Publisher’s Column: Veniceland — The Birthplace of European Culture is Rapidly...
By John Francis
Venice has been famous for hundreds of years as a romantic place with wonderful medieval buildings, canals instead of streets and...
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...
Publisher’s Column: Is Solar Power the Peninsula’s Crop of the Future?
By John Francis
On June 26, a delegation from Shift Solar asked MNBP Council to support a proposal to install a solar farm at the...
Driftwood Cove Will Generate Much More Revenue As A National...
By John Francis
You’ve probably heard the story that when Parks Canada bought the Driftwood Cove property, it cost our municipality a quarter million a...
Reframing Tourism From Cheap and Cheerful to a Badge Destination
By John Francis
Back in the day, when Brownies or Cub Scouts did something difficult, they got a badge to sew on the sleeve of...
Publisher’s Column: On Venice and the Affordable Housing Report in the...
By John Francis
I gave a talk to the Men’s Breakfast group yesterday, about our 2019 visit to Venice and what Wanda and I learned...
We Need to Give Council and Staff Data — Not Just...
By John Francis,Bruce Peninsula Press
The Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula is run by a bureaucracy. It’s the most efficient bureaucracy I’ve ever seen, but...
Publisher’s Column: “Tourism Should Pay For Tourism.” But Who Gets the...
By John Francis
Stop me if you’ve heard this one...
Ratepayers tell our mayor and Councillors that “tourism should pay for tourism”. They are quite clear...
Maybe It’s Time We Bought Our Acrobats a Net
By John Francis
The Lion’s Head Arena/Community Centre renovation has become a bit of a fiasco. The municipality planned an elaborate expansion on a site...
Tourism, Overcrowding and the Really Short “Spin Cycle”
In the Age of Social Media, a Picture is No Longer Worth a Thousand Words
By John Francis
Northern Bruce Peninsula has seen a dramatic increase...