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  3 June 2010   

In memory of James Quaife

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…

  3 June 2010   

Leaky co-op campaign targets key MPs

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

  3 June 2010   

Report from Interior Education Day

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…

  3 June 2010   

Port Moody Housing Co-op Begins Rebuild 10 Months After Fire

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.

  5 December 2009   

E-Day

Time flys on the campaign trail and the big day is here already. I hope you are all too busy voting to read this.
I plan to spend the evening in front of the TV watching the results come in and will…

  11 November 2009   

CHF BC seeking nominations for AGM

CHF BC’s annual general meeting is set for Saturday, November 28. Visit the [member meetings area] in the Members Section of our website for candidate orientation packages, nomination forms, and…

  5 November 2009   

BC election housing platforms

CHF BC has summarized the platforms of each of the three major parties on housing.

  5 November 2009   

Musings on styles of politics

The meet and greet at Marigold co-op in Victoria was a great success

  10 September 2009   

Co-op Week events in Victoria

A list events organized in Victoria to celebrate Co-op Week from October 11 to 17.

  5 July 2009   

SAGM&M&G

I know it looks like the password to a Swiss bank account, but you, or me, for that matter, should be so lucky. It is in fact a skill-testing question. Or perhaps a riddle.
Readers who attended our…

  5 April 2009   

Why can’t we be as capitalist as Hong Kong?

When people make international housing comparisons of the

  12 December 2008   

Co-ops rally in support of threatened Ontario housing co-op

Over 150 people attended a rally on December 3 to support Thornhill Green Housing Co-op, which faces the sales of its assets by York Region