[URBAN NOTE] Five links on cities, from Vancouverites in Port Moody to swimming in Lake Ontario

[rfmcdonald]

• I really liked this Kerry Gold article in the Globe and Mail showing how the young, priced out of Vancouver, simply went on to remake Port Moody.


• In the Toronto Star, Edward Keenan describes how the West End Phoenix, a new model of newspaper, is set to develop.


• Also in the Star, Scott Wheeler describes how Torontonian John Vyga ended up helping take the Berlin Wall down in 1989.


• Steve Munro takes a look at what the metrics for TTC station cleanliness actually mean. We're doing better than we think.


• Shawn Micallef wonders why so few Torontonians make a habit of swimming in Lake Ontario.