MONTREAL – From a sleeping taxi driver to a dozing STM controller, and disabled teens taking on the Spartan Trifecta, here are the top five stories Global News covered in Montreal this week:
Sleepy STM driver
“How long is the train ride and is he going to be fully awake? Because I know it takes me a full half hour to wake up.”
The STM is investigating after a photo surfaced of one if its employees sleeping inside the control booth of a Metro train.
READ THE STORY: STM investigates after Metro operator caught sleeping in control booth
Breakthrough
“At first, it was difficult, but then I realized that I can pretty much do anything.”
Special-needs students at John Grant High School in Côte Saint-Luc were mentored by recording artist and producer David Hodges to produce an original song, Breakthrough.
READ THE STORY: Special-needs students at John Grant High School find their voices through music
Dozing cabbie
“I asked him, ‘hey are you OK?’ The first time it happened, he basically lifted his head up and said everything is fine.”
Étienne Bessette was taking a cab home from Trudeau International airport on Tuesday when he noticed his taxi driver kept falling asleep at the wheel.
READ THE STORY: Montreal taxi driver falls asleep at the wheel ‘at least 10 times’: passenger
The price of art
“There’s little added value to justify it and we fear it’s part of a pattern involving Mayor Coderre’s legacy projects for the 375th anniversary of the City of Montreal.”
City officials announced they will be installing granite tree stumps in and around Mount Royal to celebrate Montreal’s 375th anniversary.
READ THE STORY: Mount Royal granite sculptures over budget at $3.45M
Spartan Trifecta
“Even if I don’t have my arms I’m gonna keep going. Nothing can stop me. If someone can do something, I can do it too.”
Jeffrey Beausoleil, a patient at the Shriners Hospital for Children, isn’t letting anything stand in the way of him finishing not one, but three Spartan Races.
READ THE STORY: Teens with disabilities train for Spartan Race to raise funds for Shriners Hospital
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