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New housing co-op first to adopt “unequal share equity” approach

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Construction has begun in Brandon on the new housing co-operative 
envisioned by another co-op — the city’s Seniors for Seniors Co-op

Construction has begun on a seniors’ housing co-operative in Brandon that supporters say offers a new model for affordable housing other communities may want to explore. Last week future residents and supporters of the Western Manitoba Seniors Non-Profit Housing Co-operative gathered at the 620 McDiarmid Street site where a 34-suite residence will be built by
Country Crossroads

Winter Entertainment For Readers

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FREELANCE CONTRIBUTOR If you re looking for a new activity this winter, consider joining a book club. Both rural and urban regions now have this type of club, and if your district doesn t, perhaps you could start one. A few notices or advertising will probably bring out several like-minded people who would love to
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Compost Co-Operative Among New Co-Ops Starting Up In Manitoba

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One of Manitoba s newest cooperatives hits the road this week and is hoping to recruit new members as it demonstrates the services it offers. The Compo-Stages Manitoba Services Co-op was expected to be out doing on-farm demos at St. Pierre, Marchand, La Broquerie, Notre Dame du Lourdes and Steinbach with its newly purchased windrow
Opinion

Notice Anything Different?

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We ve been working on an updated look for theManitoba Co-operator for several months now, and finally decided to take the plunge. What you re seeing this week is the culmination of a number of design changes intended to make the paper look more visually interesting and easier to read without compromising our commitment to
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New Rules Aim To Make Co-Ops Easier To Launch

The province of Manitoba is changing the rules governing how co-op businesses are structured to allow for multiple classes of membership. The province has announced it will amend its Co-operatives Act to allow groups that would normally form separate co-ops, such as workers and consumers, to combine their resources to create a co-op together. The
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Wind Farm Co-Ops Get Funding

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Two Manitoba communities have received $62,000 in federal grants to examine the feasibility of building locally owned wind farms. The Saint-Claude and De Salaberry Wind Energy co-operatives will use the money to see if a Quebec co-operative model for such a project could work in Manitoba. It’s the first step toward possibly constructing two wind
Crops

Tories Demand Agriculture Committee Meet

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The Progressive Conservative opposition is demanding the government activate a dormant legislative committee to map out future directions for farming in Manitoba. The Tories say they want the standing committee on agriculture and food, which hasn’t met for over a year and a half, to get together and develop plans for the industry. “We need
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MP Proposes National Food Day

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Farmers should be as much a part of Thanksgiving as family gatherings and turkey dinners, says NDP MP Malcolm Allen who wants the Friday before the holiday to be known as National Local Food Day. Allen, the party’s food safety critic, presented a bill to the Commons Oct. 7 to authorize the change. It was
Crops

Co-Operative Contributions Measured By Research

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Anew research fund will examine the social, economic and environmental advantages that co-operatives provide to communities across the country in goods and services such as housing, child care, health care and financial services, Gary Goodyear, minister of state (science and technology), told Canadian Co-operative Association in Ottawa May 31. “This research project will look at
Cereals, Opinion

Dissecting Co-Operatives’ Demise

With several large agriculture co-ops facing the same issues at roughly the same time frame, one has to ask – are these isolated events or are they part of some larger pattern? Co-ops are one of our shopping options– Co-op Marketplace grocery stores, credit unions, Co-op Gas Bars and C-stores, Mountain Equipment Co-op– and they

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