[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Acadians, Montréal, The Bronx, Riga, Kyiv

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• Le Devoir shares a suggestion that the Acadian Peninsula's municipalities merge into a single city, the better to improve the profile of Acadians.


• Montréal's Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, based in downtown's Grande Bibliothèque, has been on strike. Ici Radio-Canada reports.


• CityLab reports on the revival of the Bronx, led by this New York City borough's residents.


• CityLab takes a look at how the microrayons of Riga, built during the Soviet occupation of Latvia and facing disuse with population decline, are being repurposed by local activists.


• Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution shares his reflections on Kyiv.