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September 7, 2010
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Front Page
ON/NS/QC/BC: Regional roundtables to look at co-op policy
Toronto ON: CCA looking for passion
Toronto ON: BCU celebrates with Ukrainian cartoon hero
Toronto ON: Accomplishing more together
Toronto ON: Competition Bureau Services Standards update
Midale SK: Midale CU throws itself a birthday party
Saskatoon SK: Exhibition touting co-ops and CUs to go on the road
Grand Saconnex Switzerland: ICA celebrates two anniversaries
Vancouver BC: BC CU Foundation has new website
Awards
PEI: Searching for Co-operator of the Year Award
Brookfield WI: CU vendor gets top ranking from magazine
Crime Beat
Nairobi Kenya: Police implicated in scam
CUs Doing Good Things
Vanderhoof BC: Intergris helps hatchery
Winnipeg MB: CUs and Red Cross team up for Pakistan
Regina SK/St. Catherines ON: If you hear hammering it is because of CUs
CUs in the News
Winnipeg MB: ACU grant deadline approaches
Education
West Kootenay BC: Financial advice offered for free
Winnipeg MB: 25 Registered for Management of Co-operatives
Events and Conferences
Alliston ON: Want to swap your brain?
Toronto ON: How boldly do you think?
Toronto ON: The way forward
Feature
Vancouver BC: Crime and Payment, hot topic at the CPA Payments Panorama
Financial News
Toronto ON: There is a new billionaire in the movement
Toronto ON: Buduchnist CU says yes to Qtrade
Vancouver BC: 165 investment advisors certified
Basel Switzerland: BIS releases new micro finance documents
Government
Ottawa: FCAC posts more Success Stories in its video series
International News
Sydney Australia: Down under CUs are booming not boomeranging
Dublin Ireland: Despite crisis CUs still has money to lend
Dublin Ireland: CU Advisory Committee named
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago: To bail out or not to bail out
IT and Business Deals
Leader SK: Sandhills CU schedules conversion
Marketing
Estevan SK: Tapping or swiping, Spectra goes into detail on its website
Regina SK: ACE CU keeps members up to date
People
Grand Saconnex Switzerland: Gould takes over as ICA Director General
Social Media
North Battleford SK: Tying Facebook to a drawing
August 31, 2010
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Front Page
Toronto ON: CUs tops for customer service AGAIN
Madison WI: CU directors—can they measure their own efficacy?
Toronto ON: Starnews CU welcomes 180 Air Toronto CU members
Toronto ON: DUCA may buy Virtual One CU assets
Lloydminster AB: Centre name catches up with merger
Montreal QC/Vancouver BC: Vancity speaks out on women’s empowerment
Awards
London ON: Libro Financial awards staff members
CUs in the News
Calgary AB/Brandon MB: Papers use CUs for school cost advice
CUs Doing Good Things
Timmons ON: Northern CU dares to help
Vancouver Island & the Gulf Islands BC: CCCU pushes paperless promotion
Crime Beat
Port Aux Basques NL: Leading Edge CU employee threatened
Portglenone Ireland: CU fraudster arrested
Education
Essex ON: United Communities supports kids with bursaries and tailored services
Financial News
Vancouver BC: Central 1 has lower net income this year but still strong
Toronto ON: BCU marks milestone as largest ethnic CU in ON
Government
Toronto ON: Support co-ops is the message to the federal government
Saskatoon SK: Co-ops are the greatest hope for the world
International News
Seoul Korea: Teachers CU tries out new pension fund managers
Kingston Jamaica: CUs close to full compliance
North Belfast Ireland: First pre-paid debit card offered
Madison WI: Strong future predicted for Uzbekistan CUs
Sydney Australia: Australian election bodes well for CUs
Dublin Ireland: Will Irish CUs select a merger option
IT and Business Deals
Toronto ON: ETCU/Childor launch mobile banking after pilot program
Marketing
ON/QC: The $10,000 question
Kitchener ON: Mennonite CU expands field of membership
Kingston ON: KCCU to have 8th Annual Family Fun Fair
New Branches
Guelph ON: Mortgage promo introduces new branch
Burlington ON: Tellerless TCU Member Solutions Centre to open Oct. 1
Obituary
Stratford ON: Albert (Ab) French Bowman
People
Winnipeg MB: Myrna Bentley to receive Co-operative Contribution Award
Sports
Etibicoke ON: 13 Lucky number for ETCU Golf Tournament
August 22, 2010
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Front Page
Halifax NS: Baille to lead Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative party
Toronto ON: Matching governance with performance
Winnipeg MB: New CP has new name
Moncton NB: CUs/CPs involved in new SME loan program
Bedford NS: Teachers Plus have strike policy
Sarnia ON: Railway Employees CU has closed its doors
Credit Unions Doing Good Things
Swan River MB: Swan Valley CU highlights local talent
Vancouver Island BC: CCCU seeking people who want to give away money
St. Sarnia ON: BBQ to benefit military families
Duncan BC: Smooth ice ahead for Island Savings Centre visitors
Education
Toronto ON: CUMIS and CUSOURCE to battle robbery
New York NY: CU leadership training program updated
Events and Conferences
New York NY: 20 places for Finovate Fall 2010
Vancouver BC: Who is driving the change in payments?
Features
Vancouver BC: Who is driving the change in payments?
Frankfurt Germany: Dave Grace tells how the big guys think
Financial News
Montreal QC: Desjardins Group posts surplus earnings
Government
Ottawa ON: Consultation Paper: ensuring businesses can get long-term mortgages
Ottawa ON: New card code of conduct now in effect
International News
Sydney Australia: Not so fast!
Sydney Australia: Giving people reasons to switch
Saint Lucia: 8th CU Summit held
Manchester UK: Post office CU supported by Consumer Focus
Marketing
Abbotsford BC: Marketing to future employees
People
Sherbrooke QC: Desjardins CEO named to Canada Summer Games Presidency
St John’s NL: Verefin has a new board member
Social Media
Essex/London ON: ON welcomes the first-ever Young & Free spokesperson!
Sports
Toronto ON: Electrifying golf tournament
Bulkley Valley-Lakes District BC: Sports are not just for the young
Spotlight on Business
Vancouver BC: Credential CEO dedicated to the growth of others
August 9, 2010
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FRONT PAGE
St. Catherines/Toronto ON: Meridian and Sunnybrook CUs wed
Arborg MB: Arborg CU to join three other CUs
Etobicoke ON: New CU to be 15th largest in ON
Guelph ON: YNCU finds a new neighbourhood
Guelph ON: Beware of potting soil, Co-operators says
Guelph ON: More interns available, a win-win
Manitoba: Payday rules toughened
Guelph ON: ON CU listings: adding, completing, correcting, deleting
Toronto ON: How does your CU compare?
Ottawa ON: CPA has new website
Vancouver BC: Credential expands its Wealth Management Service for charity
AWARDS
Kitchener ON: Student wins inaugural MSCU Peace in Action Essay Award
CREDIT UNIONS in the NEWS
Vancouver BC: News article says Forestry Minister disagrees with Central 1
CREDIT UNIONS DOING GOOD THINGS
Aldergrove BC: Aldergrove CU staff raises $15,000 for BC Children’s Hospital
Essex ON: UCCU Pedals for MS
Humboldt SK: Conexus commits to health with cash
CRIME BEAT
Saskatoon SK: Card skimmer formally charged
Vancouver BC: Card skimmers busy in BC
EDITORIAL
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EDUCATION
Ottawa ON: Nova Scotia research key to national study
Edmonton AB: Young & Free announces Big Bucks Scholarship Program
Vancouver Island BC: Kids think up the smartest things
EVENTS and CONFERENCES
Gdańsk Poland: WOCCU selects Poland for 2012 conference
Toronto ON: CUPA Conference looks at strategy and skills
Vancouver: Register for National Credit Union Lending Conference
FEATURE
Kitchener ON: Forgoing a new dress helps girls learn to read
FINANCIAL NEWS
Toronto ON: Buduchnist CU has over half a billion in assets
Guelph ON: Co-operators reports $6.5 million net income
Guelph ON: 400 signatures and counting
Vancouver BC: Morningstar Equity Portfolios, trading made easy
GOVERNMENT
Guelph ON: 400 signatures and counting
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Leeds UK: CU branches closing sparks anger
London UK: Top government shadow official advocates for CUs
Cardiff Wales: Consumer Focus calls for CUs in post offices
Sydney Australia: Three in four Australians think banks too powerful
Dublin Ireland: Central Bank and Financial Regulator start CU review
Manchester UK: CUs help bankrupt people out
London UK: Bank to give CU awards
IT and Business Deals
Markham ON: Everlink gets Korea Exchange Bank of Canada contract
MARKETING
Saulte Ste Marie ON: Kids look to the future
Winnipeg MB: WPCU thanks survey participants with contributions
OBITUARIES
Elmer “Elwood” Harvey
Les Tendle
OFF Beat
Brussels Belgium: Gone fishing message almost
PEOPLE
Winnipeg MB: Roman Hrabowych new North Winnipeg CEO
Madison WI: Canadian on Filene Research Council
SOCIAL MEDIA
Madison WI: Is social media effective, a study will soon be underway
SPORTS
John’s NL: Foundation to tee off August 25 for charity
July 26, 2010
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In the News
Saskatoon SK: Man arrested in CU card skimming fraud
Edmonton AB: Card skimmer caught by vigilance
Thunder Bay ON: Northern Lights sees the light
Madison WI: Debit vs. credit cards
Vancouver BC: Vancity holds itself accountable publically
Brandon MB: Three CUs work with immigrants
Ottawa ON: Brown Governance releases videos
Madison WI: CUs and saving the planet
Toronto ON: Interac Flash works!
Toronto ON: Lights, camera, action says CCA
Las Vegas NV: WOCCU auction raises record amount
Basel Switzerland: Progress on regulatory reform package
Toronto ON: Canadians like co-ops, survey shows
Lévis QC: Government to invest $10 million in Co-op development
Toronto ON: Alterna to help youth
Awards
Atlanta GA: The Co-operators takes three international awards
Las Vegas NV: WOCCU gives DSA and Ambassador Awards
Toronto ON: Three CUs in top ten of 50 Best Corporate Citizens
Credit Unions in the News
Windsor ON: CU founder featured in local paper
Credit Unions Doing Good Things
Toronto ON: Online Environmental Sustainability Toolkit launched
Kamloops BC: Moonlight movies
Regina SK: 30,000 boxes of macaroni and cheese are just a start
Montreal QC: The Co-operators helps research on homelessness, mental illness
Vancouver BC: Celebrating and empowering women artists in Vancouver
Hamiota MB: Vanguard employee walks for CF
Crime Beat
Deer Island NB: Closing of CU because of fraud used as an example
Editorial
Not enough understanding of micro finance
Education
Toronto ON: Apply for a Co-op Management Certificate
Cork Ireland UCC offers CU Studies diploma
Madison WI: Financial education goes virtual
Toronto/Ottawa ON: Financial crisis is getting personal, says Alterna
Toronto ON: $1 million co-op research project
Winnipeg ON: New course in co-op management
Financial News
Toronto ON: Dual class share structure requires a more equitable solution
Vancouver BC: Beetle threatens jobs
Government
Ottawa ON: How FINTRAC builds a case, a detective story
Ottawa ON: Request to sign a petition
International News
Brisbane Australia: Ambitious CUA plans to double its assets
Casuarina Australia: Aboriginal CU to double its branch network
Dublin Ireland: Irish CUs not using ISO standard
Glasgow Scotland: CU to help new home owners
Nairobi Kenya: Co-ops celebrate
Kingston Jamaica: Mergers urged in face of reg. changes
IT and Business Deals
St John’s NL: Verefin, an AML company, lands endorsement
Vancouver BC: Open Solutions Canada invests in Vancouver Data Centre
Brookfield WI: 100 signings for ZashPay
Marketing
Toronto ON: Order Co-op Week 2010 material
Selkirk MB: Sunova offers Agri-Invest accounts
Mount Lehman BC: Finding the advantages from perceived disadvantages
New Branches
Petit-Rocher NB: Historic CP building underway
People
Madison WI: Canadian is one of 19 Filene i3 Innovators
Duncan BC: Island Savings has new leadership
Edmonton AB: David Field new CUDGC director
Social Media
Essex ON: New Young & Free voting almost over
Sports
Selkirk MB: Sunova supports triathlon
Spotlight on business
Waterloo ON: Devoted to building CUs
July 7, 2010
Keeping Canadian Credit Union Executives Informed
In the News
Regina SK: Flooding affects CUs
Toronto ON: Starnews expands despite difficult times for news media
Geneva Switzerland: Planning underway for Int. Year of the Co-operative
Edmonton AB: Servus CU in Micro Loan Program
Surrey BC: Community Savings puts in anti-fraud limits
Las Vegas NV WOCCU charity auction goes online
Langley BC: Envision Financial members ok two resolutions
Awards
North Vancouver: Colour North Shore CU green
Winnipeg MB: ACU employee may be CUES next top CU executive
Credit Unions Doing Good Things
Powell River BC: Votes are in and the winners are...
Dawson Creek BC: Pedalling for healthy hearts and heads
East Kootenay BC: KCCU gives $6,000 to Chamber of Commerce
Editorial
Take the CU future in your hands by telling the story
Education
Madison WI: Learn CU Spanish
Events and Conferences
Buenos Aires Argentina: Conference to concentrate on the planet
Ottawa ON: Looking ten years ahead
Vancouver BC: Registration opens for National Credit Union Lending Conference
Whistler BC: Calling all HR people to unleash their super
Feature
Vancouver BC: Change in the world of payments
Financial News
Edmonton AB: Servus CU invests in branches, employees, capital base
Government
Montreal QC: Proposed changes to registration rules for dealers, advisers and investment fund managers
Toronto ON: CSA proposes mutual fund rules amendments
Ottawa ON: CUCC meeting literally shakes the earth
Toronto ON: 70,000 Canadians subject to tax penalties
International News
Phillipsburg St. Maarten: 18 countries at Caribbean Conference
London UK: Financial Secretary pro CU
New Orleans LA: CUs from Ghana, Louisiana Partner in WOCCU Program
Dublin Ireland: Central Bank starts CU stabilization process
Dublin Ireland: CUs face regulation defeat
London UK: All-party parliamentary group on CUs reformed
IT and Business Deals
Vancouver BC: New wealth management platform for Credential
Gibsons BC: Sunshine Coast CU makes a powerful change
Red Deer AB: RIFCO negotiates new $10 Million CU deal
Marketing
Ladysmith BC: LDCU sweetens survey offer
Nelson BC: Tying it together and painting it green
Essex ON: Huge perk added to Young Free Ontario job search
New Branches
Wainwright/Edgerton BC: Two major projects for Wainwright CU
People
Guelph ON: Tie election at ON Co-op AGM
Winnipeg MB: Darrell Penner new Belgian Alliance CEO
Vancouver BC: Paul Hollas joins Central 1’s growing corporate payments business
Langley BC: Envision Financial returns board incumbents
Geneva, Switzerland: New ICA Director General named
June 20, 2010
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Front Page
Mississauga ON: Walmart to offer credit card
AB, BC, MB, NB ON: 12 CUs welcome women from developing countries
Mont Tremblant QC: IQPF joins FPSC
Calgary/Cochrane AB: It is yes for Bow Valley Key Savings Merger
Hamilton ON/SK: CPLA welcomes new SK payday loan regs
Frankfort Germany: Less is more, WOCCU tells Basel Committee
Madison WI: WOCCU looks at Canadian business lending
Toronto ON: Hurricane Agatha appeal
Vancouver/Victoria BC: Community Savings leads on living wage
Rocky Mountain House AB: CU makes getting a ticket a good thing
Montreal QC: Quebecers interested in SRI survey shows
Awards
Vancouver BC: MACU award winners get the red carpet treatment
Calgary AB: First Calgary Savings cited for its good governance
Vancouver BC: CCA awards honours to CU leaders
St John’s NL: Verafin CEO named to Top 40 under 40 list
Credit Unions in the News
The web: CEO cancer survivor is a lifestyle role model
Headingley MB: Pennies not from heaven but the heart go to Starbuck CU
Toronto ON: Investment Executive talks about CU challenges with federalization
Vancouver BC: Coast Capital Savings does well by women
Credit Unions Doing Good Things
Vancouver BC: $150,000 greens Vancouver area
Sarnia ON: Sustainability behind The Co-operators Grant
Vancouver/Burnaby: Two CUs think of the sick
Prince George BC: What to do with land before you build
Cheticamp/LeMoyne NS: Arcadian CU and library join up
Crime Beat
Surrey BC: India Flight 183 report brings up CU connection again
Sarnia ON: Lambton Financial branch robbed
Education
Toronto ON: Certification for financial planners
New York NY: Updates made to CU Platform Training Program
Events and Conferences
Niagara ON: Good golf and good eating raise good money
Feature
Toronto ON: Financial Plans bring peace of mind study shows
Government
Ottawa ON: FINTRAC blows out 10 candles
Toronto ON: Regulators to implement new mutual fund disclosure regime
International News
Manchester UK: ABCUL talks about credit cost report and PO locations
London UK: Co-operative wins Sustainable Bank of the Year award
Washington DC: NCUA audit report says some good, some not so good things
Dublin Ireland: Regulator eyeing CU loan books
Kingston Jamaica: CU offers loan payment moratorium to thank civil servants
Kingston Jamaica: We can improve our position, CU League says
Brussels Belgium: Europe.coop free for a year in branding campaign
Edinburgh Scotland: Scottish CU concept started in church
Edinburgh Scotland: Credit Union Current Account helps members
London UK: New government makes pro CU noises
IT and Business Deals
Gibsons BC: Sunshine Coast CU shines with new Open Solutions products
Hamilton ON: A PAT for FirstOntario ABMs
Burnaby BC: Fiserv US parent doing well
Winnipeg MB: TelPay releses new version of business software
Marketing
Edmonton AB: Christian has new logo, tagline
Obituary
North Vancouver BC: North Savings CU loses its CEO
People
Surrey BC: First West keeps all its board in its first election after merger
Vancouver BC: Gauthier returns as CCA President
Burlington ON: Bob Hague appointed CUMIS President, Credit Union Distribution
June 10, 2010
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FRONT PAGE
Halifax NS: Baille makes it official
Madison WI: Too many good ideas never get to the top
Baddeck NS: East Coast reaches out 13x to members
Hamilton MB: CPLA says Manitoba decision will hurt payday loan consumers
Saskatoon SK: Concentra fees shelter Haitians
Toronto ON: CUCC welcomes Card Code of Conduct
Toronto ON: CUCC writes military leader
Vancouver BC: Ethical Funds supports Goldcorp’s Marlin human rights assessment
Madison WI: Last Call for FRI CU innovative volunteers
Wellington/Tyne Valley/O’Leary PEI: Evangeline and Central CUs talk merger
AWARDS
Dalhousie/Petit Rocher NB: CP honours literacy volunteers
CREDIT UNIONS IN THE NEWS
New York NY: The Wall Street Journal actually wrote about CUs
CREDIT UNIONS DOING GOOD THINGS
Dawson Creek BC: Museum in a caboose chugs better because of Lake View CU
Victoria BC: Local families benefit from the gift of sport
PEI: $100,000 CU pledge to help fight cancer
Vancouver BC: 33 Non profits are richer thanks to Vancity
EDITORIAL
Succession planning: a must for every CU
EDUCATION
Toronto ON: CUSOURCE has one national toll free number
Shaunavon SK: Senior abuse tackled by Shaunavon CU at a social night
Caraquet NB: 50 students receive scholarships
FINANCIAL NEWS
Cheticamp NS: Bergengren CU say it had a dynamic year
St. John’s NL: NLCU deposits grew by $35.2 million
Penticton BC: Valley First assets now $1.47 billion
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Sydney Australia: CUs grow by $5 billion
Sydney Australia: CUs support National Cyber Security Awareness Week
Bangkok Thailand: First Raiffeisen Award given to Dr. Supachai Srisupaakson
Montego Bay Jamaica: Texas League helps Jamaican CUs face new regulations
Montego Bay Jamaica: Johnathan Brown elected JCCUL president
Dublin Ireland: CU problems partly stock exchange responsibility
Glasgow Scotland: CUs fill mortgage gap
IT
Markham ON: Doxim easyCapture solves document retrieval headaches
Dublin Ireland: Irish company has Credit Risk Management software
MARKETING
Mississauga ON: MindShape Licenses Pageflex Storefront for CUs
Essex ON: CU dream job for a 17-to-25-year-old launches in Ontario
NEW BRANCHES
Wallaceburg ON: Southwest uses green ribbon for new branch opening
Winnipeg MB: Steinbach donates a $50 bill opening ribbon
PEOPLE
Bathurst NB: Conrad McLaughlin Acting GM of Chaleur CU
Penticton BC: Three re-elected to Valley First board
North Vancouver BC: Welcome to the board
SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS
Halton Hills ON: Going green is practical