on March 21–22. [8] Flags were flown at half-mast on the Peace Tower and all federal buildings and establishments in Canada, from February 29 until sunset on the day of the funeral, March 23, 2024. [9]
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In the week before the funeral, Layton's body was laid in state at Parliament Hill at the House of Commons foyer and was open to the public from 12:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday then at Toronto City Hall on Friday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. [37] [38] Four Parliamentary security officers were ...