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Posted in News on Nov 16th, 2010
Tadesse Meskela steps across the door thresh-hold onto a polished cement floor. “Look!”, he says, spreading his arms into the large sunlit empty room. “This is for the workers.” Tadesse points out the places where the workers’ lockers will be, the washrooms and showers. Across the room [...]
Posted in News on Aug 12th, 2010
Samuel Carter arrived in Guelph, Ontario from England in 1882. By the next year he had formed the Royal Knitting Company and later was elected alderman, mayor of Guelph and member of the provincial parliament.
Throughout his life, he was dedicated to the uplifting of the common working man [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 22nd, 2010
Last month, we brought news about a nomination we made in the Canadian Co-operative Hall of Fame. A story was published in our caffeinated newspaper “The Planet – Spring 2010 edition” about Samuel Carter, and why we nominated him for this award.
It turns out that Sam still has family living in Guelph. Sheena Carter wrote [...]
