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5 Montreal stories you must read this week: October 7

In this file photo, advocates gather with their dogs to protest breed-specific legislation. Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016. Alexa MacLean / Global News

From a Superior Court judge suspending Montreal’s controversial pit bull bylaw to remembering one of Canada’s deadliest bus disasters, here are the top five stories Global News covered in Montreal this week:

Click to play video: 'Court grants SPCA injunction request'
Court grants SPCA injunction request

Montreal SPCA claims victory

“The fight is far from being over, but we are very pleased with this first victory.”

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On Wednesday Quebec Superior Court Justice Louis Godin ruled in favour of the SPCA and suspended the pit bull-related clauses of Montreal’s animal control bylaw.

READ THE STORY: Montreal pit bull ban: Quebec judge suspends controversial bylaw

Click to play video: 'Beaconsfield passes resolution opposing pit bull ban'
Beaconsfield passes resolution opposing pit bull ban

Beaconsfield comes out against pit bull ban

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“It’s been absolute torment just seeing everything in the news.”

Some Montreal pet owners seeking refuge from the dog ban are heading to Beaconsfield. The city has adopted a resolution opposing Montreal’s breed-specific legislation.

READ THE STORY: Beaconsfield passes formal resolution opposing pit bull ban

Click to play video: '#GreatMtler: Alexandre Taillefer, the visionary with a strong social conscience'
#GreatMtler: Alexandre Taillefer, the visionary with a strong social conscience

#GreatMTLer: Téo Taxi’s Alexandre Taillefer

“I think we need to make sure that everyone can make a decent living working 40 hours a week, it’s our responsibility to bridge the gap between the poorer and the richer.”

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Alexandre Taillefer is the man behind Téo Taxi, an electric taxi service which provides free Wi-Fi to customers and a $15 hourly wage to its drivers.

READ THE STORY: #GreatMTLer: Meet Alexandre Taillefer, the visionary with a strong social conscience

Click to play video: 'Road rage ‘hammer attack’ caught on video'
Road rage ‘hammer attack’ caught on video

McGill Ghetto showdown caught on camera

“Stop him, he has a hammer in his hand!”

A Montreal cyclist on his way home from work Thursday work caught a disturbing road rage incident on camera.

READ THE STORY: Montreal road rage ‘hammer attack’ incident caught on video

Click to play video: 'Survivor recounts deadly bus crash on eve of 50th anniversary'
Survivor recounts deadly bus crash on eve of 50th anniversary

Dorion bus tragedy

“They never had a chance to prove who they could be.”

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Fifty years ago, Liette Perron, was just another teenager in a bus heading to a dance in Hudson. The bus was hit by a train in what became one of Canada’s deadliest bus disasters. Perron is speaking about the ordeal in the hopes of keeping the memory of her friends alive.

READ THE STORY: Survivor recounts deadly Dorion bus crash on eve of 50th anniversary

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