Friday, July 8, 2011

Ontario Trail News - Develop, Manage, Use and Preserve Trails

Proposed Trail
Scarborough Waterfront Multi-use Trails - City of Toronto: Get ...
The City of Toronto wants you to know about the many projects happening in your city. You can get involved by giving us your comments, attending public ...
www.toronto.ca/involved/projects/swtrails/index.htm



Dragon Boat and Canoe Club does well at Toronto regatta
Northumberland Today
Kate Saman, Brittany Saunders, Emily Jenkins, and MacKenzie Jenkins won first place in the four-person Kayak and the four-person Canoe events. Emily and Brittany then teamed up to win the two-person Kayak. Morgan Clapp also paddled well in her first ... See all stories on this topic »



Standing up to the waves
The Barrie Advance
SUP is fairly new to Ontario, it is an ancient form of surfing and was popularized ... The sport's local promoter is Bill Trayling, a 27-time National Kayak ...


Possessed by history
Niagarathisweek.com
A Victory Ball, following the War of 1812, also took place in the grand old home. ... to withstand the test of time as a heritage designated building, ...




A 200-year old story, 20 years in the making EMC St. Lawrence
EMC News - Mike Fournier's feature detailing his discovery of War of 1812 artifacts from the St. Lawrence River continues this week. ...



Bixi Toronto hits 100000-ride mark
Toronto Star
It's hard to compare Toronto's public bike system with others in North America because each city has a different number of bikes and stations, Philibert said. However, he's noticed more enthusiasm for the project in Toronto than in some other cities. ...
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Anice Wong/Inside Toronto
Get fishing at High Park
insideTORONTO.com
Brian Graham from the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority holds up a pike fish for kids to get a closer look during a past Kids Fishing Day at High Park. The event is back this weekend at Grenadier Pond. Photo/ANICE WONG ETOBICOKE - Residents are ...
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Cyclists pour into city today on Waterfront Trail Adventure Brockville Recorder and Times
The mayor accepted the title of honourary tour director in May for the event and will ride the entire 720-kilometre distance of the cycling tour of the Ontario waterfront and green-ways. The group left Niagara-on-the- Lake on July 2 and will finish the ...
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Photo Credit - Ottawa Citizen
Women on wheels Ottawa Citizen
Larocque grew up in Northern Ontario, hunting on a mountain bike and teaching herself biking skills. Today, she instructs women, many of them high-powered lawyers, doctors or dentists, who don't want the stress of racing. They want to meet new friends, ...
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Wednesdays wacky at Kinsmen pool
Windsor Star
Nearly 2, 000 cyclists from across Southwestern Ontario will unite to ... July 24, Charity Volleyball Tournament, Dive 4 Distress: At the Teutonia Club of..



Ken Beaty/Torstar
Unit Names New Canadian DIstributor
Transworld Business
The Ontario based Drakkar specializes in motocross and action-sports ... particularly in themountain-bike and motocross markets that have a strong ...



Banana biker wins Spirit Award
Hamilton Spectator
He was part of Pollution Probes Clean Air Commute, where employees from different organizations participated in a week long challenge either by walking, biking, carpooling or using public transit to get to work. This year, almost 19000 participants, ...
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Cops targeting bad bicyclists, mean motorists
Toronto Sun
Toronto Police are again stepping up patrols targeting two-wheeled miscreants after a pedestrian's skull was cracked while being felled by a wrong-way red-light-jumper. Traffic cops will pull over cyclists who ignore bylaws banning sidewalk peddling, ...
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Photo - Kingston Herald
“Reptiles at Risk” to Entertain & Inform about Endangered Species
Kingston Herald
Reptiles at Risk is presented by Scales Nature Park, in partnership with Sciensational Sssnakes!!, Laurentian University and the Canadian Amphibian and ReptileConservation Network. Assistance for this project was provided by the Government ofOntario...
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Top Ten Things To Know When Camping
Barry's Bay This Week
By Ministry of Natural Resources Ontario's provincial parks offer a range of affordable activities for families and visitors, including hiking, swimming, canoeing and camping. Strengthening tourism is part of the McGuinty government's plan to ...
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Going Our Way: A Canadian detour between Detroit and Washington
Washington Post
... want to veer off track for a few days in Ontario as long as they're up north. High on their wish list: play time and family attractions in Toronto, hiking and parks of all kinds, especially water parks — or at least hotels with awesome pools. ...
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Author conquers longest Canadian trail
Squamish Chief
The Ontario trail is an interesting blend of trail and urban sprawl, and it traverses towns like St. Catharines, Hamilton, Burlington, Collingwood and Owen Sound. “When I initially imagined hikingacross southern Ontario, I envisioned apartments and ...


Cyclists, cottagers head to border to protect Ontario riding trails
Winnipeg Free Press
MANITOBANS outraged about proposed clear-cutting in northwestern Ontario will head for the border on Sunday. They say the project threatens biking and hiking trails in Ingolf Ont., which is across the border from Caddy Lake and west of Kenora. ...

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