Montreal's Parc Maisonneuve will host a gang of roaming sheep once again this summer. This will be the sixth year the animals will take to the Rosemont–La-Petite-Patrie park as part of an "urban eco-grazing project" a way to tend grass without using fossil fuels.
"Saint-Denis" isn't actually named after a saint and though "Rosemont" might suggest the existence of a "pink mountain," no such thing exists. These are just a few of the oddities that dot Montreal's cityscape. Street names are an integral part of neighbourhood identities, though their origins often pass unexamined. In the case of Montreal, our street names form a paved tableau honouring the people that literally gave shape to the city, mostly rich egotistical white dudes.