From Melissa Kayla’s unexpected arrival to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologizing for answering a woman’s English question in French, here are the top five stories Global News covered in Montreal this week:
No Monkland festivals
Organizers of two Monkland summer street festivals are cancelling their events after receiving repeated complaints.
“It’s only a few days. I don’t know why they complained.”
READ THE STORY: Monkland street festivals cancelled after complaints from residents, businesses
An unexpected arrival
“All the baby books… I tried to remember what they said and said, ‘OK, this is what we need to do.’”
A Saint-Leonard woman was forced to deliver her baby at home with some help from two Montreal police officers.
READ THE STORY: Montreal police help deliver baby at home during winter storm
A unilingual city
“Vaudreuil-Dorion is a unilingual French city, a status that was determined by the government of Quebec.”
Vaudreuil-Dorion resident Jon Saxe says the off-island city’s new website doesn’t provide enough information in English.
READ THE STORY: Vaudreuil’s new French-only municipal website stirs controversy
An apology
“It’s so far beyond anything I could’ve ever imagined.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently called a woman to apologize after answering her English question in French during a town hall session in Sherbrooke, Que.
READ THE STORY: Justin Trudeau calls to apologize to woman who asked English question in Sherbrooke
Fighting bullying
“It is a problem to the school, that arena. It’s where everything happens.”
A Pincourt mother is furious after she says her son was unfairly suspended from the Cité des Jeunes High School in Vaudreuil-Dorion for allegedly instigating a fight.
READ THE STORY: Viral video of fight at Vaudreuil high school raises questions about bullying
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