[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Smiths Falls, Montréal, Paris, Detroit, Mosul

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• The small eastern Ontario town of Smiths Falls has been saved by a marijuana production boom that has brought hundreds of jobs to the community. The National Post reports.


• This Montreal Gazette article takes a look at the background behind the strong economic growth recently displayed in Montréal.


• CityLab looks at how Paris, under Mayor Anne Hidalgo, is preparing for global warming.


• Tom Perkins at The Guardian reports on how hopes for a redevelopment of downtown Detroit have been hindered, a supposed new core being transformed into a sea of parking lots.


• Stewart Bell at Global News reports on the sorry state of the city of Mosul after the end of ISIS.