[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Hamilton, Blacks Harbour, New York City, Byron Bay, Luxembourg

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• Police in Hamilton explain why unauthorized marijuana shops are not easy to shut down. Theirs is a city of laws. Global News reports.


• The small Nova Scotia community of Blacks Harbour has lost its only grocery store, presaging perhaps a future of decline. Global News reports.


• New York City is getting congestions pricing for traffic setting a precedent for other cities. VICE reports.


• Roads and Kingdoms is providing some tips to the Australian surfing resort of Byron Bay.


• Bloomberg notes the plight of British immigrant workers in Luxembourg faced with Brexit.