MONTREAL – From an icon of Westmount closing its doors, to a winter blizzard that didn’t quite happen and a West Island hair salon going green, here are the top five stories Global News covered in Montreal this week:
Icy winter weather
The weather has been very inconsistent this winter, with temperatures rising and falling constantly.
This week, commuters woke up to a city cloaked in a sheet of ice.
READ THE STORY: Environment Canada lifts blizzard warning for Montreal
Temporary train station
“Our prime target is to get people out of the motorway so they don’t go on the Turcot Interchange.”
The AMT has put the wheels in motion to build a temporary Lachine train station in the hopes of easing traffic during construction on the Turcot Interchange.
READ THE STORY: Lachine gets a new train station to help Turcot traffic woes
Pressured to leave
“I was very angry and I let the doctor know and she acknowledged I was angry. Why not wait until I was there to tell me?”
A Montreal man has filed a complaint against Suroît Hospital in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield after he claims his mother, a terminally-ill cancer patient, was discharged and then died a week later.
READ THE STORY: Mother dies week after son says she was pressured to leave hospital
Going green
“All the leftover dye after we colour hair, we don’t put it down the drain anymore.”
One West Island salon is going green as part of a unique program that recycles dyes, hair clippings and more in an effort to better protect the environment.
READ THE STORY: Beaconsfield hair salon goes green to help protect environment
Folklore I closes
“We had always thought it would be kind of neat to have a store. I was standing with folk art and I thought, ‘why not this?’”
After 42 years, the owners of Folklore I in Westmount have announced they will be closing up shop for good.
READ THE STORY: Popular Westmount store Folklore I closes its doors
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