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Co-ops in the News
The following is a collection of articles reporting on co-operatives found in online newspapers and magazines in Canada and around the world.
Island Ideal Meats: Meat move aids Island producers
Sticking to the 100-mile diet and the slow food movement just got a little easier for people on southern Vancouver Island with the opening of a new custom meat processing service.
Operating out of the existing abattoir at Valley View Farm, 10 kilometres south of Nanaimo, the Vancouver Island Heritage Foodservice Co-op has opened Island Ideal Meats to kill and process livestock for small Island producers.
Kootenay Carshare Co-op: New name and home for carshare co-op
The Nelson Carshare Co-op is no more. Now it’s the Kootenay Carshare Co-op, after members voted overwhelmingly last week to change the name.
City of Vancouver: Greenest City 2020
The City of Vancouver has a goal to be the Greenest City in the world by 2020. It will be a city where the majority of trips are made by foot, bicycling, and public transit. New buildings will be carbon neutral and existing buildings will be more efficient. It will be a city where every person lives within a five-minute wal
Canadian Co-operative Association Baseline Awareness Survey
In the spring of 2010, CCA commissioned Ipsos Reid to conduct a national survey measuring Canadians' perceptions and awareness of co-operatives.
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