MONTREAL — Focus Montreal introduces Montrealers to people who are shaping our community, bringing their stories into focus.
It airs on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 7:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and at midnight.
Take a look at who we’re meeting this week on Focus Montreal:
Saving Lakeside Academy
Parents and community members gathered this week to try to convince the Lester B. Pearson School Board to keep Lakeside Academy open.
Just a month ago, the board announced it would be closing Dorval and Lachine’s only English high school, citing low enrollment as one of the reasons for the closure.
Global News senior anchor Jamie Orchard sat down with Lachine Borough Councillor Maya Vadonavic and parent Jennifer Park as they talked about an innovative plan to increase enrollment at the school.
One idea is to integrate the school with a French school board, allowing them to have both French and English programs.
They’re hoping the provincial government will allow Lakeside to register kids from from French boards and immigrant communities in order to keep it open. And they think the special qualities of the school could help save it.
South Shore family urges FDA to approve drug
A family on Montreal’s South Shore has joined a cross-border fight to approve a drug for children with Duchenne Muschular Dystrophy.
In November, 15-year-old Simon Hogue and his mother, Andrea Cleary, travelled to Maryland to urge the Federal Drug Administration’s (FDA) to approve the medication.
The teen recently took part in a clinical trial for the drug Drisapersen, which showed promising results and improvements for many patients – including Simon.
But the drug isn’t approved in Canada or the United States, so now Hogue and his mother are spearheading a campaign to get the lifesaving drug approved.
The pair stopped by Focus Montreal studios this week to explain why the drug is so important to them.
West Island Cancer Wellness Centre
Cancer Patients have come to know this little yellow house in Beaconsfield as a refuge from the storm. It offers a wide range of free services not only to people living with cancer but to their families as well.
Change is in the air now, as the centre is planning for a massive expansion and a brand new big yellow house that will be located in Kirkland.
Debbie Magwood with the West Island Cancer Wellness Centre (WICWC) discusses the expansion plans.
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