Global News at 5:30 Montreal: September 4

Government officials and staff members attended the long-awaited ground-breaking ceremony for the new Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital. Montreal police showed off its sprawling new training facility in the east end. The city of Montreal inaugurated its largest sponge park and is one step closer to becoming a sponge city.

• Contract dispute: Montreal transit employees to refuse overtime work later this month