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:
Moving on
“Let’s face it. We were the rock stars of that place.”
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
Coming home
“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
Adieu
“We hope the government opens the conversation with us.”
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
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?
Losing everything
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
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