[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Halifax, Montréal, Detroit, Bonn, land prices

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• Halifax, despite being the best candidate in the Maritimes, is not going to try to get a new CFL team. Global News reports.


• Will repairs to the Olympic Stadium of Montréal be enough to bring back that city's Expos? The consensus seems to be that it won't be. Global News tells the story.


• This report on how community activists and non-profits are trying to establish Internet access in Detroit for people neglected by big telecoms is actually inspiring. VICE reports.


• The former West German capital of Bonn, politico.eu reports, has built a new international role for itself as a UN-linked centre for environmental organizations.


• Justin Fox at Bloomberg notes that not only are rising prices for land and real estate a global problem, but that no one knows what to do about this inequality-aggravating issue.