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  3 June 2010   

Murder Victim Was President of Cityview Co-op

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.

  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.

  3 June 2010   

Tony Legare re-elected as CHF Canada’s BC/Yukon regional director

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

  3 June 2010   

Council meeting covers a lot of ground

Twenty-seven people (representing 14 Island co-ops) attended the most recent meeting of the Vancouver Island Council on September 14, 2002.

  3 June 2010   

Another Sold Out Education Conference

CHF BC’s Fall Education Conference was held on October 18 in Burnaby. It was yet another sold out event.

  3 June 2010   

CHF BC announces details and promos for 20th anniversary celebration

Read on for late-breaking details about CHF BC’s 20th anniversary Dinner/Dance including door prizes (grand prize – a Tofino weekend!), entertainment, special promotional discounts, and hotel…

  3 June 2010   

One World, Many Celebrations!

Whether your celebrating Christmas, Divali, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Ramadan or yet another festival at this time year. We wish you a very happy holiday season and a happy new year.

  3 June 2010   

Globe article proposes solutions to Vancouver’s housing affordability crisis

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…

  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   

Quick action by members saves Greenland Co-op from second fire

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.