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 […]