Quebec man single-handedly runs English-language news source for his community – Montreal [Video]

For over two decades now, one man has been single-handedly running a vital news and information publication serving the anglophone community in Deux-Montagnes (Two Mountains), Que.

With the province continuing its efforts to promote French, often at the expense of English, according to many, there are fewer and fewer places for English speakers to get informed in their language.

In Two Mountains, however, anglophones know they can always turn to Paul Goyetche, better known as 2MoPaul.

“Now everybody, whenever they see me on the street, they think, ‘There’s 2MoPaul!’” Goyetche told Global News. Two Mountains is often called 2-Mo for short.

The retired IT professional started 2MoPaul.com as a sort of personal journal 20 years ago, before social media was a thing.

It still has the same layout, recalling vestiges of an early-era internet when people built their own websites on ancient platforms like Geocities and Angelfire. As the internet …