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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 surpluses of consumer-produced power. Greg [...]

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 presentation centre on East Kent [...]

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 investments. The Kootenay Country Store [...]

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 the Co-operative Housing Federation 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 — to close its doors. [...]

News Mountain Equipment Co-op gets involved with scientific expeditions Canadian outdoor retailer Mountain Equipment Co-op, or MEC, is working with The Royal Canadian Geographical Society to kit out a series of important explorations. The expeditions [...]