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Connie Jordison

Connie Jordison

As a journalist with Coast Reporter since 2021, previously reporting for The Local, Connie Jordison covers Sunshine Coast Regional District, courts, forestry, Pender Harbour and much more.

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Recent Work by Connie

Engaging youth in OCP renewal, advisory committees and more

Engaging youth in OCP renewal, advisory committees and more

Listening to and acting on the views of youth, the taxpayers and community leaders of the future, was the focus of a recent Sunshine Coast Regional District initiative discussed at committee on June 19.
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Food waste drop off returns to Pender Harbour

Food waste drop off returns to Pender Harbour

The Food Waste Drop-off Pilot Program at the Pender Harbour Transfer Station, is back effective immediately, according to June 23 news release from the Sunshine Coast Regional District. The service which launched in 2022 was temporarily suspended on May 1.
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An electric hydrofoil demo voyage out of Gibsons

An electric hydrofoil demo voyage out of Gibsons

There was a safety briefing but no need to secure seat belts for twelve lower Sunshine Coast-based guests on a brief and quiet June 22 electric ferry ride in Gibsons Landing harbour.
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Calls to defer Elphinstone Highlands cutblock auction supported

Calls to defer Elphinstone Highlands cutblock auction supported

BCTS Chinook area sales schedule shows TA0519 and two cutblocks in the Haslam Lake area (TA0043) on the lower Sunshine Coast are to go to auction by June 30.
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A missed tug 'tie off' damages Sechelt's pedestrian pier

A missed tug 'tie off' damages Sechelt's pedestrian pier

'Unfortunately the tug operator did not untie before attempting to drive off, thereby pulling the float away from the gangway': District of Sechelt.
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Historic court sentencing at shíshálh longhouse sees $230,000 in fines issued for grave site damages

Historic court sentencing at shíshálh longhouse sees $230,000 in fines issued for grave site damages

Grant Starrs of Sechelt and 0990199 B.C. Ltd. pleaded guilty to the 2020 disruption of a sacred site
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SCRD briefs - June 12 meetings

SCRD briefs - June 12 meetings

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.
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Scents and sensitivities: challenges facing those reactive to fragrance

Scents and sensitivities: challenges facing those reactive to fragrance

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.”
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Opinion: Welcome to hotel-virtual

Opinion: Welcome to hotel-virtual

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.”
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Share input, show locations of interest in SCRD OCP questionnaire

Share input, show locations of interest in SCRD OCP questionnaire

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.
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