From the province's first female cabinet minister to one of Montreal's most beloved troubadours, Global News remembers those who passed away in 2016.

Dean Stock died of complications of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) also known as Lou Gherig's disease last week. He was 39.

A year after the social media phenomenon took the world by storm, Quebec's ALS Society is inviting Quebecers to "join the wave" every August until a cure.