Minute of silence at 1 pm

Marking a year since the official declaration of a worldwide pandemic, there’s to be a minute of silence Thursday at 1 pm in honour of the more than 10,000 Quebecers who have died of Covid so far. Church bells will ring, the metro will stop for a minute, and there will be a ceremony at the National Assembly.

Jonathan Montpetit examines how François Legault has escaped blame and sustains his popularity rating after the heaviest provincial Covid death toll in Canada.

La Presse remembers thirty of the early Covid victims from a range of ages and backgrounds.