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by Bob Hall on Wednesday Feb 03 2021 Registration is now open for the March 4/5 conference Bridging Silos: Advancing Climate Adaptation and Low Carbon Resilience in Small Communities and Rural Regions that will be deliveredvirtually by the team at the Selkirk College Applied Research & Innovation Centre in Castlegar. Bringing to light climate change issues and priorities in rural British Columbia is the focus of an upcoming conference that aims to build the skills and knowledge necessary to reduce carbon emissions and adapt to an uncertain future. Registration is n...

“It’s all about food – whether its food parcels or ready meals, we do both.” Shukri Adan comforts her youngest daughter while she cries because she can’t join her mother, June 28, 2020. Every Sunday Shukri cooks almost 100 meals at home with her brother, Mahad, and some friends from the Somali community, and then delivers them to struggling families around Hackney. - Credit: Grey Hutton/National Geographic Society Covid-19 Emergency Fund Shukri and five other volunteers make meals three days a week and serve and deliver five days a week from 10am to 5pm. But demand is increasing, S...

THE STANDARD By Kepher Otieno | January 16th 2021 at 11:51:37 GMT +0300 Kisumu Governor Peter Anyang Nyong'o (R) KISUMU, KENYA: A phone vendor Mary Atieno and Grace Anyango knew their mobile phone shop was about to be demolished when they got a call at breakfast from the city authorities to vacate their premises. Later on a Tuesday evening last year, the city bulldozers arrived to flatten everything in the name of makeshift structures on the streets of Kisumu. Theirs was among them. Located in a park near Akamba bus station, the phone vendors were part of a huddle of small shops and cafes t...

Today Windy. Rain showers this evening with clearing late. Low near 25F. Winds NW at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 30%. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.. Tonight Windy. Rain showers this evening with clearing late. Low near 25F. Winds NW at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 30%. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph. Updated: April 1, 2021 @ 3:18 pm