[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Hamilton, Kingston, Montréal, Vancouver, Shenzhen

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• CBC Hamilton notes that former white supremacist leader Marc Lemire is employed by the City of Hamilton in its IT department.


• The former Kingston Penitentiary will host a music concert this September. Global News reports.


• Allison Hanes writes at the Montreal Gazette about how the status of Montréal as a metropolis has not kept the city from coming into conflict with the Québec government. As she notes, this sounds familiar to Torontonians and Ontarians.


• Have the prices in the Vancouver condo markets dropped so much that developers really need to entice buyers with supplies of avocado toast? The Toronto Star reports.


• The SCMP notes that the city of Shenzhen is moving away from the Hong Kong model of laissez-faire housing towards the planning exemplified by Singapore.