Crown Corp Fronted Energy Minister's Hotel Tab
BC Hydro billed ministry for Lekstrom's Olympic room after Tyee inquiry.
By Andrew MacLeod, Today, TheTyee.ca

 
The Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ministry received a bill from B.C. Hydro for five nights Minister Blair Lekstrom spent in a Vancouver hotel during the 2010 Winter Olympics, but not until nine days after The Tyee asked why the Crown corporation was paying for the minister's stay.

They're Recharging Democracy
These groups start at the community level, and you're invited.
By Murray Dobbin, Today, TheTyee.ca

Sweden's JAK Bank: Liberating community finance from the ball&chain of compound interest

Article from the Canadian Centre for Coummunity Renewal's Making Waves magazine, Winter 2009/2010. For more articles, click here.

LE BUDGET BACHAND EN RUPTURE AVEC LA SOCIAL-DÉMOCRATIE, INACCEPTABLE POUR LA PLUPART DES CITOYENS
par BENOÎT LÉVESQUE, MARILYSE LAPIERRE, MICHEL DORÉ, YVES VAILLANCOURT
7 avril 2010 Article publié dans: | Délibération publique

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Social groups doing work to resuscitate inner city: researcher
 
BY JEREMY WARREN, THE STARPHOENIX APRIL 14, 2010
 
 
Rather than public or private groups, the organizations that do the heavy lifting in improving conditions in Saskatoon's core neighbourhoods need support to carry out their work, a social researcher says.

Edmonton wants task force to deal with panhandlers
By CLARA HO, CITY HALL BUREAU

The city proposes to establish an integrated team of police officers, business associations, and social service agencies to curb the panhandling problem in Edmonton, according to a report.
The team will be responsible for increasing the presence of outreach workers from the Boyle Street Community Services and working to gain the trust of panhandlers.

Working in the Social Economy Symposium
April 27th 2010
1pm to 5pm
Atrium - Enterprise Square
University of Alberta

The 2010 Applied Research Fund program at the Institute for Nonprofit Studies, Mount Royal University, is now open for applications. University-based researchers in Canada are eligible to apply. A one-page letter of intent must be received on or before April 9, 2010 The deadline for full applied research application is May 10, 2010. Research priorities include governance within the nonprofit and social economy sector, sustainability of the nonprofit sector/nonprofit organizations, and policy modelling, analysis, design, and critique.