From a hit-and-run outside a school to an exploding hoverboard, here are the five biggest stories Global News covered in Montreal this week:
School yard drugs
“I was stunned. You don’t expect to find that in the school yard, especially an elementary school yard.”
A mother who found a small plastic bag of drugs on the ground in front of St. Willibrord School in Châteauguay says she’s sickened by the thought that a child could have accidentally picked it up.
READ THE STORY: Amphetamine drugs found at Châteauguay elementary school
Another year
“When the peak of the crisis was in effect, there were a lot of people crossing over.”
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) agents and RCMP officers could be at the Canada-U.S. border in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Que. for at least another year.
READ THE STORY: Lacolle border agents, RCMP to stay another year amid spike of asylum seekers
Hit-and-run
“It’s very coward-like to do that, to hit someone and drive away. At least ask them if they’re OK.”
A 12-year-old Pierrefonds boy says a woman ran a stop sign, hit him with her car, and drove off on Tuesday.
READ THE STORY: Pierrefonds 12-year-old says he was victim of a hit and run, police searching for suspect
Homolka harassment
“People in the group, all of them, are exposing themselves to be sued.”
Can a Facebook group that follows every move of convicted killer Karla Homolka be considered harassment?
READ THE STORY: Is Karla Homolka being harassed?
Hoverboard explosion
“She got scared, put it on the floor and then it started exploding.
A 10-year-old girl was in tears after her hoverboard exploded in Montreal’s Plateau borough.
READ THE STORY: Montreal mother demands answers after daughter’s hoverboard explodes
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