Too Many People Are Coming Here. So What Do We Do?
By John Francis
Facebook and Instagram (and, for all I know, TikTok) are seething with scandal about the crowds at all our favourite places. They...
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...
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: COVID-19 is About to Get Real in Our Community....
By John Francis
Back in April and May a lot of MNBP residents got very indignant about people coming up to their cottages during the...
State of Emergency Continues But Suddenly We’re Open?
By John Francis
On Thursday June 4, Premier Doug Ford, together with Vic Fedeli, Ontario’s Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, announced that...
Channelling Dr Bonnie Henry — Be Kind; Be Calm; Be Safe
By John Francis
Things were pretty quiet in Tobermory on Victoria Day weekend. I was surprised to hear from our correspondent Joanne Rodgers that there...
Cottagers are Not the Enemy
By John Francis
There has been a lot of anger and scandal on social media about cottagers coming to the Bruce Peninsula for the weekend...
Seasonal Employees Won’t Qualify for Employment Insurance
By John Francis
It was a lovely, sunny afternoon, the final Sunday in April, and Tobermory Harbour was very quiet, the only traffic – a...
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...
2020 — A Daunting Year for Northern Bruce Peninsula
By John Francis
It’s a daunting year to be a municipality. High water levels on Georgian Bay and Lake Huron threaten a lot of municipal...