Co-op News for January 16, 2018
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 end of this month. Founded [...]
Co-op News for January 9, 2018
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 Co-operatives Limited recently reported earning [...]
Co-op News for January 2, 2018
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 vehicle to deliver more affordable [...]
Co-op News for November 21, 2017
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 Housing Central conference welcomed more [...]
Co-op News for November 14, 2017
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 abuse. The credit union report [...]
Co-op News for November 7, 2017
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 spread across Western Canada. This [...]