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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.

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

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

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.

The Winter issue of SCOOP has been sent to co-ops. Watch for your copy, which includes a report on the November AGM and Commercial Services news announcing several new programs.

Rainbow’s End Housing Co-op in Burnaby has building-envelope problems so serious that every member has to move out so they can be fixed. They are appealing for help from other co-ops.

Will hosting the Olympics in 2010 help or hurt the cause of affordable housing in BC? CHF BC will host a discussion forum on the 2010 Olympics Bid and what it means for affordable housing.

One Island position on CHF BC’s board of directors is again vacant due to the resignation of newly elected Island Director, Sean Berard.

This year marks Cana Management’s 25th anniversary serving the co-op housing community in BC. They held an open house on October 14 to celebrate.

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.