[BLOG] Five city links: Mississauga, Simcoe County, Detrroit, Burnaby, El Paso

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• Hazel McCallion, the nonagenarian former mayor of Mississauga, has been appointed an advisor to the Ford government in Ontario. Global News reports.


• A Simcoe County that faces a threat of amalgamation under the Ontario provincial government is already composed of communities feeling they lack adequate representation. The Toronto Star reports.


• CityLab notes how a history of racism complicated efforts to plant new trees in Detroit.


• Douglas Todd at the Vancouver Sun notes how ethnic tensions in multicultural South Burnaby surfaced in the former Liberal candidate's treatment of NDP leader Jagmeet Singh.


• The NYR Daily looks at what is going on in and around El Paso as the Mexican-American border facing further closing.