[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Markham, Hamilton, Rotterdam, Hambantota, Warsaw

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• In response to a desire to remove an almost bizarre controversial statue of a cow from its location in a neighbourhood in Markham, the owner has sued the city for $C 4 million. The Toronto Star reports.


• The mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, would like housing incorporated into shopping malls, to deal with issues of housing and retail in one go. Global News reports.


• Brexit threatens to decidedly destabilize the picture for the Dutch port city of Rotterdam. The Independent reports.


• Bloomberg notes that the controversial Chinese-owned port of Hambantota, in Sri Lanka, is doing terrible business.


• Newly-discovered documents provide confirmation of the belief that the Nazis planned to utterly destroy Warsaw. The National Post reports.