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Volume 18, Issue 09
Sunshine Coast, British Columbia • www.thelocalweekly.ca • Thursday, March 5, 2020 Sechelt Library Director Page 7
Ride-Hailing On The Coast Page 3
Gibsons Pot Shop Break-In
The Plethora Personality
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COVID-19 Kills School Trips Page 5
SCRD Delays Budget Page 7
International Women’s Day Pages 10 & 11
“Best Picture” Pages 13
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Sechelt shop-owner James Covell says he’s embarrassed by this photo taken after winning a Sunshine Coast Business Excellence Award on Feb. 28. Covell says he was just following the instruction to strike a goofy pose. But it is also an illustration of the personality that lead him to open Plethora Fine Foods in 2017, and now – at age 39 – win the “young entrepreneur” award. Although he spent most of his working life as a chef, Covell admits to an out-going personality that was not being used in the kitchen. “I was born with the sales gene,” he said. “I like to be on stage.” He was also looking to have more control over his working hours, and he always wanted to be his own boss. So, he took classes, including the self-employment course through WorkBC, saved up his money, and determined there was a market in Sechelt for fine cheeses and charcuterie. And the name? “Plethora” means abundance. But it was also a word he learned at age five from the Chevy Chase movie “Three Amigos”, in which there is a discussion about a “plethora of pinatas”. “I just loved the word, and when I used it as a kid, people would look at you.” They still do. (See page 2 for the other winners.) ROB TOMKINS/EXPLOREMORE MEDIA PHOTO
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