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The Stratigopolous family was living grief all over again Monday after they were finally able to lay George Stratigopolous, months after he passed away.
Monday marked the near-complete reopening of the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery in Montreal, following the end of the labour dispute that kept the site closed to families for more than six months.
A months-long labour dispute at Montreal's Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery appears to be drawing to a close after a tentative deal was reached Thursday, but the news provides little comfort for families desperate to visit their loved ones.
The strike by more than 100 maintenance and office workers has kept the graveyard's iron gates shut to the public since mid-January, with the exception of a few days in the spring.
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More than 250 bodies have gone unburied this year at a Montreal cemetery as a result of a labour standoff, with the remains stored at freezing temperature in an on-site repository.