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Friday, October 10, 2025

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...

Letter: Hiking The Grotto – A Mirror Of The Writing Process

No trip to the North Bruce Peninsula is complete without a stop at the Grotto. For a writer, hiking there is more than a...

Letter: Commercial Advertising Funnelling Traffic Down Chetwynd Lane

To the Editor, Chetwynd Lane in Lion’s Head is a narrow, single-lane gravel road with no shoulders, no sidewalks, no parking, and no turn-around. It...

Letter: Newspapers Aren’t “Junk Mail” 

Bruce Peninsula Press Responds to Canada Post/CUPW Refusal to Deliver Unaddressed Community Newspapers The following letter was sent to Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff responding...

John’s Column: Elementary Schoolchildren on a Bus For Two Hours Each...

By John Francis  I have heard complaints that elementary-age schoolkids are spending up to two hours each way on the school bus to Bruce Peninsula...

Letter: Venus Cat Family –Over the Halfway Mark!

Summer isn’t officially over but even the cats know we are heading into a different season. They sleep better with the cool nights. The month...

Letter: The Wittholz Wooden Tug Boat Maleo Returns To Tobermory

Maleo is a 1964 Tugboat that resided at the docks in Tobermory for nearly 2 decades, owned at the time by Pastor Chuck Beaton...

John’s Column: The West Road 20 Years Later — Anatomy of...

By John Francis  Every now and again I go through old issues of this newspaper to remind me of what the issues have been over...

John’s Column: Infrastructure Funding: The History of Arenas in Lion’s Head

By John Francis  Our municipality is facing a double whammy: deteriorating infrastructure and a rising population. And we’re not the only ones. The Government of...

Letter: Control the Stray Population – Get Your Cats Spayed and...

~ For Otis ~ On the afternoon of Friday, August 8th, we learned through a network of texts that an injured kitten had been found...