- The Québec town of Sainte-Élisabeth, thanks to long cooperation with their Malian sister community of Sanankoroba, is concerned about the outcome of the Canadian peacekeeping mission there. Global News reports.
- The relatively low incomes of Montréal compared to other North American cities is one factor making it vulnerable to real estate price shifts. Global News notes.
- Winnipeg, too, is faced with the question of how to protect its citizens from excessive unexpected heat. Global News reports.
- The showpeople of the Scottish city of Glasgow are at risk of dislocation from their unique niche thanks to gentrification. The Guardian reports.
- The hometown of the French World Cup team star Kylian Mbappé, the Paris suburb of Bondy, was on tenterhooks watching the national team play against Croatia. VICE reports.
[DM] "A few Friday links"
Apr. 16th, 2010 07:50 pmI've a post up at Demography Matters linking to some population-related news items, everything from Sweden's growing population to the volume of emigration from Mali to the continuing baby boom in Québec. Go, read.
[DM] "A few links"
Jan. 28th, 2010 09:41 pmHi, everyone!
I've a post up that gathers together from news links on population-related issues I've been accumulating for the last bit, everything from the need for a bigger Haitian diaspora to female empowerment in Germany and Taiwan to the plight of Mali's European immigrants and China's well-educated ill-employed. Go, read!
I've a post up that gathers together from news links on population-related issues I've been accumulating for the last bit, everything from the need for a bigger Haitian diaspora to female empowerment in Germany and Taiwan to the plight of Mali's European immigrants and China's well-educated ill-employed. Go, read!