Smart Cities Challenge. The Government of Canada’s Smart Cities Challenge has awarded millions of dollars in funding to implement innovative technology to help communities better the lives of their residents. The winning grant prizes included $5 million to Bridgewater, N.S., $10 million to Nunavut communities, another $10 million to Guelph, Ont., and $50 million to [...]
Co- Creston Co-op Gets Provincial Funding. The Creston & District Community Investment Co-op is now getting financial support from the provincial government. Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall, , was in Creston on Thursday to hand over $100,000 to help CICs with expenses as they expand throughout the Kootenay-Columbia region. Mungall said that she is glad to [...]
BCCA announces new Executive Director! Andrea Harris will be joining the BCCA as it’s new Executive Director. Harris has a strong background in the co-op sector; she has worked as a co-op developer and academic, and she spent 15 years at Vancity in various senior leadership roles, including most recently as Director of Member and Community Insights. [...]
Another Award for Co-ops! The Co-operators has been awarded the highest ranking of the J.D. Power 2019 Canada Home Insurance Study for overall customer satisfaction in the Atlantic/Ontario region and ranked second overall in the Western region. The J.D. Power study measures overall customer satisfaction with Canadian home insurers, examining five critical factors: product/policy offerings, price, [...]
Federal Budget Highlights. The 2019 Federal Budget was presented March 19/2019. Highlights include: * $1.25 billion over three years for a First Time Home Buyer Incentive, along with other measures that will ease Canadians’ entry into the real estate market. The First Time Home Buyer Incentive – is an interest-free shared mortgage with the Canada [...]
Nunavut Co-op Pays Million Dollar Dividends The Naujat Co-op in Nunavut gave members dividend payments of over a million dollars. The co-op is the largest employer in the community of 1100. It has around 530 members. In addition to running the store, the co-op is the Calm Air agent, the cable TV provider, hotel owner, [...]
