[URBAN NOTE] Ten Montréal links

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• The Map Room Blog links to some old maps of Montréal.


• Major English-language newspapers in Montréal, including the Montreal Gazette, are no longer being distributed to Québec City clients. CBC reports.


• Radio-Canada employees' union is concerned over cost overruns in the construction of a new headquarters for the French-language chain. CTV NEws reports.


• La Presse notes how the to-be-demolished Champlain Bridge is a home for, among others, falcons.


• The Bibliothèque Saint-Sulpice, after the latest delay, will have been closed for nearly two decades. La Presse reports.


• The Montreal Children's Library is celebrating its 90th anniversary with a fundraiser. CBC reports.


• CBC Montreal looks at how, even without a stadium, legendary mayor Jean Drapeau brought major league baseball to his city.


• The anti-gentrification University of the Streets group has some interesting ideas. CBC reports.


• The city government of Montréal is looking into the issue of the high retail vacancy rates in parts of the city. CBC reports.


• At CBC Montreal, Ontario-born Jessica Brown writes about her struggles with employment in her adopted city.