[NEWS] Five links about population in small centres: education, Ontario, Atlantic Canada

[rfmcdonald]

• Noah Smith at Bloomberg notes that universities, and other centres of higher education, can play a critical role in keeping small centres alive, in the US and elsewhere.


• Michelle McQuigge notes that the northern Ontario town of Smooth Rock Falls has seen success attracting potential new residents with sales of land for cheap, for the Canadian Press.


• Jessica Leeder tells the sad story about how the politics of a community radio station in Newfoundland's Bell Island tore the community apart, over at The Globe and Mail.


• CBC notes that the influx of Syrian refugees to Nova Scotia has reversed a trend of population decline. Will it last? More here.


• The government of Prince Edward Island has an ambitious strategy to boost the Island's population, through immigration, to 160 thousand by 2022. More here.