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News People’s Co-op Book Store gets a reprieve Last month, thePeople’s Co-op Book Store in Vancouver issued a notice stating that they would be going out of business at the…

News Profit up for Federated Co-operatives Profits are up for the largest co-operative in Western Canada, and so is the amount of money the co-op is returning to members. Federated…

News Affordable Housing Agency Gets a Makeover Canada’s federal housing agency is getting a makeover as the Liberal government looks to cement the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. as a…

News Housing conference focuses on partnerships Partnerships between non-profit housing providers, developers and municipalities were the focus of an affordable housing conference that was held in Richmond this week. The…

News Seniors subject to financial abuse Vancity Credit Union has released a report that says more than one-third of seniors in Metro Vancouver don’t tell anyone when they’ve suffered financial…

News Tofino Co-op ranks number 1 in profitability B.C.’s own Tofino Consumers Co-operative Association has achieved the best relative financial performance in the Federated Co-op Limited network of 200 Co-ops…

News Small B.C. credit unions threatened by consolidation Ross Gentleman, who is a regular guest on Each for All, says while it’s worth remembering the proud history of B.C.’s credit…

News Cannabis Co-op Formed Twelve licensed producers of medical cannabis in Canada have announced the creation of the Canadian Cannabis Co-op. The co-op has said it will make a significant…

News Housing Central and the BC Rental Housing Coalition release Affordable Housing Plan Housing Central and the BC Rental Housing Coalition have released An Affordable Housing Plan for BC. It’s a 10-year plan…

News The BC Election Has Begun! If you happened to miss it today, the writ has been dropped, and the B.C. election will be held four weeks from today, on…

News Federated Co-operatives Reports Earnings Drop Federated Co-operatives Limited CEO Scott Banda reported an earnings drop of 16.4 per cent. FCL is the company with the iconic red chevron Co-op…

News Motion to Support Co-ops Presented to House of Commons On February 13th Member of Parliament Alexandra Mendès presented motion M-100 to the House of Commons. Her motion began: “The…