[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Churchill, Calgary, New York City, Beirut, Jaywick Sands

[rfmcdonald]

• Repair to the railroad that provided the only land connection of Churchill, Manitoba, to the rest of Canada has finally been repaired, and the first train in a year has come in. CBC reports.


• Jason Markusoff at MacLean's notes that city council in Calgary salvaged the city's 2026 Olympics bid, for now.


• CityLab notes an experiment with commercial rent control in New York City, in an effort to prevent the collapse of the small and independent retail sector.


• As the trash disposal crisis in Beirut continues, CityLab notes that poor children in the Lebanese capital are trying to scavenge from the city's waste.


• The SCMP notes the unhappiness of the people of the English village of Haywick Sands that an old image of their community was used in an American attack ad.