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CHF BC’s annual general meeting takes place November 29. We’re still looking for election candidates with six board positions and a seat on the Finance Committee up for grabs.

Greenland Housing Co-op has been the victim of another car fire. However, due to the quick thinking and actions by several co-op members, the damage was not extensive.

Tony Legare was re-elected to serve a second two-year term.

One of the pleasures – one of the many pleasures, I should hasten to add – of being your campaign correspondent is that I frequently get to meet candidates who are not only friendly (they are all…

James Quaife passed away September 27 after a difficult struggle with cancer. James was a member of Tyee Housing Co-op in Victoria. He was also a former Vancouver Island Director on the CHF BC…

The campaign to solve the leaky co-op crisis entered a new phase in April, targeting six BC MPs with a phone blitz geared to getting them to agree to meetings. Check out more info at www.leaky.coop

CHF BC’s second annual Interior Education Day was a big hit in Kelowna on Saturday, April 21. Members from four BC Interior co-ops spent the day learning about how best to keep their co-ops in good…

Mountain View Housing Co-op in Port Moody has begun rebuilding 51 units of housing lost to fire in February of 2001. A total of 66 co-ops and co-op organizations donated money to the fire survivors.

As CHF BC’s intrepid campaign co-ordinator, I, Darren Kitchen, will be reporting from the back rooms, trenches and meet and greets of our campaign.
Get the inside track on this election blog as I…

So, with the NDP’s release of its campaign platform on Sunday, everybody’s ‘fessed up about their housing plans.
The Conservatives have voted in Cabinet to extend several important existing policies…

The BC Institute of Co-op Studies is hosting “Building Co-op Futures: a forum for young people” May 24-27 at U Vic. Click here for info.

In his article in the December 15 issue of the Globe and Mail, local architect and development critic Trevor Boddy proposes some creative and assertive solutions to the housing affordability crisis…