Letter: We Cannot Afford toLose Tobermory Airport
The following is an excerpt from a letter sent to the Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula.
I read with great interest the article about an...
Publisher’s Column: Radon Gas — the Elephant in Our Rooms
By John Francis
You know the old joke:
Representatives from France, Germany, the USA and Canada are assembled to present papers on the subject of elephants.
The...
Letter: A Billboard Lovely as a Tree?
The Publisher is campaigning to have trees cut down. He says the trees are ugly. In this time when trees are burning up by...
Publisher’s Column: NWT Premier is Angry. Why Aren’t We?
By John Francis
Excerpt from a news story on the CBC website, running under the headline:
‘Now I’m angry’: N.W.T. premier calls on Ottawa to provide...
Letter: Appreciation of Local Hospital
On the morning of Friday, July 14th I was brought by ambulance to the Lion’s Head Hospital with a spinal injury. I was allowed...
Publisher’s Column: Wouldn’t It Be Lovely to Have Something as Nice...
By John Francis
Our whole family went down to Bluewater Park to watch the finish of the Bruce Peninsula Multisport Race — the one that...
Letter: Beautification of Lion’s Head Very Much Appreciated
Dear Editor,
I wish to thank the Northern Bruce Peninsula Municipality staff for arranging to have beautiful containers of flowers placed in the village of...
Publisher’s Column: With Any Luck the New Normal Is a Lot...
By John Francis
Things were different during the pandemic. Most of our community’s public events dried up for two-plus years. And with no public events...
Publisher’s Column: Tourism and Economic Development — Who’s In Charge Here?Publisher’s...
By John Francis
Full disclosure: I’m on the Tobermory Chamber of Commerce Executive again, for the fifth or sixth time in thirty-seven years of membership....
Statement By MP Alex Ruff On The Harassment Of Individuals Flying...
Media Release
30 June 2023, Owen Sound, ON – Alex Ruff, Member of Parliament for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound issued the following statement regarding confirmed reports of...