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CHF BC hosted another fun and informative Fall Education Conference on October 18, featuring eight brand new workshops. 152 people from 65 co-ops were in attendance at the Executive Hotel in Burnaby.
With CHF Canada’s support, CHF BC will hold an Election Forum at its SAGM in order to give more of CHF Canada’s BC members a chance to have a say in the election of their BC/Yukon regional director.
Co-op members joined CHF BC for the first ever Island Education Day held March 8 at the Howard Johnson Hotel.
Island members provided great input at the member forum on sustainability held at the Vancouver Island Council meeting February 20.
VANCOUVER – The Co-operative Housing Federation of BC (CHF BC) is urging the BC government today to maintain its commitment to building new affordable housing, after learning that projects…
Cityview Housing Co-op members are grieving the loss of their president, Aaron Webster, murdered in Stanley Park on November 17 in an apparent case of gay bashing.
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.
One Island position on CHF BC’s board of directors is again vacant due to the resignation of newly elected Island Director, Sean Berard.
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…
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…
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.
There was standing room only at the Membership Terminations Workshop held at Marigold Co-op on January 21.