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5 Montreal stories you must read this week: September 29

Bagpiper Jeff McCarthy and his colleague play for the final time at Ogilvy on Wednesday, September 27, 2017. Felicia Parrillo/Global News

From Uber threatening to leave Quebec — again — and bagpipers playing their last tune at Ogilvy, here are the five biggest stories Global News covered in Montreal this week:

Click to play video: 'No more bagpipers at Ogilvy'
No more bagpipers at Ogilvy

Moving on

“Let’s face it. We were the rock stars of that place.”

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A 72-year tradition at Ogilvy is about to come to an end.

READ THE STORY: No more bagpipers at downtown Montreal Ogilvy department store

Click to play video: 'Anglos in exile: Why come back?'
Anglos in exile: Why come back?

Coming home

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“I did regret leaving Quebec. I mean, I love Quebec; I was influenced by the cinema, the culture. I loved growing up there.”

Statistics show that half a million English-speaking Quebecers have left the province in the last 40 years.

READ THE STORY: Coming back to Quebec is easier said than done

Click to play video: 'Uber threatens to leave Quebec again'
Uber threatens to leave Quebec again

Adieu

“We hope the government opens the conversation with us.”

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Uber is planning to cease operations in Quebec starting Oct. 14, saying it is not happy with the imposed regulations on drivers.

READ THE STORY: Uber announces it is planning to leave Quebec

Click to play video: 'Montreal schools stay open, despite heat wave'
Montreal schools stay open, despite heat wave

Hot, hot, hot

“If it’s too hot in a class, we change classes; if we have to go outside, we’ll do just that.”

Montreal students were not given a day off school, despite the fall heat wave.

READ THE STORY: Should Montreal have heat days?

Click to play video: 'Quebec floods: Pierrefonds community rallies to save neighbour’s home'
Quebec floods: Pierrefonds community rallies to save neighbour’s home

Losing everything

“We don’t have a kitchen anymore – [we lost] basically everything.”
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Six months after Quebec’s spring floods, Dorota Wasel’s home on des Maçons Street in Pierrefonds remains uninhabitable.

READ THE STORY: Community comes together to help Pierrefonds family

rachel.lau@globalnews.ca

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