[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Montréal, Saint John, Sydney, New York City, Katowice

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• La Presse notes that reconstruction work planned for Montréal's Saint-Sulpice library has been delayed by a shortage of workers, given the wider city's construction boom.


• CBC notes how the Halifax Explosion led to the Oland family building the Moosehead Brewery in Saint John.


• The closure of Sydney-based call centre Servicom has left six hundred people unemployed just before Christmas. CBC reports.


• Gothamist warns people in New York City which bars to avoid during this weekend's Santacon.


• Politico Europe notes how, in the Polish city of Katowice at the heart of Upper Silesia, even there coal is falling out of the mix as a major employer.