Highlights

Cleaning and maintenance duties for facilities come at an annual cost of nearly $63,000

It was a mix of new technology introduction and board action items dating back to 25 years at June 12's Sunshine Coast Regional District’s committee of the whole and board meetings with the public debut to new meeting software.

Options for finding local produce more abundant with warm season approaching

Here are the good deeds (and not so good deeds) that happened in our Coast community this week!

Report: Conventionally grown cauliflower, asparagus, avocados and carrots show lowest amount of pesticide use

According to the Environmental Sensitivity Coalition of Canada, about a third of the country’s population “has self-identified as having negative health reactions to fragranced products.”

Canada's accommodation and food services shed 16,000 jobs across the country last month; even with the summer holiday season on the approach and tourist service suppliers being advised to brace for brisk demand from Canadian “staycationers.”

The survey is part of the OCP renewal project’s Round 1 of community engagement, which will also include outreach events in the community through mid-2025.

The large, old trees that black bears need to survive the wet, cool conditions in coastal BC are often lost during forest harvest operations: Artemis Wildlife Consultants

The contract ties most of the payment to delivery and includes refund guarantees and fixed-price terms that go beyond a regular ship-order contract, says Nicolas Jimenez.