Ontario Trails News - April 11. 2011 - Morning Round Up

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New Edinburgh 'beginning to lose heart'
Ottawa Citizen
In the case of New Edinburgh — one of 16 heritage conservation districts in Ottawa —”it is not working as we expected,” said Mason. Heritage conservation districts are a municipal planning tool under the Ontario Heritage Act meant to safeguard the ...
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Teens fill canoe with garbage - The North Bay Nugget - Ontario, CA
Terrence Phillips and Ross Paul spent their Sunday afternoon using a canoe to pickup garbage along the shoreline on Lake Nipissing. They found two...
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Bike Freeway almost ready to open in Toronto. Check it out
"Construction is continuing on the bike highway as I call it, near my house.
I am excited for it to be completed so I can try it out. The project will be completed in the next month or so and it is part of a number of trail extensions, which will provide basically a bike highway through hydro corridors and old rail corridors. The photos below are for the Gatineau corridor, which is the trail I live off of. "
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Ontario Trails delivers hundreds of community presentations

Looking for an informed opinion on trail management, development or use. Call the OTC. We've given hundreds of community presentations over the year's and we've assisted in the development of equestrian, railway conversion....and more!

Celebration of the Life of Kirk Wipper - Please note that the date for the Kirk Wipper memorial gathering has been changed. "Travelling On: Celebrating the Life and Passions of Kirk Wipper" will be now held at The Canadian Canoe Museum on Sunday, May 1st, 2011, 2 p.m. followed by a reception at the museum.   This celebration will be live streamed through the canoemuseum.ca website.


Orangeville's Cara Burleigh Named Trees Ontario Green Leader for ...
Benzinga
When the boys were very little, she would take them to the Bruce Trail. ... She found the Ontariogovernment's 50 Million Tree Program. ...

Plastiglas Ontario Cup Series Undergoes Exciting Changes For 2011 ...
April 11th 2011Uxbridge ON –Chico Racing and the Ontario Cycling Association are delighted to announce new and exciting changes to Canada's most popular ...
www.ontariocycling.org/plastiglas-ontario-cup-series-undergo...