John’s Column: MNBP After 25 Years – Car Things Got Done....
By John Francis
Twenty-five years ago, Municipality Northern Bruce Peninsula’s (MNBP)first elected Municipal Council was just getting itself organized. MNBP had been formed the previous...
John’s Column: The Bruce Peninsula Press Style Manual
By John Francis
As one keen-eyed reader pointed out to us, we used an American spelling — center — in an ad last issue, instead...
John’s Column: Old Forests: Sources of Knowledge Speakers Offer a Path
By John Francis
The 2025 Sources of Knowledge (SOK) Forum was held in Tobermory, Oct 24 to 26. The subject was Fire, especially Forest Fire....
John’s Column: We Must Defend Our School Board — Even When...
By John Francis
In the last issue of this paper I talked about clumsy school bus route planning which results in some elementary students from...
John’s Column: Elementary Schoolchildren on a Bus For Two Hours Each...
By John Francis
I have heard complaints that elementary-age schoolkids are spending up to two hours each way on the school bus to Bruce Peninsula...
John’s Column: The West Road 20 Years Later — Anatomy of...
By John Francis
Every now and again I go through old issues of this newspaper to remind me of what the issues have been over...
John’s Column: Infrastructure Funding: The History of Arenas in Lion’s Head
By John Francis
Our municipality is facing a double whammy: deteriorating infrastructure and a rising population. And we’re not the only ones. The Government of...
John’s Column: Superb Online 3D Models of our Historic Shipwrecks
By John Francis
The Men’s Breakfast is a peninsula institution; all those (men) who are interested gather for breakfast and a speaker one Saturday morning...
John’s Column: Learning From Europe’s Experiences With Overtourism
By John Francis
On weekends and summer holidays, people from cities head for the water. It’s not just us — the same thing happens across...
John’s Column: Why Are There So Many STAs? It’s Our Building...
By John Francis
STAs — Short-Term Accommodations — are properties rented for periods of less than a month, primarily for recreational purposes. They’ve been around...