City pours $2.2 million into troubled Montreal North

City pours $2.2 million into troubled Montreal North City pours $2.2 million into troubled Montreal North Montreal Gazette Published: 32 minutes ago The projects include a new children's playground, two soccer pitches for pickup games, additional books and video games for adolescents who use the library, and a range of community support programs for youth in difficulty. Montreal North resident Mario Joseph, 26, welcomed the city's plan. "Youth want people to listen to them, and what the city did today was pretty good," said Joseph, of Évolu-Jeune, a group of friends who "succeeded" in school and work and now get together in their spare time to run youth activities in the area. The group is helping organize a march Saturday through Montreal North to demand an independent investigation into the shooting. The rally is also... [read full story]