[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Collingwood, Ottawa, Seattle, Sayatón, Kathmandu

• Quite honestly, this CBC report about pet owners in Collingwood who are complaining that they cannot let their pets roam for fear of coyotes makes me feel sorry for the poor pets.
• CityLab reports on the problems that Ottawa has had in getting its light-rail transit network operational.
• CityLab reports on how Amazon may be distancing itself from Seattle, the better to not get caught up in big-city politics.
• The Guardian reports from the Castilian town of Sayatón, a disappearing town that has become a symbol of depopulating rural Spain. What, if anything, can be done to reverse these trends?
• Ozy reports on how Kathmandu is literally uncovering elements of its past as it continues its post-earthquake reconstruction.