[URBAN NOTE] Seven cities links: Montréal;, Québec City, Saint John, Moncton, D.C., Dallas, ...

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• CBC Montreal reports on how a downsizing Montréal-area convent recently put on a very large yard sale.


• Will the staged construction of a tramway in Québec City lead to the partial completion of that project? CBC examines the issue.


• The New Brunswick city of Saint John recently celebrated its Loyalist heritage. Global News reports.


• The new community garden in Moncton sounds lovely. Global News reports.


• CityLab notes the sad precedent of the privatization of an old Carnegie Library in Washington D.C. into an Apple Store.


• CityLab considers if cycling can make inroads in pro-car Dallas.


• Open Democracy examines the controversy surrounding the contested construction of an Orthodox church in Yekaterinburg.