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Glenties was the first townland in County Donegal to provide cable television to the local area. In 1976 "Glenties Community Piped TV Co-op" was established which brought cable television to Glenties and the surrounding area, enabling viewers to enjoy multi-channel television from Northern Ireland via BBC One, BBC Two, Ulster Television and ...
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Community service co-ops are a designation recognized under the Cooperative Association Act. Under BC law, community service co-ops have a similar status to that of non-profit societies. 1. A community service co-op may also be eligible for charitable status (which must be applied for separately through the Canada Revenue Agency) 2. Community servi...
Consumer co-ops help members use their combined purchasing power to buy goods and services they need. Operating in various sectors, consumer co-ops are the oldest form of the modern co-operative and the most common type of co-op in Canada. Housing co-ops are consumer co-operatives, as are many retail co-ops, co-op grocery stores, and some health co...
Financial co-ops provide financial services such as insurance, loans, savings plans, and marketing services to their members. 1. The owners of financial co-ops are individual members in local communities, or groups of organizations throughout a province or across Canada 2. Financial co-ops include insurance providers, investment co-ops, credit unio...
Producer co-ops are usually made up of otherwise independent farmers, entrepreneurs, artists or artisans. The purpose of individual producer co-ops vary, but they usually provide processing or marketing services to their members, which they may not be able to access on their own. Examples of what producer co-ops could be used for include (but are n...
Worker co-operatives are businesses entirely owned and operated by the people who work for them. Generally, the service worker co-ops provide to their members is employment. The worker co-op model can be applied to practically any sector in the economy. In a worker co-op, capital serves the interests of labour. In other types of businesses, particu...
Multi-stakeholder co-ops are usually a blend of some or all of the above categories. Sometimes, having more than one stakeholder group as members of a co-op can carry greater benefits for all, than if only one stakeholder group is represented. 1. Some examples of multi-stakeholder co-ops include local food co-ops, in which control may be shared by ...
Jul 24, 2024 · It’s been party of the Stephenville business community for almost six decades. But today the Indian Head Co-op closed its doors for the last time. NTV’s Don Bradshaw reports.
Small-scale community agriculture initiatives in both rural and urban spaces. Examples: community gardens, food education facilities.
May 7, 2024 · While most of Canada’s housing co-ops date back to the 1970s and ’80s, the co-op model is becoming popular again due the country’s housing affordability crisis. Campbell argues that a nonprofit or co-op is less likely to be pushed into default by their community.
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Through cooperation, people work together to meet their common interests. Co-ops empower individuals, and encourage healthier and stronger communities by pooling resources and sharing risks. It is often said that co-ops are associations of people, whereas firms (such as publicly-traded corporations) are associations of capital.
