'Little hardware store that could' closer to reopening
After a year without their neighbourhood landmark, a group of former customers are on the verge of reopening an 85-year-old hardware store in Winnipeg's North End. Since Pollock Hardware closed last year, residents and customers have been trying to raise enough money to buy the store and operate it as a co-op.

A Healthy Alternative
It seems everyone has a gripe about our medical system these days. Wait lists are too long, alternative treatments aren’t given legitimate recognition, too much effort is placed on cures and not enough on prevention . . . the list goes on. But in Victoria, a group of physicians, health practitioners and community-minded folks have come together to lay the foundations for the city’s first health cooperative, which will be having an open house this Saturday afternoon.

Thank you to all who participated in our most recent telelearning session, especially to our associates at BALTA, as well as Pat Conaty for his presentations!

For more information, please click here:

• Telelearning Sessions 8 & 9: Lessons in Sustainable Economics from the United Kingdom (April 9th & 10th, 2008; English)
  

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Sensibiliser les enfants au commerce équitable Sensibiliser les enfants au commerce équitable et à l’achat de produits, comme le chocolat, qui en sont issus. Voilà la mission que se sont donnés dix jeunes de 18 à 35 ans de la région, regroupés sous le nom de projet Étic-tac-toe.

Farmers facing many challenges
Thirty-two years ago, Chittagong University economics professor, Mohammed Yunus asked Sufiya Khatun why she could not make a living constructing and selling her bamboo stools, which he saw were excellent. She replied that she must borrow for the cost of materials from the person who bought the finished stools, with the end result that she earned two cents a day.

Fondation Desjardins Launches Call for Candidates for 33rd Desjardins Annual Prizes
Fondation Desjardins invites organizations involved in social, economic and community development to send in their applications for the 33rd edition of the Desjardins Annual Prizes. Six prizes of $5,000 each will be awarded to social and community organizations that are members of Desjardins caisses in Québec, caisses/branches in Ontario or caisses populaires in New Brunswick or Manitoba.

The Social Economy Centre of the University of Toronto invites you to the next event in our speaker series:

La SODET verse une aide de 40 000 $ au CPE La petite ardoise de Rosemère La Société de développement économique Thérèse-De Blainville (CLD) annonce qu’elle accorde une subvention de 40 000 $ au CPE La petite ardoise de Rosemère.

Gov't won't neglect inner-city needs despite Station 20 decision: Wall
Premier Brad Wall is promising to spend more money in Saskatoon's inner city despite his government's decision to pull funding to build a new multi-purpose centre in the area. "No one should doubt the resolve of this premier and this government to help those in the inner city deal with the issues that they face," said Wall at the Saskatchewan Party's annual leader's dinner in Saskatoon on Tuesday.

Les projets de coops de travailleurs actionnaires abondent dans la région La région estrienne compte seulement 11 coopératives de travailleurs actionnaires actives à l'intérieur de différentes entreprises, mais ce nombre pourrait bientôt augmenter sensiblement.