Category: Northern Bruce Peninsula
Northern Bruce Peninsula to include hotels and motels in municipal accommodation tax expansion
Northern Bruce Peninsula is likely to expand its four per cent municipal accommodation tax (MAT) to motels, hotels, and cottages this summer. Staff are recommending council pass a bylaw to expand the municipality’s MAT, which is currently only levied on private short-term rentals like Air BnBs. Last year, the MAT program brought in over $243,000 […]
NBP councillor worries feds eyeing Fathom Five-area restrictions
Northern Bruce Peninsula councillor Smokey Golden has doubts about having Fathom Five National Marine Park designated as one of Canada’s new national marine conservation areas. She told a national park official at council’s April 24 meeting her concerns and wondered whether the busy waters would be suitable for such a designation. She fears it would […]
National park visits are ‘levelling off’ after surge in recent years
Bruce Peninsula National Park staff turned away 25 per cent fewer cars last year than in 2021, a sign that sustainable tourism efforts are starting to pay off, park staff say. “All the things we’ve been doing together for many years are starting to pay off and it’s working,” Ethan Meleg told Northern Bruce Peninsula […]
Bruce Peninsula Hospice seeks funds and volunteer support as demand increases
With an aging and often isolated population the need for hospice palliative care is increasing in the Bruce Peninsula and a group of volunteer caregivers is already stretched thin. “We could use another 20 volunteers right away. Ideally, we’d have 50 home-care volunteers,” said Nancy Forgrave, manager of volunteer programs and outreach for Bruce Peninsula […]
Bruce County firefighters trained together in Tobermory on weekend
About 75 Bruce County firefighters gathered in Tobermory this weekend to train together, hone their skills and learn new ones. It was the 30th year the county has run a fire school, which Northern Bruce Peninsula Fire Chief Jack Burt believes might be the only county fire school like it. The firefighters have full-time jobs […]
Northern Bruce Peninsula discusses capping short-term accommodations
Staff for the Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula are proposing several changes to its short-term accommodation bylaw just over a year after its implementation. The proposed changes to the short-term accommodation bylaw arose from a public outreach campaign with a January 2023 report from the committee and licensing coordinator posted to the online public forum […]
NBP to do away with household limits for free full-time resident parking passes
A proposed change to Northern Bruce Peninsula’s parking bylaw will grant anyone with a vehicle a free resident parking pass with no limits per household provided they can prove full-time residency in the municipality. Residents will need to provide proof of residency in the form of valid photo identification issued by the province, such as […]
NBP fire department purchases tanker, appoints deputy chiefs
The Northern Bruce Peninsula fire department is getting a new-to-them tanker and a pair of deputy chiefs following council decisions made in June. Northern Bruce Peninsula’s fire department is purchasing the Chippewas of Nawash’s used 2002 Freightliner tanker with about 14,000 kilometres on the odometer for $18,000. The tanker comes with hoses, nozzles, two port-a-tanks, […]
Man charged in road death testifies he wasn’t read his rights
Lawyers in the trial of a man accused of dangerous driving causing death argued over the admissibility of his statements to police Thursday in the Superior Court of Justice. Justin Lozon, 35, of Northern Bruce Peninsula, has pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving causing death and possession of methamphetamine on Oct. 3, 2017 in Northern […]
Defence questions admissibility of evidence in fatal motorcycle crash
Grey County assistant Crown attorney Glenn Brotherston conceded on the opening day of the dangerous driving causing death trial of Justin Lozon that some evidence police gathered was not admissible in court. Brotherson agreed on Monday that a cellphone seized from Lozon by police and a statement police took from Lozon were not admissible. The […]