County Master Transportation Plan ...
By John Francis,Bruce Peninsula Press
The Bruce County Master Transportation Plan was released in August. It is available online (just Google Bruce County Transportation Plan).
Don’t...
What is the Future of the Friendship Club Building?
By John Francis, Bruce Peninsula Press
The Friendship Club building sits right beside the arena in Lion’s Head. It gets a lot of use (or...
Publisher’s Column: Who Is Responsible for Educating and Rescuing the Unwary?
By John Francis
Northern Bruce Peninsula offers access to some of the wildest fresh water in Canada. Unfortunately, most people seem to regard this as...
Do We Need to Include Flood Planning into Our Emergency...
By John Francis
As I write this, bush fires are sweeping through vast swaths of Australia. Here on the Bruce Peninsula, our problems are at...
John’s Column: Hard Times in the Restaurant Industry
By John Francis
I remember the first time I ever met Dona (Chishom) LaFontaine. I had just bought a house in Tobermory and was trying...
Publisher’s Column: What If We Lived in a County Where All...
By John Francis
So Bruce County pushed ahead with its Development Charge of $7,800 per new house despite the objections of Northern Bruce Peninsula. Our...
Short-Term Accommodations Are Causing Labour Shortages
By John Francis
Northern Bruce Peninsula’s questionnaire about Short-Term Accommodations (STAs) is on the municipal website (www.northbrucepeninsula.ca) ready to be filled out.
The survey is focused...
Publisher’s Column: With Any Luck the New Normal Is a Lot...
By John Francis
Things were different during the pandemic. Most of our community’s public events dried up for two-plus years. And with no public events...
Publisher’s Column: OK — Baking and Gardening. But What Else Can...
By John Francis
In a lot of ways, it’s going to be like the 1960s — everybody’s broke and there won’t be any tourists until...
John’s Column: Proposed Changes Could Transform Tourism in Tobermory
By John Francis
At MNBP’s (Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula) May 12 Meeting, Council will (presumably) agree to implement a CAO Report which calls for...