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...
Publisher’s Column: More People Space at Little Tub – Less at...
By John Francis
A move to improve the head of Little Tub Harbour is afoot. The idea is to remove three parking spaces — the...
Planning for Climate Change Chaos and Cutting Our Carbon Footprint
By John Francis
Only one other time in history have the waters of Georgian Bay and Lake Huron been this high, this late in the...
Housing: A Human Right or an Investment Vehicle? How Our Pension...
By John Francis
As our Municipality undertakes a review of Short-Term Accommodation, the subject is making headlines around the world. I wrote last issue about...
Sustainable Tourism Initiative Hits A Speed Bump
Publisher's Column
Recent years have seen rapid changes in Northern Bruce Peninsula’s tourism economy as peninsula destinations in general — and National Park icons in...
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...
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...
Common Sense Approach to Dealing with STAs Rentcottage.com Founder Weighs in...
Submitted by Mike Campbell
Watching from the sidelines this whole STA debate, as a former owner of Rentcottage.com I believe I have a unique perspective...
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...
Federal Provincial Grant Program May Make Lion’s Head Community Centre...
By John Francis
The community centre/arena at Lion’s Head has been identified as being urgently in need of upgrades. In fact, that designation dates back...