[URBAN NOTE] Five cities links: Hamilton, Québec City, New York City, Edinburgh, Tokyo

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• In Hamilton, ACORN is leading protests against housing laws that threaten to drive people onto the streets. CBC reports.


• Québec City is dealing with its labour shortages by recruiting skilled workers from France, for starters. CTV News reports.


• Atlas Obscura notes that there is a barge off of New York City covered in greenery, free for citizens to harvest.


• The Guardian shares news of the renovation of the Calton Hill observatory into a cultural centre.


• Quartz reports that the Japanese government is offering subsidies to people who move away from Tokyo, to try to promote secondary centres.