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...
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...
Wanda’s Rant — Spend Parking Revenues to Build Sidewalks and Bike...
My wife, Wanda Thompson, worked with children her whole career, first as a child-care worker, later as a teacher. She has always looked for...
Six Overcrowded Weekends Left to Endure
By John Francis
Governments, businesses and people in general around the world are experiencing deer-in-the-headlights moments trying to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Northern Bruce...
Publisher’s Column: Abusivo — a Venerable Italian Tradition Comes to MNBP
By John Francis
There’s a word I learned when visiting Venice, the overtourism capital of the world.
The word is “abusivo” (accent on the 3rd syllable)....
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...
Publisher’s Column: MNBP’s Strategic Planning Exercise Finds a Lot of Consensus
By John Francis
Our municipal council hired a facilitator to conduct a strategic planning exercise for staff and council. I thought it was important so...
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: Keep Pressing MTO for those Stoplights on Highway 6
By John Francis
At MNBP Council’s Strategic Planning Workshop back in November, Councillor Todd Dowd stressed the importance of picking the low-hanging fruit. There are...
Does Anybody Care About a World-Class Cycling Trail? (I Sure Do.)
By John Francis,Bruce Peninsula Press
A Toronto Star story in the 1980s described the hamlet of Dyers Bay as “moribund”: it was a couple of...