[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Kingston, Montréal, Reynosa and McAllen, Sao Paulo, Dar es Salaam

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• The reopening of Bellevue House, the old Kingston home of John A. MacDonald, has been delayed by Parks Canada. Global News reports.


• MTL Blog shares a video taken by two people who visited each and every one of the nearly 70 stops of the Montréal subway system in just four hours.The mayors of Reynosa in Mexico and McAllen in the United States, sister cities on the Texas frontier, oppose policies and structures that would divide their binational community. VICE reports.


• Guardian Cities reports on the difficulties of getting accessible Internet for many in Sao Paulo.


• Guardian Cities looks on how Dar es Salaam, the emerging megacity of Tanzania, has developed an affordable and rapid bus system.