[URBAN NOTE] Seven city links: Innisfil, Buffalo, Ottawa, Montréal, Winnipeg, Amsterdam, Singapore

[rfmcdonald]

• The town of Innisfil is looking forward to some very futuristic developments. Global News reports.


• Jeremy Deaton at CityLab reports on how, buffered by the Great Lakes, Buffalo NY may end gaining from climate change.


• The Ottawa chain Bridgehead Coffee has been sold to national chain Second Cup. Global News reports.


• Many of the more eye-raising installations in the Gay Village of Montréal have since been removed. CTV News reports.


• Warming huts for homeless people in Winnipeg were torn down because the builders did not follow procedures. Global News reports.


• Open Democracy looks at innovative new public governance of the city budget in Amsterdam, here.


• Singapore, located in a well-positioned Southeast Asia and with working government, may take over from Hong Kong. Bloomberg View makes the case.

Comments

Bridgehead

[dewline]

That news about the takeover by Second Cup was a shock to me. I've been a semi-regular customer over the years, and maybe I should've dropped in more often.