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Vancouver’s Brave Co-op wins the Opioid Tech Challenge A Vancouver co-op working on technology to combat the opioid overdose crisis has recently won a major award. Brave Technology Co-op won…

Glorious Organics takes a co-operative approach to farming in Langley Many consumers know that “organic” fruits and vegetables means the food has been grown without the use of pesticides and…

Vancouver community theatre — The Rio — is saved The owner of the Rio Theatre in Vancouver says the deal to buy out the property and save the venue on…

Credit Unions accepting donations for wildfire help It’s now official—this summer, B.C. has had its worst wildfire season, ever. British Columbians are still facing massive wildfires that have triggered evacuations…

Vancouver Food Bank launches Goodly social enterprise The Greater Vancouver Food Bank has launched Goodly Foods, a social enterprise addressing wasted food in B.C. Goodly Foods is a unique initiative…

Co-op activates relief fund for B.C.’s wildfire evacuees Wildfires continue to grow and spread across B.C. — and they have put thousands of people on evacuation orders, who must be…

Replacing the Greyhound Bus might involve co-ops Community co-ops or a hybrid of private and public buses might be solutions to B.C.’s sudden Greyhound bus crunch, say transportation professionals and…

B.C. solar power industry—including co-ops—still bright despite regulatory changes B.C.’s solar power industry is looking on the bright side despite recent changes from BC Hydro designed to scale back growing…

News Community Land Trust opens 90 new co-op homes in Vancouver The Co-operative Housing Federation of BC and the Community Land Trust have launched Vancouver’s newest co-op housing development. A…

Canadian Co-operative Investment Fund makes first investments The Canadian Co-operative Investment Fund has approved the first four investments from its $25 million fund. And a B.C. co-op is among those…

News Co-op Housing Federations meets in Victoria, celebrates 50th Over 700 housing co-op members and staff from across Canada met last week in Victoria for the 50th Annual Meeting of…

News Vancouver Island pre-school co-op could be closing A rent increase from the local school district could force one of Western Canada’s oldest school houses — and a pre-school co-op…