John’s Column: Life in Northern Bruce Peninsula — Could Not Connect...
By John Francis
It’s Saturday night as I write this. As happened every weekend last summer for me and other Rogers 5G internet customers in...
John’s Column: Losing Public Road Access to Cabot Head – Hard...
By John Francis
From the day it came into service in 1896, Cabot Head Lightstation has been a beautiful place, sandwiched between rocky Georgian Bay...
John’s Column: Greenhouse Gases, Fuel Price Increases and Supply Shocks
Could a Family of Visitors Survive a Week on the Saugeen/Bruce Peninsula Without a Car? Could You?
By John Francis
On March 28, Bruce Peninsula Environment...
John’s Column: Let’s Do Something to Improve Our Butt-Ugly Public Spaces
By John Francis
Did I mention that we’re in Europe? We’ve been to Lisbon, Tenerife (that was a mistake) and Madrid. A few days ago,...
John’s Column: We Need a Saugeen Bruce Peninsula Historical Society
By John Francis
We just spent a week in Lisbon, Portugal — our first international holiday since the plague. We were struck by a number...
John’s Column: Want to Foster Economic Development? Start Paying Daycare...
By John Francis
Tobermory’s Primary Place child care centre is maxxed out. They can’t take any more young children.
But it’s not just the size of...
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...