5 Montreal stories you must read this week: September 9

From heartbreak and guilt following the death of a child forgotten in a parked car, to yet another language controversy, here are the top five stories Global News covered in Montreal this week:

3:02 Quebec father speaks out after forgetting son in hot car

Heartbreak and guilt

“At first I didn’t want to believe it. I crashed through two doors going out. I started screaming his name.”

A heartbroken father is speaking out after realizing he left his infant son to die inside his parked car, thinking he had dropped him off at daycare earlier in the day.

READ THE STORY: ‘I started screaming his name’: Devastated father speaks out after leaving baby to die in hot car

2:27 School bus driver leaves child alone at wrong stop

Stranded at wrong bus stop

It was a nightmare for Fatima Farooq after the school bus driver stranded her five-year-old daughter at the wrong stop, 1.5 kilometers from her home on the first day of school.

READ THE STORY: Manager of bus company apologizes to mother after child left 1.5 km away from bus stop

 

1:59 DDO ice cream shop awaits council’s decision

DDO ice cream shop drama continues

“Win or lose, I’m proud of us for standing up for ourselves and the community.”

The waiting game continues for owners of La Diperie ice cream shop in Dollard-Des-Ormeaux (DDO), despite being given a temporary reprieve as council members decide if they can have seating.

READ THE STORY: DDO ice cream shop La Diperie has to ‘sit tight’ as council decides fate

2:09 Concordia professors appeal for Homa Hoodfar’s safe return

Professors call for release of jailed colleague

“This is an emergency. This is a life-or-death situation. Right now we don’t even know whether Dr. Hoodafar is alive.”

Academics at Concordia University made an urgent appeal Wednesday to the Canadian and Irish governments to secure the freedom of Canadian-Iranian professor Homa Hoodfar, who is being held in an Iranian prison.

READ THE STORY: Professors call for release of Canadian Homa Hoodfar jailed in Iran for ‘dabbling in feminism’

2:53 Halal Guys language debate

‘Les gars Halal’

“If the Halal Guys is a registered trademark in Canada and is only in English, people should not complain.”

The first Halal Guys restaurant is open in Montreal and creating a lot of buzz in the city. But its English-only signs are firing up some people who insist the province’s laws dictate everything must be written in French.

READ THE STORY: First Montreal Halal Guys restaurant stirs up language controversy