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...
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...