[URBAN NOTE] Seven city links: Pierrefonds, Edmundston, Saskatoon, Louisville, Belfast, Jerusalem ..

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• Ending free coffee for municipal employees in the Québec community of Pierrefonds created massive controversy. CBC reports.


• The mayor of the Francophone city of Edmundston in New Brunswick has encouraged immigrant Québec students hurt by immigration changes to come to his community. CTV News reports.


• The price of crystal meth in Saskatoon is apparently as low as $3 a bag. Global News reports.


• Guardian Cities notes how Louisville, low on trees, is trying to regreen the city as a way to deal with rising temperatures.


• Open Democracy considers if the DUP is about to lose its strongholds in Belfast.


• Guardian Cities looks at the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Kafr Aqab, a place where Palestinians can access their metropolis (and their partners).


• CityLab shares photos of the wonderful new public library of Helsinki.