Robin Naiman

Summer Morning Dept: No elephants. No camels. No dogs except on leashes. It's a joke, obviously. And it's part of an effort to change the perception that the 126-year-old graveyard is only for the dead and grieving. On the hot, summer morning when I passed through to meet Robin Naiman, dog-walkers, cyclists and a couple in search of a great-grandmother's grave were already ahead of me, according to Vancouver Sun. "We want to be judicious with our rentals. We don't want people to think that this is a party-hardy place," she says and the discreet signs at the entrance give you some idea tha Vancouver's Mountain View Cemetery is different than many. Naiman is assistant manager of business operations for the city-owned cemetery. She helps sell plots and assists grieving families plan for burials. But part of the focus of her work is planning special events and renting out Celebration Hall for everything from business meetings to weddings. Yes, wed-dings. No, none of them has been a zombie wedding. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.