[URBAN NOTE] Seven Montréal links: ice shove, Little Burgundy, development, population, architecture

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• CBC Montreal reports on the "Ice shove" that featured every winter in the port of Montréal in the 19th century.


• This opinion piece in the Montreal Gazette remembers the expropriations which fatally undermined the substantially African-Canadian neighbourhood of Little Burgundy.


• CityLab notes the controversy, aggravated by municipal politics, of the Royalmount megamall, in the Montréal enclave of the Town of Mount Royal.


• A Québec Solidaire MNA's criticism of Chinese investors in real estate has been criticized by Chinese-Canadians in Montréal as racist. CTV News reports.


• La Presse notes that suburbanization proceeds in Montréal, as migration from the island of Montréal to off-island suburbs grows.


• The glorious Insectarium of Montréal will be closed for two years, for a makeover. CBC reports.


• Le Devoir considers the future of the Buckminister Fuller Biosphère on ile Sainte-Hélène, caught between falling funding and the lack of a clear mission for this structure.