Our Stories

Discover our history, properties and perspectives along with the latest MPG news.

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Hospice Heartbeats: Margaret’s Place Hospice at St. Joseph’s Villa Wins 2025 MPG Innovation Award

In a quiet room at Margaret’s Place Hospice, a heartbeat is recorded – not for diagnosis, but for memory. That simple rhythm becomes a song, a
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Marisa Koyata: An Inspirational Baker

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Hospice Northwest of Thunder Bay Wins the Inaugural Mount Pleasant Group Equity in Action Award

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Teddy Nanan: MPG’s Trailblazing Crematorium Operator

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Sorry for your Loss Podcast

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Mount Pleasant Group Becomes First in Canada to Offer Mushroom-Grown Coffins and Urns from Loop Biotech

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How Pottery Gives Dawn Rumsey Balance

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Talking Music and Family with Nelson Boaventura

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Natasha Bryan: Funeral Director by Day, DJ by Night

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Hannah Boyd Goes Above and Beyond

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HPCO and MPG Introduce the Mount Pleasant Group Equity in Action Award

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Growing up on Cemetery Grounds Led Patty Harris to a 35-Year Career at MPG

Liz Chow

Liz Chow Finds Her Passion as Arborist and Earns Recognition at Ontario Tree Climbing Championships

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Linda Lee's Historical Journey in Death Care

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Angie Aquino: A 45-Year Career at MPG

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Remembrance Day Holds Extra Meaning for Mark Harvie