[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Markham, Seattle, Tijuana, New York City, Hong Kong and Shenzhen

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• A new neighbourhood in Markham is going to make use of geothermal energy to heat hundreds of homes. CBC reports.


• CityLab reports on how a census of the giant Pacific octopus in the waters of Seattle is going to be conducted.


• Some residents of Tijuana are protesting against the thousands of Central American refugees now sheltering in their city. Global News reports.


• A new exhibit at the 9/11 Museum in New York City tells of the contribution of Mohawk steelworkers to the construction of the megalopolis' skyline. CBC Indigenous reports.


• Officials in Hong Kong and Shenzhen are having problems drawing a boundary through a garden plot on their mutual border. The SCMP reports.