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Kearney Dog Sled Races Good for North Muskoka Resorts

PR Web
Ontario's Near North tourism area offers visitors some of the best snowmobile trails in the province, as well as remarkable ice-fishing, Nordic ski trails ...

Puddle jumping under no one's authority
Haliburton County Echo
Every year snowmobilers from around Ontario make a pilgrimage of sorts to watch ... somebody who suddenly finds themselves on the trail and they're crossing ...

Ebike restrictions urged
Windsor Star
By Doug Schmidt, The Windsor Star January 30, 2012 9:42 PM WINDSOR, Ont. -- To ... advised administration is devising a new bicycle bylaw that will address ...


Milton council gives green light for velodrome
Hamilton Spectator
The town wants Infrastructure Ontario to cap the total construction cost at $40 ... donations and lobbying to have the indoor cycling track in Hamilton.

Ontario Forestry Association Conference 2012

Here's another conference of great interest to stewardship professionals. This year's OFA Annual Conference will explore forest health, human health, and the connections between them. They will examine these health issues from the perspective of Symptoms, Diagnosis and Prescriptions with the goal of helping to expand our understanding of what it takes to sustain a healthy forest and ways they can benefit our own physical, mental and economic health. 

To register, visit the Ontario Forestry Association at http://www.oforest.ca/index.php/_conference#registration

Bicycle Superhighways -- Pathways to Less Congestion and Healthier Urban ...
ThomasNet Industrial News Room
The city of London is developing a system of 12 bicycle highways that radiate from the center of the city to outer London. Bike highways are under development in Copenhagen, Denmark. A Torontoarchitect has even proposed the construction of a ...
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Nunatsiavut man to embark on month-long trek to Nunavik
Nunatsiaq News
But he spent a larger chunk of his life in Northern Ontario, and then Ottawa, ... when Kovalenko and his wife came to kayak Labrador's coast in 2011.

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Break-ins on Treaty Island being investigated

Daily Miner and News
By Miner and News Members of Kenora detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police ... Stolen property included a 1999 Kawaski Mule, and Yamaha Bear 400 ATV.

More mild temperatures ahead
Toronto Sun
(ERNEST DOROSZUK, Toronto Sun) With the arrival of February on Wednesday, Torontoresidents can expect more relatively mild temperatures at a time of year when they typically have to bundle up and shovel the driveway. The forecast calls for highs of 6C ...
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Ontario Parks, Canada ticks all the boxes on holidaymaker wish list
Easier
All five of these trips can be experienced at Ontario Parks in 2012. ... Staying in one of the resorts there, there are hiking trails a plenty as well as ...


Ontario Cyclists Announced for Elite Spring Endurance Camp ...
(January 26, 2012) The Ontario Cycling Association (OCA) is proud to unveil the list of 16 Ontario cyclists who have been selected to attend the OCA Elite Spring ...
www.ontariocycling.org/ontario-cyclists-announced-elite-sprin...

Active Transportation Canada

More than ten news items about Active Transportation have been posted on the Active Transportation-Canada Website over the past two weeks. Among the items included in these new articles:

1. Ten lessons from the great cycling cities
2. Bicycling and Walking in the U.S.: 2012 Benchmarking Report
3. French national bike plan proposed

A complete list of all articles posted since the Websites creation may be found in the "Blog Archive" box, located on the right margin of the Website. There are now more than 1,400 items posted on Active Transportation - Canada, with links available to dozens of studies and hundreds of news items from communities across Canada and the world.

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Join us for Our Trails Think-tank - 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! UPDATE: We are starting this process with a meeting in RTO 7, February 23rd, 2012.  

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! UPDATE We are e-mailing clerks and sent letters, we ask the membership to follow-up and enquire who will be attending from their area.  

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! UPDATE Day 3, June 19th will see trails training on-site. We are running our first two courses by the end of February. Watch Ontario Trails Education and Skills Development Program for dates. 

Ontario Trails Courses

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! UPDATE Time adjusted June 18 - 3pm to 8pm extended for your participation!

Register Today - Register now, pay later - you can register to pay at the event or by sending a cheque. However the hotel will be looking for another instalment payment and it would be nice to hold this from some registrations. Single day, two day and three day packages available - booths, tables and floor space too! We are looking for coffee break sponsors. Call or email us today. Thanks!

Humber Arboretum earns platinum eco status
insideTORONTO.com
The heart of our organization is animal conservation, but in order to save animals, you need to be saving and preserving habitats, and in order to save habitats, you need to conserve the environment," he said, noting the Ontario EcoCentres program has ...
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Wolves with horses
TbNewsWatch.com
Because of the far distance, and subsequent expenses, between Thunder Bay and southernOntario, where university equestrian clubs are common, the Lakehead ...

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Launch of the 2012–13 Enabling Change Program

We are pleased to launch the 2012–13 EnAbling Change Program. We are looking for non-profit organizations that want to be leaders in accessibility.

The EnAbling Change Program is an initiative of the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario (ADO) that provides financial support and expertise to organizations to educate an industry or sector across the province on its obligations under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).

The program funds large-scale projects that have an impact across the province. Occasionally, the program funds projects that meet additional goals such as developing innovative approaches to increasing accessibility that directly or indirectly supports compliance with the AODA or awareness raising projects that focus on Ontario’s children and youth.

We ask that you submit your project idea by completing the Expression of Interest provided on our website at:

English: www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/programs/accessibility/partnerships/EnablingChange/how_apply.aspx
French: www.mcss.gov.on.ca/fr/mcss/programs/accessibility/partnerships/EnablingChange/how_apply.aspx

The deadline to submit your Expression of Interest is Friday, February 17, 2012.

Council hears about future trail plans around Bolton
Caledon Citizen
“We'll probably be the most trailed municipality in Ontario,” Mayor Marolyn Morrison said at the end of the presentation. Mike Bender, manager of conservation lands with TRCA, told councillors they have been looking at lands, consisting of roughly 970 ...
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Ajax offers businesses added exposure

durhamregion.com
The Welcome Cyclists Network offers cyclists province-wide information on bike-friendly businesses, trails, destinations, attractions and more to encourage visitors and residents to exploreOntario through cycling. For more information, contact Nadia ...
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Separate lanes at last
NOW Toronto
After years of polarizing debate and abandoned plans, at an open house on Thursday the city unveiled comprehensive designs for Toronto's first ever physically separated bike lanes. The wounds of the cycling wars are still raw, but if the lanes on ...
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Bridge Replacement Don Valley, Toronto - Mountain Bike Review
Just a heads up on what the City is up to in Crothers Woods in the Don Valley. From Parks, Forestry & Recreation at the City of Toronto: I wanted.
forums.mtbr.com/.../bridge-replacement-don-valley-toronto-7...

Council hears about future trail plans around Bolton

Caledon Citizen
“We'll probably be the most trailed municipality in Ontario,” Mayor Marolyn Morrison said at the end of the presentation. Mike Bender, manager of conservation lands with TRCA, told councillors they have been looking at lands, consisting of roughly 970 ...
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The Frontenac Arch Biosphere Network (www.fabr.ca) is devoted to building a sustainable and prosperous life within the Biosphere. Among its many other initiatives, it sponsors the Biosphere Trail Council. 

We invite you to fill out an electronic survey for both trails users, trails groups and trails organizations. The Council has decided to develop a vision and strategy for trails within the Biosphere. We need to build on the great work that has been over the many decades past by trail enthusiasts. We need to see where else, and in what form we need more trails. Please complete this survey at:http://app.fluidsurveys.com/surveys/anna-r/biosphere-trails-council-survey/. Please! Complete this survey by February 3, 2012!

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Ontario open to NCC's Greenbelt plan, Chiarelli says

Ottawa Citizen
The National Capital Commission's proposed expansion of the Greenbelt got a big boost Thursday when the Ontario government said it is willing to discuss how ...


Path plans near Bluffers Park raise ire of residents
insideTORONTO.com
But people working on the proposal suggested environmental arguments employed by residents of Chine Drive - who say paving a trail through Chine Meadow would harm plants and local wildlife - were less than they seemed. A City of Toronto plan to fill in ...
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City reveals plan for separated bike lanes on Sherbourne
Globe and Mail
As the fight over cycling infrastructure in Toronto simmers, the city took its last steps towards finalizing bike lane upgrades on Sherbourne Street Thursday. The city's transportation services presented a plan for the lane improvements at an open ...
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What bike lanes on Sherbourne will look like - from the Globe and Mail

Skier's journey to Sochi goes through Huntsville

CottageCountryNow.ca
Margarita Gorbounova will be in Huntsville for the 2012 Ontario ... She started skiing beforewalking, in her native home of St. Petersburg, Russia.


Conservation Club and Aboriginal coalition land funding to participate in ...
Atikokan Progress
The Atikokan Sportsmen's Conservation Club and the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters are receiving $10800 with another $7200 going to the Ontario Coalition of Aboriginal People. Funding will help the parties provide informed input to the public ...
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Merklinger appointed new head of Own The Podium
CP24, Canada
Ontario skip Anne Merklinger yells for teammates to sweep her rock during ... In addition to running the canoe and kayak association, Merklinger has worked ...

Walking in winter wonderlands

insideTORONTO.com
That's if there's enough of the white stuff on the ground in Toronto. But without the snow you "can't use snowshoes," Barb Fox, co-ordinator for the Centre for Urban Ecology, at the Humber Arboretum said. But that does not mean residents can't ...
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Norco Supported Team Names their 2012 Roster
Norco Bikes
... his time at trail building events, organizing mountain bike events, standing behind the lens, working with the OCA to help promote the sport, coaching at riding clinics, or helping a young kid shred at a wicked riding location somewhere in Ontario.
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Cycling in Ontario | Travel Tips - USAToday.com
Ontario's rural areas offer expansive stretches of trails and roadways, ideal for cycling amid scenic views with little traffic. On the other hand, the more populated ...
traveltips.usatoday.com/cycling-ontario-102265.html

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New Benchmarking Report from the Alliance for Walking and Biking ...

The third biennial report from the Alliance for Walking and Biking, Bicycling and Walking in the U.S.: 2012 Benchmarking Report analyzes data on walking and ...
tcat.ca/node/1764

Snowshoe romp raises $32000
The Barrie Advance
The event is sponsored by the Tubbs Snowshoe company, and has pulled in thousands of dollars so far. Until this year, the Ontario event was the only one in ...

ontario-kids-snow-pass - Home
Ontario Grade 4 and Grade 5 Snow Pass providing Free Kids downhill Skiing ... Snow passes can be used at Ontario cross country ski facilities, for downhill ...
www.411ontariokids.com/index.php/.../content/.../8-snow-pass

Silent Norco Racing 2012 Team Anouncment
Pinkbike.com
Over the years he has learned much about what it takes to be a part of the Ontario riding community; whether that means helping out on any given day with a trail build, photographing an epic ride, giving it his all during a race weekend, or just going ...

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A Million Reasons to Celebrate: Aviva Canada Announces the ...

NorthumberlandView.ca
... including school yards in Ontario and Alberta, an animal rescue facility ... physical games,horseback riding and general camping to help youth aged 2 ...

Cheer on trail project
Community Press
The Eastern Ontario Trail Alliance, the Municipality of Tweed and the Township of Tyendinaga have partnered to develop a new trail but need the community's help to make it a success. The planned trail will run from between the Tweed Community Centre ...
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Posted 4 minutes ago
The Kingston Whig-Standard
A Services to Assist Independent Living (SAIL) walking club meets at the Lou Jeffries Arena in Gananoque from 10 to 11 am For details, call 613-382-1175 or ...

Gearing up for bike summit
Sarnia Observer
Sarnia is working along with Eleanor McMahon, founder of the provincial Share the Road CyclingCoalition, on the summit. “They run an Ontario bike summit every year,” Yorke said. At a summit that was part of last year's Bike Month in Sarnia speakers ...
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Loads of snow here

The Chronicle Journal
In the last few years, due to the depressed economy and population decline, some NorthwesternOntario clubs have struggled to attract volunteers to drive OFSC-funded groomers to keep trails open. Because of the late start to winter conditions this year ...

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A political point of view
Innisfil Scope
Several ski resorts offer downhill and cross country opportunities and with ... Mid Ontario Snowmobile Trails is an association of five area snowmobile ...


Ontario University Athletics - NORDIC SKIING ROUNDUP: Nipissing ...
The Varsity Blues Nordic ski team recorded five top-10 finishes at the North Bay Nordic/Nipissing Nordic OUA invitational this past weekend (Jan. 21-22).
oua.ca/news/2012/1/23/NORDIC_0123122953.aspx?path...

Trails 'Friends' worried about public safety

Standard Freeholder
20. The Friends reminded counties council that there has been ongoing Ontario and municipal government funding to enhance the trails and create recreational interest. They estimate that about 8000 visitors use the trails.

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Frozen funding leaves municipalities to pick up slack
Owen Sound Sun Times
Dick Hibma said the Ministry of Natural Resources, after a review of Ontario's ConservationAuthority Act, has acknowledged that the province has a "responsibility" to fund more but has said it doesn't have the money to do so.
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Seaway Trail developer Teresa Mitchell dies at age 59
Niagara Gazette
In the Seaway Trail post, Mitchell was the prime mover in marketing and promoting the 518-mile scenic byway stretching from near Massena along the entire Lake Ontario shoreline in New York, the Niagara River, and Lake Erie communities to the ...
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Joyride 150 – For when it's too crummy outside to ride - Biking Toronto

During that time I've tried to take it out on the Don Valley mountain biking trail even on the rare snowy days we've had here in Toronto. The problem is we've had ...
bikingtoronto.com/.../joyride-150-for-when-its-too-crummy-o...

DIY accessibility
NOW Toronto
Those barriers are something Anderson became increasingly frustrated with after he lost the use of his legs in a 2002 mountain biking accident.

Tickets on sale now! Join us in June!

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Blue Preps for World Cup

Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre
by Catherine Thompson For a third year the Ski Cross will be held at ... This is the first time the Snowboard Cross competition has been held in Ontario.


Green Job: Group Facilitator, p/t, Trails Youth Initiatives, Newmarket ...
Green/Environmental Job in Ontario: Group Facilitator, p/t, Trails Youth Initiatives, Newmarket,Ontario, Canada. On Canada's Eco-Job Board, ...
www.goodworkcanada.ca/greenjobs.php?id=16364

Casting bright lights on Nordic talents lights
Haliburton County Echo
By Darren Lum Glebe Park will be the most dynamic place when it opens its trails to more than a hundred young Nordic skiers from around central Ontario. The Haliburton Highlands Nordic Trail and Ski Club Association, in partnership with Lakefield ...
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Travel bucket list for kids

Toronto Sun
(Shutterstock) Learn how to dog sled on designated trails in Ontario Parks including Algonquin. Local outfitters teach the skills and cover the cost of the required park permit in their fees. (QMI Agency) Every winter at MacGregor Provincial Park on ...
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Speed a factor in snowmobile crash: OPP
The Barrie Examiner
A 51-year-old Innisfil woman is in serious condition in a Toronto hospital after the snowmobile she was driving struck a tree near Portage Trail, Saturday. Huronia West OPP say another group of snowmobilers came upon the woman's unconscious body in the ...
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Ontario gives Simcoe a plan
The Barrie Advance
Growth in the county was poised to follow that of York Region, where land ran out and developers leapfrogged over the greenbelt. In 2007, the province told local politicians to come up with a local growth plan. Simcoe County approved a plan, ...
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Eastern Ontario Paint Horse Club

Standard Freeholder
To promote Paint Horses by way of horse breeding, activities like horse shows, trail and pleasure riding and the like. • To promote good horsemanship, sportsmanship, husbandry and equitation. • To educate the public about the Paint Horse.
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Walking With A Camera: Toronto Photo Walks: Corso Italia
Toronto Photo Walks: Corso Italia. Good morning and good Monday everyone. It's been a little while since I posted anything. Been in a little bit of a funk ...
walkingwithcamera.blogspot.com/.../toronto-photo-walks-cors...

Black History Month: Toronto & The Underground Railroad
Toronto.com
According to Rosemary Sadlier, president of the Ontario Black History Society, ... activity reached its peak — and the city's continual urban renewal, ...

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