[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Ottawa, Montréal, Halifax, Peripignan, Helsinki

[rfmcdonald]

• The Confederation LRT line, happily, has opened in Ottawa. Global News reports.


• Dorchester Square in Montréal will feature an open-air gallery for emerging artists. CTV reports.


• How, exactly, will the crane that collapsed in Halifax in Dorian be removed? CBC reports.


• Guardian Cities tells the story of how Gypsies in Perpignan resisted gentrification, here.


• Atlas Obscura reports on the summer custom, in Helsinki, of families cleaning their carpets with salt water on piers.

Comments

[dewline]

I've had three rides in two days on the Confederation Line thus far. Not perfect, and it seems at least as orderly as the old Trillium Line.