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Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Carney to visit his hometown of Fort Smith, N.W.T., on Wednesday
Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit his hometown of Fort Smith, N.W.T., on Wednesday — his first official visit to the territory since he was elected. According to the Prime Minister's Office, Carney and Premier R.J. Simpson will meet with local families Wednesday morning in Fort Smith to discuss affordability challenges and food insecurity. Carney is also scheduled to meet with local leaders there about the impact of wildfires in the N.W.T. Though this wildfire season has been relatively calm so far, the territory has been hit hard by fires in recent years, including the evacuation of Fort Smith, Hay River and Yellowknife in 2023. Carney was born in Fort Smith and lived in the southern N.W.T. town until his family moved south when he was about six years old. He will be in Inuvik on Wednesday evening, where he will visit the local community centre and meet with Natan Obed, the president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and Duane Smith, the chair of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation. He's expected to discuss Bill C-5, the federal government's major projects legislation. The federal government said it would hold a series of "summits" over the summer with First Nations, Inuit and Métis to discuss the Building Canada Act, which gives the government the power to fast-track projects and bypass certain laws, government regulations and environmental assessments if an industry project is deemed in the national interest. The legislation has been controversial, with many First Nations groups saying it is a violation of their treaties and constitutional rights.
CBC
6 hours ago
- Politics
- CBC
Carney to visit his hometown of Fort Smith, N.W.T., on Wednesday
Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit his hometown of Fort Smith, N.W.T., on Wednesday — his first official visit to the territory since he was elected. According to the Prime Minister's Office, Carney and Premier R.J. Simpson will meet with local families Wednesday morning in Fort Smith to discuss affordability challenges and food insecurity. Carney is also scheduled to meet with local leaders in Fort Smith about the impact of wildfires in the N.W.T. Though this wildfire season has been relatively calm so far, the territory has been hit hard by fires in recent years, including the evacuation of Fort Smith, Hay River and Yellowknife in 2023. Carney was born in Fort Smith and lived in the southern N.W.T. town until his family moved south when he was about six years old. He will be in Inuvik on Thursday, where he will visit the local community centre and meet with Natan Obed, the president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and Duane Smith, the chair of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation. He's expected to discuss Bill C-5, the federal government's major projects legislation. The federal government said it would hold a series of "summits" over the summer with First Nations, Inuit and Métis to discuss the Building Canada Act, which gives the government the power to fast-track projects and bypass certain laws, government regulations and environmental assessments if an industry project is deemed in the national interest.
CTV News
13 hours ago
- Business
- CTV News
Ingersoll Rotary Club opens charitable warehouse to fight food insecurity
Ribbon cutting ceremony outside the new Ingersoll Rotary Club Charitable Warehouse in Ingersoll, Ont. on July 22, 2025. (Reta Ismail/CTV News London) The Ingersoll Rotary Club officially opened the Ingersoll Rotary Charitable Warehouse on Monday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, marking the start of a new chapter in local community support. The newly renovated building on Ingersoll Street South was transformed with help from local businesses and volunteers. It will serve as the permanent home of The FOOD Project, a coalition of charitable organizations working together to combat food insecurity in the region. The idea for the warehouse was first proposed by former Ingersoll Mayor Ted Comiskey, who wanted to create a space where volunteers could assemble Christmas hampers for families in need. Ingersoll Rotary Club charitable warehouse Ingersoll Rotary Club members, along with local business owners who donated to open new Charitable Warehouse in Ingersoll, Ont. on July 22, 2025. (Reta Ismail/CTV News London) 'Ingersoll stepped up to the plate, the businesses, commercial residents. It took no time at all for us to put together that $120,000, because they knew the project was worth having to help the community,' said Comiskey, who now serves as a Warehouse Committee member on the Rotary board. The Rotary Club signed a long-term lease with GM Canada to repurpose the former CAMI gymnasium into a 6,000-square-foot warehouse, and renovations began in the spring of 2025. Paula D'Orazio, chair of The FOOD Project, said the facility will house several charitable groups working together to expand their reach. 'We're going to put Ingersoll on the map, is how we feel! We're really excited to have this opportunity,' said D'Orazio. 'We are probably nine to 10 charitable organizations that are joining a coalition kind of thing. And we're all moving in together.' Rotary members said the warehouse will provide a centralized, stable hub for food services in the area, helping meet growing community needs now and into the future.
Zawya
13 hours ago
- General
- Zawya
Strengthening vulnerability analysis to tackle food insecurity in Southern Africa
Food insecurity in Southern Africa is worsening, driven by erratic weather patterns, pest outbreaks, and economic shocks. An estimated 46.3 million people across seven countries -Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, South Africa and Tanzania— are projected to fate acute food insecurity during the 20205/26 consumption period. As shocks intensify, timely and harmonized vulnerability assessments remain critical to inform early action, response planning, and policy development. To this end, representatives from 11 Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member States, joined by regional and international partners including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), World Food Programme (WFP), Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), and the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Regional Support Unit, gathered virtually from 14 to 16 July 2025 for the Annual Dissemination Forum of the SADC Regional Vulnerability Assessment and Analysis (RVAA) Programme. The event was followed by the 29th Steering Committee meeting on 17 July 2025. Despite data collection and budgetary challenges, seven Member States successfully completed their national assessments and presented findings at the forum. These findings contributed to the finalization of the 2025 Regional Synthesis Report on the State of Food and Nutrition Security in SADC, validated by the Regional Vulnerability Assessment Committee (RVAC). The report highlights a concerning uptick in food insecurity, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique and low-income urban areas, underscoring the compounded impact of the 2024 El Niño-induced drought, ongoing conflict, and high food prices. At the same time, the region experienced normal to above-normal rainfall in many areas during the 2024/25 season, supporting a modest recovery in cereal production and grazing conditions, particularly in countries like Tanzania, Lesotho and Eswatini. FAO's technical support and way forward As a long-standing partner of the RVAA system, FAO continues to support Member States in enhancing the quality and use of vulnerability assessments. This includes contributing technical expertise to the Regional Vulnerability Assessment Committee, promoting alignment with IPC frameworks, and strengthening links between data and early action. Looking ahead, FAO will continue engaging with SADC Member States and partners to improve the quality and coverage of vulnerability assessments across the region. This includes supporting harmonization of tools and methodologies, promoting digital data collection systems, and fostering cross-country learning and peer-to-peer exchange. FAO is committed to working alongside the SADC Secretariat to strengthen the institutional sustainability of the RVAA programme and integrate early warning into broader disaster risk management systems. The outcomes of the 29th Steering Committee meeting reaffirm the urgency of accelerating investment in regional food security analysis. The Committee called for renewed efforts to mobilize resources for the upcoming landscape analysis of existing national frameworks, which will inform the development of a harmonized vulnerability assessment framework for the SADC region by 2026. FAO will remain a key technical partner in this process, offering expertise to ensure that the proposed framework is scalable, inclusive, and responsive to the complex drivers of vulnerability facing Southern Africa today. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Regional Office for Africa.
Free Malaysia Today
a day ago
- Business
- Free Malaysia Today
Surge in conflicts fuels extreme poverty, says World Bank
The World Bank Group noted that high-intensity conflicts are typically followed by a decline of around 20% in GDP per capita after five years. (Reuters pic) WASHINGTON : Conflicts and related fatalities have more than tripled since the early 2000s, fuelling extreme poverty, the World Bank said today. Economies in fragile and conflict-affected regions have become 'the epicentre of global poverty and food insecurity, a situation increasingly shaped by the frequency and intensity of conflict', the bank added in a new study. This year, 421 million people get by on less than US$3 a day in places hit by conflict or instability – a situation of extreme poverty – and the number is poised to hit 435 million by 2030. Global attention has been focused on conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East for the past three years, said World Bank Group chief economist Indermit Gill. But 'half of the countries facing conflict or instability today have been in such conditions for 15 years or more,' he added. Currently, 39 economies are classified as facing such conditions, and 21 of them are in active conflict, the Washington-based development lender said. The list includes Ukraine, Somalia, South Sudan and the West Bank and Gaza. It also includes Iraq although not Iran. The report flagged that moves to prevent conflict can bring high returns, with timely interventions being 'far more cost-effective than responding after violence erupts'. It also said that some of these economies have advantages that could be used to reignite growth, noting that places like Zimbabwe, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo are rich in minerals key to clean tech like electric vehicles and solar panels. 'Economic stagnation – rather than growth – has been the norm in economies hit by conflict and instability over the past decade and a half,' said Ayhan Kose, World Bank Group deputy chief economist. The bank's report noted that high-intensity conflicts, which kill more than 150 per million people, are typically followed by a cumulative fall of around 20% in GDP per capita after five years.
