5 Montreal stories you must read this week: September 2

From false accusations following the death of a dog in a hit-and-run in Pierrefonds, to a python on the loose in Verdun, here are the top five stories Global News covered in Montreal this week:

2:03 West Island woman accused of dog hit-and-run speaks out

False accusations

“As a mom of four kids, I was really scared. Really, really scared.”

A West Island woman is looking to set the record straight after she and her husband were wrongfully accused of running over a dog in Pierrefonds on Friday and receiving several threats.

READ THE STORY: West Island woman speaks out after husband is falsely accused of killing dog and threatened

1:58 Back to school at Lakeside Academy

Back to school at Lakeside Academy

“It really makes you look at your school as a whole and look at what can we change, what can we add, what can we remove.”

It was the first day of school at Lakeside Academy, and following the threat of closure last year, students, parents and teachers said they’re happy to be back.

READ THE STORY: Lakeside Academy off the chopping block and open for another school year

2:35 Kirkland mulls ideal location for light-rail station

Where to build?

“For these two locations, there’s still some work to do to see where the parking’s going to be, where the terminus for buses are going to be, and that’s why this is a continuous process.”

The Caisse de Dépôt continues to work out the fine points of its light-rail system and one of those details is where the station should be built in Kirkland.

READ THE STORY: Where should the Kirkland light-rail station be built?

1:56 Pointe-Saint-Charles football fundraiser

Football fundraiser tackles the need for new wheels

“A lot of children do not have the means to get to the games because a lot of them are far away, so some children do get left behind unfortunately,”

The Pointe-Saint-Charles Aces have been supplying children from low income families with football equipment and rides to games for over a decade but now the van they have been using for 15 years has broken down.

READ THE STORY: Non-profit football team in Pointe-Saint-Charles looking for new van

2:00 Python lost in wall of Verdun home

Python on the lam

Residents in Verdun are nervous after animal control lost track of Lady, a 4-foot python. Lady was last spotted Monday living inside the walls of a Verdun home, south-west of downtown Montreal.

READ THE STORY: Lady the python lost inside walls of Verdun home; opens a Twitter account