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Credit Union Revival: Cooperative futures lie in community roots
From www.atlanticbusinessmagazine.ca As public funding announcements went, this one on October 18, 2024 would have interested no one but for the politicians who talked earnestly about why they were spending $3 million to remodel a squat, rancho-bravura-style low-rise at 917 East River Road, New Glasgow. Of course, this was no ordinary house. Coady’s Place—a former motel, first renovated in 2022 with provincial and federal government money to provide a few dozen, desperate people in the area with decent, affordable apartments to rent—had become locally famous in the two years since it opened amidst the worst housing crisis in 50 years. [...]
The First Recipient of the Community Impact/Social Innovation Fund
The Nova Scotia Co-operative Council is pleased to announce the first recipient of the Community Impact/Social Innovation Fund: The Halifax Regional Food Hub. The fund is intended to support social enterprises that are making a difference in their communities, by meeting a need or maximizing an opportunity that provides both [...]
Nova Scotia Co-operative Council Announces 2023 Co-op Week Activities
For Immediate Release Nova Scotia Co-operative Council and East Coast Credit Union Presents Co-op Week 2023: Carrying the Co-operative Light Nova Scotia Co-operative Council announces 2023 co-op week activities including speaking event with former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama live in Halifax on October 18, 2023 Nova [...]
Building a Better Economy
The Nova Scotia Co-operative Council is pleased to have been a supporter and investor in the production of this film The intent of this video is to stimulate thought among co-operative members, leaders and managers and the general public about the economic and environmental challenges that lie ahead and what [...]