[ISL] Five #islands links: Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Nunavut, Vashon Island, St. Kilda, Sardinia

• In the wake of the disruptions caused by a recent massive winter storm, Le Devoir made the point that the Iles-de-la-Madeleine need better conditions to the mainland.
• The Island Review took a look at the work of Shona Main in Nunavut.
• CityLab took a look at how Vashon Island, in Puget Sound not far from Seattle, has to prepare for disasters in the reality that it might be cut off from support from the mainland.
• The Island Review shares some of the work, prose and art, of Brian McHenry on deserted St. Kilda.
• This OBC Transeuropa report looks at the Romanian immigrant shepherds of Sardinia.

[ISL] Six islands links: Singapore, Amherst Island, Newfoundland, James Island, Sardinia, Shetlands

• For well-off Chinese, Singapore has overtaken Hong Kong as their preferred offshore destination. Bloomberg reports.
• Residents on Amherst Island, near Kingston, complain about the effects of windfarm construction. Global News reports.
• This depressing Vice opinion piece argues that Newfoundland is on the verge of complete economic collapse and radical depopulation.
• The private island of James Island, off Vancouver Island in British Columbia, is subject to a First Nations land claim. Global News reports.
• An Italian island community, desperate to avert depopulation, is offering houses for sale at ridiculously low prices. Will there be takers? (And will they stay?) The National Post reports.
• Towleroad reports on the plight of a young gay man in a Shetlands community who finds himself the only out person there.

[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

• blogTO notes that Toronto finally got its first test LRT from Bombardier, after many delays.
• Centauri Dreams considers some of the problems with drafting a message to extraterrestrial civilizations.
• The Dragon’s Gaze notes that an upcoming Japanese telescope could detect oxygen on, among other planets, K2-3d.
• Joe. My. God. notes that Ivanka Trump’s shoe factory is moving from China to Ethiopia in pursuit of lower wages.
• Language Hat links to a report on Alghero, the city that is the heart of a fading enclave of Catalan on the Italian island of Sardinia.
• The LRB Blog notes the ascent of François Filion in France.
• Otto Pohl describes the position of Soviet Kurds.
• pollotenchegg reports on ethnic diversity in the different raions of Ukraine.
• The Power and the Money’s Noel Maurer links to a 2013 study suggesting Cuba under Communism underperformed significantly.
• Towleroad looks at Donald Trump’s claim of voter fraud.
• Window on Eurasia argues that deniers of the Holodomor should be shamed.