In Hard-Hit Quebec, Families Struggle to Mourn Those Lost to COVID-19

Deborah Ward, whose mother passed away from COVID-19, is seen with the urn holding her mother's ashes at her home in Boucherville, Que., Friday, May 29, 2020. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press

MONTREAL—July Mak spent nearly every night with her father, Paul.

Because he was plagued by health problems, including a stroke that left him unable to walk on his own, the family decided to put her father in a long−term care facility in Montreal over a decade ago, Mak said.