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5 Montreal stories you must read this week: June 30

A homeless man sleeps on a bench in Montreal's Metro. Denis Beaumont/The Canadian Press

From Steve’s Music Store relocating and the homeless in dire need of help, here are the five biggest stories Global News covered in Montreal this week:

Click to play video: 'Bar Renard fights Montreal on accessibility'
Bar Renard fights Montreal on accessibility

Ramp regulations

“We decided not to do it on purpose, because we want to change those rules.”

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The owners of Bar Renard took a stand against the City of Montreal, building a terrace that went against city regulations.

READ THE STORY: Bar owner defies Montreal’s terrace rules on purpose

Click to play video: 'Montreal homeless contracting strep virus, flesh-eating disease'
Montreal homeless contracting strep virus, flesh-eating disease

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“People whose health is compromised…would be susceptible for it to become flesh-eating disease.”

There have been several cases of flesh-eating disease among the homeless in Montreal.

READ THE STORY: Montreal homeless falling victim to aggressive strep bacteria causing flesh-eating disease

Click to play video: 'Steve’s music store is moving'
Steve’s music store is moving

On the move

“My blood, sweat and tears, my efforts have been put into this location.”

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After 52 years, Steve’s Music Store on Saint-Antoine Street is moving.

READ THE STORY: Steve’s Music Store set to move to Sainte-Catherine Street

Click to play video: 'Quebec woman alleges she found rat in salad'
Quebec woman alleges she found rat in salad

Rat-atouille

“You keep asking yourself: ‘Is it possible that is what I ate?’”

A Terrebonne woman says she was shocked to find a decomposing rat in her salad at Restaurant Normandin in Quebec City.

READ THE STORY: Quebec woman takes legal action after she claims she bit into a rat at a fast-food chain

Click to play video: 'Sud-Ouest residents don’t want homeless shelter in neighbourhood'
Sud-Ouest residents don’t want homeless shelter in neighbourhood

Seeking shelter

“I’m very disturbed about them moving here. I would love to see them move somewhere else.”

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Residents in Montreal’s Sud-Ouest borough aren’t happy that a homeless drop-in centre may open on their street.

READ THE STORY: Residents unhappy Open Door homeless centre may move to Little Burgundy

rachel.lau@globalnews.ca

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