Co-op News for September 20, 2016
From tonight's showNews Items:The Hoy Creek Housing Co-op is having problems with the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporationhttp://www.tricitynews.com/news/future-of-coquitlam-co-op-up-in-the-air-due-to-court-ruling-1.2345467The Nelson Star reports that people will be moving into the Nelson Commons complex by the end of [...]
Federal Budget Holds The Key for Housing Co-ops
At Each for All we are elated to hear the news that the federal Liberals have allocated $30 million over the next two years to maintain the federally administered low-income housing subsidies for social housing [...]
What is a Social Venture Showcase?
Groundswell is a movement to foster positive economic change via an entrepreneur mentorship program. At the end of of the program the entrepreneurs present their ideas at a showcase!We invited Paola Qualizza, Managing Director of [...]
Vancouver Soup: A tasty fundraiser
The Segment:Selected excerpts from the evening, including each of the presentations.Interview with Vancouver Soup winner Wes Wong, STEM Mentoring Cafe.Interview with Kerrie O’Donnell, Director, Vancouver Soup.Vancouver Soup is micro-crowdfunding with a meal and a game [...]
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We’re Going To A Jamaican Party!
"What if we record (the event) live?" - Joshua Peterman"I don't know how we'd do that, but I think Rocky does that on Friday Nights?" - Dale McGladdery"Ya he does! I hung out with him [...]
Charity Death Match?
"Think charity dinner meets Survivor!" - Dale McGladdery"What?" I said."It's a really cool charity event, where 4 charities pitch their ideas and the audience votes on the project they like best. The winner gets the [...]