[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Ottawa, Montréal, Val d'Or, San Francisco, Tirana

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• CBC notes that some hopeful owners of cannabis shops in Ottawa who went ahead in setting up their locations without securing a license are upset with their lost investments.


• A new urban regeneration program is afoot for an east-end Montréal neighbourhood, CTV notes.


• Labour shortages in Québec have reached the point that some immigrants are searching for jobs, and finding them, in the city of Val d'Or in the Abitibi region. CBC reports.


• A San Francisco contractor who leveled a historic home in that city, without seeking authorization, has been ordered to rebuild it exactly as it once was. BBC reports.


• CityLab notes the youthful energy, and youth-led planning, that pervades Tirana, the growing capital of Albania.