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22 May '13

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CanadaMultimedia co-op inspires change in industry

A Canadian multimedia co-op is inspiring a positive change in the media industry by placing people before profit.

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Young&Free Spokesters

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United StatesTeaching young people about credit unions

One of the most innovative projects in the credit union movement is aiming to reach out to the majority of young people who do not know about financial co-operatives.

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Global NewsMarketing Matters 2012

Author:  Ellen Michel Marketing Matters, the annual conference organized by the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) marketing team, focuses on brand management and development among food co-ops across the country. What do we have in common, despite our diverse markets? How do we manage change and inspire one another, while making sense of trends and opportunities in social media, cultural evolution, wellness, and food? This year's event ...

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CanadaCanadian parliamentary committee on co-ops begins hearings

Canada's Parliament has a new special committee which deals exclusively with co-operatives.  The committee began hearings on July 10. 

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CanadaSelte Wins Next Top Credit Union Exec Competition

We’ve known Devin Selte as a crazy curly haired Canadian and a man who doesn’t just preach about empowering young professionals, but lives it each day.  Devin’s ...

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CanadaCo-ops survive longer than other businesses: Canadian study

A new Canadian study has confirmed that new co-ops survive longer than other types of businesses.

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Global NewsMember-owned power co-op an Alberta first

Alberta’s first member-owned retail power co-op is barely a month old, but it has already signed up 140 customers. And that includes 90 who joined in the past week.

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CanadaToxic Fuels Campaign

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The Co-operative's Toxic Fuels campaign aims to stop the exploitation of unconventional fossil fuels, such as tar sands and shale gas. Get involved and take action: www.co-operative.coop Our campaign champions the cause of the Beaver Lake Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada, who are taking on the Albertan and Canadian Governments, and the world's largest oil companies, to stop the expansion of tar sands developments on their lands. Find out more: www.co-operative.coop

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CanadaDirty Oil official trailer

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Released in cinemas 15 March 2010 as part of the trilogy for The Co-operatives "Toxic Fuels" campaign toxicfuels.com Dirty Oil goes behind-the-scenes into the strip-mined world of Alberta, Canada, where the vast and toxic Tar Sands deposit supplies the US with the majority of its oil. Through the eyes of scientists, big oil officials, politicians, doctors, environmentalists, and aboriginal citizens directly impacted by the largest industrial project on the planet today, the filmmakers journey to both sides of the border to see the emotional and irreversible toll this black gold rush fueled by Americas addiction to oil is taking on our planet

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CanadaCFS backs legal battle against oil companies

Co-operative Financial Services is backing legal action by the Beaver Lake Cree Nation to stop expansion of ecologically disastrous tar sand developments.

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