From random acts of kindness, to a family's dangerous leap to safety and two boroughs in the South Shore asking for recognition, here are the top five stories Global News covered in Montreal this week.

After their 4-year-old daughter passed away to a rare illness, one Montreal family kicked off a kindness campaign as a way to remember her.

Lauren Loughheed succumbed to Krabbe disease, but in her four short years she taught her loved ones about making the most out of life.