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Local Snowmobilers Can Save $50 This Week!

User Pay System Supports Non-Profit Clubs

 

(Barrie, ON – November 28, 2011) – Snowmobilers that buy their 2012 Seasonal Snowmobile Trail Permit on or before Thursday, December 1 can save $50 this week. After that, the regular permit fee is $250. Snowmobile Trail Permits can be obtained from any OFSC snowmobile club or online at www.ofsc.on.ca.

Cross Country Trails

Ontario Cross Country Trails on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/user/ontrails?feature=mhsn#g/c/9BF1C95273F5CF65

Infrastructure Ontario speaker details Toronto environmental remediation ...
Daily Commercial News
The city's West Don Lands, where the Athletes' Village with accommodation, a fitness centre and other facilities will be located, consist largely of old industrial land, lie within a floodplain and have multiple heritage buildings. ...
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Intended for persons interested, you be able to check Ontariooffroadadventures. com for more in order regarding how to atv rentals ontario. Riding an ATV is a ...
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A canoe trip in Ontario Wilderness – Part 1 | Bastien Demange
When i was working in southern Ontario on the grand River, I told myself that I couldn't leaveOntario without canoeing one of the most famous Wilderness park ...
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Rivers swelling, flood warning issued for Nith
Waterloo Record
WATERLOO REGION — Local rivers will keep rising over the next couple of days after rain drenches southern Ontario overnight. On Tuesday night, the Grand River Conservation Authority issued a flood warning for the communities of New Hamburg and Ayr on ...
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Conservation and Environmental Law Enforcement : Fleming College
Conservation and environmental officers' salaries in Ontario range from $60000 - $85000 annually. In particular, women and other under-represented groups ...
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Don't Ignore the Moraine!
ECO/Huff Strategy (press release)
Toronto, November 29, 2011 - Echoing months of warnings from Ontario conservationorganizations, a new report from the provincial environmental commissioner Gord Miller underscores the need for tougher land use and water monitoring rules on the Oak ...
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Doghouse dungeon
Woodstock Sentinel Review
The regional inspector for the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ... The dogs were likely used for dog sledding, as several sleds were found ... (OTC DOES NOT CONDONE OR SUPPORT THIS TREATMENT OF ANIMALS LIKE THIS IN ANY WAY)

    

Ontario Trails - Ride, Paddle, Bike, Ski Ontario's Trails

Local Snowmobilers Can Save $50 This Week!

User Pay System Supports Non-Profit Clubs

 

(Barrie, ON – November 28, 2011) – Snowmobilers that buy their 2012 Seasonal Snowmobile Trail Permit on or before Thursday, December 1 can save $50 this week. After that, the regular permit fee is $250. Snowmobile Trail Permits can be obtained from any OFSC snowmobile club or online at www.ofsc.on.ca.

The Weather Network's Health and Fitness Contributor keeps you in ...
NorthumberlandView.ca
From snowshoes, to cross-country skiing, to skating, to pulling the kids in a sled, there are tons of ways to get the family involved and burn those extra ...

Tickets on sale

Sports | Trailhead Ontario
Friendship Trail 2008 00. Northumberland Today Eight more kilometres of painted bike lanes along University Avenue, D'Arcy Street andOntario Street at $1600. ...
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IMBA Canada

First Day of Winter 2011: Winter Solstice
The Province
Thick-tread mountain bike tires will increase traction/grip on snow (particularly good for hard-packed), whereas thin tires will cut through the snow ...

Walking With A Camera: Toronto Photo Walks: Year 2 Anniversary II
Toronto Photo Walks: Year 2 Anniversary II. Just a few more portraits. So far the response from most of my friends has been positive. I like it when I do something ...
walkingwithcamera.blogspot.com/.../toronto-photo-walks-year...

Cyclists call for truck side guards
Toronto Sun
“He would cycle from our home at Jane and Bloor to his work at Bell on Wynford Dr. He was rear ended by a cement truck and the driver failed to remain because he was totally unaware what happened. Side guards work by pushing the pedestrian or cyclist ...
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ATV Training - know before you ride, courses available.  http://www.cohv.ca/rtrain.html

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Join us for Our Trails Thinktank - the new Ontario Recreational Policy and it's impact on Trails - The re-alignment of tourism destination marketing organizations and their implementation of a trail tourism economy inspired sessions on Trail Tourism - bring your RTO to our roundtable!

SAY YES to TRAILS - bring your elected officials to this event. While here they will learn about the economic, health, and social benefits of trails. Teach them how to create jobs, safer communities and have a healthier population when they SAY YES to TRAILS!

New for 2012 – The Ontario Trails Council has developed a comprehensive 14 part, trail education program. Supported by members and the Ontario Trillium Foundation OTC will be offering on trail site education for at least one full day. This compliments the conferencing on day one. Watch the program content section for updates as our program is developed!

Oxford County Trails Committee –Interactive trails? We’ve got them and we are going to show at least 3 different trails tourism variations to participants. Heritage and Trails, Nature and Trails and Eco-Tourism Trails. There are three significant trail developments underway in SW Ontario, the Canadian Southern Rail to Trail Conversion, the Development of the Carolinian Canada Coalition/Lake Erie Waterfront and the Guelph to Goderich Greenway – each is emblematic of network trails and best use of unused lands – trails!

So it looks like it’s going to be an exciting time in Oxford – join us – mark the date June 17, 18-19, 2012 in your calendar NOW!

Substantial increase in tick activity concerns officials
The Kingston Whig-Standard
"People are out enjoying hiking trails, doing yard work and stuff like that," she ... more closely with Public Health Ontario on some further programming. ...


Super Santa Run brings in over 400 new “Santas” to Amherstburg
Amherstburg Echo
All proceeds are earmarked for the Amherstburg-to-Essex Greenway Trail. ... "It's because of money we get from events like this that we can do events like ...

A Fine Balance - Conservation Ontario
Ontario is a collaborative and locally driven process. ... tragedy in Walkerton in 2000, Ontario passed the Clean .... protection liaison at Conservation Ontario, ...
www.conservation-ontario.on.ca/.../AfinebalanceNBarticle.pdf

Atv for plowing snow - Ontario Fishing Community Home
The first thing I would look for is how easily you can go from a forward gear to a reverse gear. My old Yamaha Big Bear 350cc would quickly go from any forward ...
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Cross Country Ski Passes: Algoma - Northern Ontario
Purchase cross country ski and snowshoe passes for Hiawatha Highlands and experience a truecross country skiing adventure!
www.northernontario.travel/.../499-cross-country-ski-passes-al...

Blazing a trail across Brant
Brantford Expositor
Because rural schools in Ontario were phased out in the early 1960's, a final reunion was held at the school on Aug. 18, 1961. The property was put up for sale and, in 1962, William Schaeffer purchased it. The school building was torn down and replaced ...
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Photo Ontario Parks

Astronomy in the Park Ontario Parks at Parks Blog -

A year after the opening of the Killarney Provincial Park Observatory the park astronomy program is doing very well. In addition to the outstanding Natural Heritage Education programs the observatory has hosted a number of visiting astronomers who have shared their enthusiasm and knowledge of the night skies with the public. With the recent addition [...]

A cheap skate on the Rideau Canal
Canada.com
This is the most spectacular Christmas season event in Eastern Ontario. ... It's the best place in the world for an outdoor skate. ...

Ottawa cyclists meet to discuss safety
CBC.ca
Cyclists from around the Ottawa region gathered for a brainstorming session Saturday at Ottawa City Hall, hoping to put together a list of safety recommendations to submit to the Ontario Coroner's office. The coroner is looking into Ontario cycling ...
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After quitting tobacco, the possibilities are endless
Toronto Star
By most measures, tobacco farming — this part of Ontario's claim to fame and ... zip-lining, hiking and kayaking tours, and an amphitheatre built from old ...

Still lots to discover in Toronto
Toronto Sun
London, Ont. travel writer Wayne Newton leans backward 356 metres above downtown Toronto while on Edge Walk, the CN Tower's newest attraction. (Photo courtesy CN Tower) Aida Koduzi scoops best-selling Saskatchewan wild rice at Rube's Rice Shop in the ...
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Nature London continues to engage city
London Free Press
Search on "Ontario Nature Network Regions" for a full listing of the 140 groups. Other local active groups include the Thames Valley Trail Association that ...

Protetecting the Ribbon of Life
countylive.ca
From the mainland, the County reaches out into Lake Ontario like a giant amoeba ... boats have replaced schooners and birch bark canoes, and kayak paddlers, ...     

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Waterfront Toronto seeks expert advice from construction firms on port lands ...
Daily Commercial News
... providing expert advice on redeveloping the port lands near Lake Ontario. The RFP will likely be issued within the next week and may be distributed to an invited list, said David Kusturin, Waterfront Toronto's vice-president for program management. ...
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Strachan Overpass reaches Phase 2
insideTORONTO.com
... Pacific Rail's (CPR) North Toronto freight line from GO's Georgetown line. In an effort to keep the community informed about the project the Strachan Community Office offered monthly walking tours of the ongoing construction this past fall. ...
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Online Walking Maps in Toronto, Measure Walking Distance, Find ...
Find online walking maps in Toronto including walking trails and walking paths in your area. Our application uses Google Maps to measure walking distance ...
www.mapmywalk.com/routes/search/run/united.../darden?...

Bike event hits pothole
Belleville Intelligencer
The 1950 cyclists who spent two nights in Belleville, Ont. Monday and Tuesday (Aug. 8-9,2011), during Velo Quebec's Grand Tour Desjardins, leave the Quinte region Wednesday morning, Aug. 10, 2011 for their fifth day of cycling in Ontario. ...

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Lakefront trail links GTA to Canada
The Toronto Observer
And just up from the sand dunes, she explained, she can connect with the Waterfront Trail, a portion of which runs through the Greater Toronto Area from the waterfront at Burlington, Ont., eastward alongside Lake Ontario to Ajax, Ont. Koehler is ...
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Act now: Avoid the possibility of 'Access denied'
CottageCountryNow.ca
Wouldn't this be another great stop for a Nordic skier or hiker? This issue of public road closures in Ontario is a huge and definite concern. ...

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Algoma Cross Country Ski Getaways - Northern Ontario
What better way to experience the natural beauty of the Algoma Region's remote wilderness than a peaceful journey along our cross country ski trails.
www.northernontario.travel/.../498-algoma-cross-country-ski-...  

Top winter festivals in Canada
Toronto Sun
Skate the Rideau Canal, the world's largest outdoor skating rink, check out ice sculptures ... performance art, light shows and free events every February. ...

Fined for Illegal Hunting & Fleeing From Conservation Officer
Wawa-news.com
Reader turned and fled on the ATV for more than 12 kilometres. ... Justice of the Peace Norm Ross heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice, ...

Ontario NDP » Davenport MP Jonah Schein demands urgent action ...
Jonah Schein will continue to press the government to publish the strategy and start making the roads safer for cyclists in his riding and across Ontario. ...
ontariondp.com/.../davenport-mp-jonah-schein-demands-urge...

Outdoors and DIY comes to town
Mississauga
... pool with demos of kayaking, canoeing, kayak fishing and stand-up paddling. ... happy camper Kevin Callan sharing his favourite canoe routes in Ontario. ...

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Fantastic area to walk around - Review of Distillery Historic District ...
Distillery Historic District: Fantastic area to walk around - See traveler reviews, 25 candid photos, and great deals for Toronto, Canada, at TripAdvisor.
www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g155019-d533212-r...

The OPP Files - Nov. 24, 2011
CottageCountryNow.ca
The bicycle, a medium-sized blue mountain bike, is worth about $150. ... both violations contrary to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of Ontario. ...   

Regional Round-Up
EMC Smiths Falls
Info www.mississippimudds.ca Ontario Early Years Centre Playgroup, Mondays, Dec 5, 12, 19, ... 12:00-4:00 pm Seasonal and classic trail permits available. ...

Skyline International starts yacht club construction in Port ...
Daily Commercial News
... to broader regional systems, by the Tay Shore Trail and Ganaraska Trail. ... which also connected the region to main Ontario and Quebec rail lines. ...

For War of 1812 Bicentennial, Indifference From Albany
New York Times
Connect with @NYTMetro on Twitter for New York breaking news and headlines. ... “Wouldn't we, collectively, as a state, want to tout our heritage? ...

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Canadian Ski Council Processes over 7000 Application for Grade 4&5 ...
Cornwall Free News
CFN - The Canadian Ski Council has already processed over 7000 applications for ... in recreational snowboarding, alpine and cross-country skiing in Canada. ...

How can city cyclists to do more to help themselves?
Cycling Weekly
I've lived in London for six weeks now and I've been really inspired by the cycling culture here. I'm interested in how it's evolved and where it's going. My city back home, Toronto, is really lacking in cycling facilities and culture. ...
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Cobourg council supports biking but hedges at cost
Northumberland Today
Eight more kilometres of painted bike lanes along University Avenue, D'Arcy Street and Ontario Street at $1600. • Ninety-six new sharrows to be painted on those same streets as well as on King Street (both to guide cyclists and to warn motorists that ...
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Luxury event needed
CottageCountryNow.ca
Town council would rather see “service clubs and volunteers put on an event ... will be missing (Sport Bike Rally, CanBIC and Ontario Contact conferences). ...

More euchre players needed for Wednesdays
CottageCountryNow.ca
The new walking program has averaged more than 21 walkers per session in its first two ... McKellar Sunshine Club bid euchre winners on Wednesday, Nov. ...

Sidewalk proposal divides residents
Toronto Star
The beef parents have now is that the speed limit of 40 km/h puts children walking to the school at 51 Chine Dr. at risk because there is no sidewalk, just a soft shoulder. In addition, some parents who have children in strollers and are walking their ...
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atv rentals ontario still enjoy | varnapage.com
ATV is moved across the country, but still want to enjoy nature, but when the atv rentals ontario Trail still enjoy a good choice. If you have more than four ...
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ATVs banned from roads starting Dec. 1
The Sudbury Star
Regulations under the Ontario Highway Traffic Act remain in place to ban ATVs from operating on closed provincial highways, rights-of-way (suc as medians) ...

Norco Opens Second Partnership Store
Bicycle Retailer
“We are extending the partnership program opportunities to retailers across North America. There is a bright future for the cycling industry and working with IBDs we see ourselves moving forward together; it is an exciting time,” Nielsen said.
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OFAH Congratulates Thunder Bay on Deer Solution
MarketWatch (press release)
THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO, Nov 22, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) the province's largest fish and wildlife conservation organization, extends its congratulations to Thunder Bay Council for their decision ...
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Blackwell on Health: Treating schizophrenia on horseback
National Post
The use of horseback riding as a therapy for people dealing with problems ... by researchers from the University of Western Ontario psychiatry department ...

Walking With A Camera: Toronto Photo Walks: Year 2 Anniversary
That's right, Toronto Photo Walks is over 2 years old now. Needless we didn't have a walk that day and went straight to the pub. 3 Brewers pub that is, just south ...
walkingwithcamera.blogspot.com/.../toronto-photo-walks-year...

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Roncesvalles « Toronto Neighbourhood Walks Project
The area is also the Polish cultural heart of Toronto, which began in the post-war years. There is a substantial Polish population, and many polish businesses; ...
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New Marker Unveiled
Arlington Connection
... Fisette and Steve Dryden of Fairfax Trails and Streams unveiled the new historic ... During the War of 1812, a State Department clerk Stephen Pleasonton ...

Public meeting held to discuss possible downtown heritage district
Amherstburg Echo
Lassaline believed a heritage district would be good news for Amherstburg. ... He said the target of having a district adopted in time for 1812 ...

American historian likens Laura Secord's heroism to 'Sunday walk'
Canada.com
By Randy Boswell, Postmedia News November 22, 2011 5:34 PM A US historian who unearthed new evidence about the life of a War of 1812 heroine from New York ..

Ontario Trails News - Paddle, Bike, Hike and Ride Ontario's Trails

The Race Director’s Guidebook is a new magazine for Canadian race directors and event organizers. Inside you’ll find tips on sponsorship development, a plan for developing a media relations strategy, race day sanity tips, rules for effective advertising and more!    Link

Films for the Forest Film Festival have been announced!
Click here for more information about the films!
When: Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
Where: Town Hall, Innis College, University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Ave.
Time: 6:30 - 9:30pm (Films begin at 7:00pm)
FREE Admission**Registration is recommended to secure a ticket until 6:45pm. Register at: info@oforest.ca
For more information: www.oforest.ca    www.forestry.utoronto.ca


Forestry | Trailhead Ontario
Our Tweets! Trailhead Ontario. Need a letter for your Mayor or Council - we want them to SAY YES to Trails! @ Trailhead Ontario 2012! about 7 hours ago from ...
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SUPERVISOR, CONSERVATION PARKS ... - Conservation Ontario
POSITION: SUPERVISOR, CONSERVATION PARKS, PETTICOAT CREEK. CONSERVATIONAREA & GLEN ROUGE CAMPGROUND. DIVISION: Parks and ...
www.conservationontario.ca/.../TRCA_Supervisor_December_...

More Holiday Gift Ideas from the Greenbelt
Check out some more highlights from our Greenbelt Holiday Gift Guide (click the link for the full list and more photos.) Moccasins. Ontario Leathers from Hide In ...
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Trail improvements for approaching snowmobiling season
Mitchell Advocate
The funding for this was provided by the provincial government to the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs – who offered the dollars across the province to improve tourism throughout thetrail system. He said the Brodhagen/Monkton crossing is being ...
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