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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

John’s Column: 99.26% of MNBP Voters Didn’t Fill Out STA Survey

By John Francis  The Agenda for the Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula’s January 27 Council Meeting (which was delayed to February 3 due to weather)...

John’s Column: MNBP Needs Cost Compensation Grants… and More Hardwoods

By John Francis  As a new year begins, there is an excellent CAO Report in the Agenda for the January 13 MNBP (Municipality of Northern...

John’s Column: Heron Point Bridge: The best laid schemes o’ Mice...

By John Francis The Heron Point bridge has been straddling the Stokes River since 1952. But recently, it has been doing so with steadily diminishing...

Publisher’s Column: At One Half of One Percent, Our Volunteer Organizations...

By John Francis On November 25, 2024 Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula (MNBP) Council will be considering 47 funding requests submitted by 40-odd organizations. The...

Publisher’s Column: A Truly Excellent Budget Questionnaire (!!!) Plus MPAC and...

By John Francis On the Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula’s homepage, there is a link to a “2025 Budget Survey”. When you click through to the...

Publisher’s Column: We’ve Got Parking Policies that Actually Work. Can We...

By John Francis As I look across Tobermory harbour from my desk, the MS Chi-Cheemaun ferry is sitting at her berth. She’s done for the...

Publisher’s Column: Dealing With STAs — There’s Always a Stranger Nextdoor

By John Francis At a Special Licencing Appeal Committee Meeting on September 9, MNBP Council voted to deny an appeal by the owners of an...

Publisher’s Column: Why Mayor McIver Wanted to Increase Our Capital Reserves

By John Francis Three times over the last couple of months, our municipal council has had to figure out how to deal with older buildings...

Publisher’s Column: Question – Is This Overtourism or Just Tourism? Yes,...

By John Francis It was a running joke in south Florida in the 1960s that all tourists should have a button installed on their backs....

Publisher’s Column: The List of Needs Gets Longer: Community Facilities, a...

By John Francis Our Council — not to mention people who use the Tobermory Community Centre — have had a lot of discussions about the...