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Join a Trailhead Event, watch for new Branding! Other Communities see their projects continue: Windsor-Essex Leamington Discovery Routes Hopeful Check out Ontario's hiking and walking trails at http://www.ontariotrails.on.ca/trails/activity/hiking-walking Lyme Disease Stakeholder Reference Group, As was discussed at our last meeting in May, I am pleased to announce that the ministry has created off-trail signage reminding people that they are in a tick area and to take precautions to avoid getting a tick bite and to check for ticks (see attached). These paper-based signs will be posted in provincial park campgrounds and bathroom areas. The signs are bilingual and have been distributed to Ontario Parks and are available to order for free at Service Ontario. To order off-trail signs from Service Ontario, please follow the steps below: 1.            Go to: https://www.publications.serviceontario.ca/pubont/servlet/ecom/MainServlet?selectedLocale=en&utm_source=so&utm_campaign=orignal&utm_medium=keyword/  2.            Type “Lyme Signage” in the search bar. The two off-trail signs will show up. 3.            Register for an account. 4.            Order the quantities of your choice and wait for delivery. Jason (on behalf of the Lyme Disease Stakeholder Reference Group Secretariat) For more information on the working group or its products contact: Jason Globerman | Senior Policy and Program Advisor Infectious Diseases Policy and Programs Unit Health Protection and Surveillance Policy and Programs Branch| Population and Public Health Division Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care 393 University Ave. 21st Floor, Toronto, ON M7A 2S1 416-326-7138| jason.globerman@ontario.ca Ontario Trails is pleased to support this program and we have ordered 200 signs we will distribute to members at Trailhead Education Symposiums. This spring, summer, and fall get outdoors on a conservation trail! The Ontario Trails Council supports the public use of this important Conservation Ontario program! Check out all the great off-road cycling trails Ontario has to offer: http://www.ontariotrails.on.ca/trails/activity/cycling---off-road We have completed our Towards a National Trails Policy document. If you would like a copy e-mail Candian Trails President, Patrick Connor at execdir@ontariotrails.ca and we'll send you a copy! Workshops on Wheels  Join us for a fun ride – or walk! Explore new routes. Share your ideas on how we can encourage more people to choose to walk or cycle as we create a new Cycling and Trails Master Plan for Kitchener. Each ride is co-hosted by city staff and a local resident. All skill levels are welcome to participate. Each ride is five to ten kilometers with lots of rest stops and fun conversation with your neighbours along the way.  No registration is required. Rain or shine. In extreme weather situations, please visit this webpage to see if the ride or walk is cancelled. Be sure to subscribe to Bike Kitchener email updates for cycling news and updates on the master plan. About Kitchener’s new Cycling and Trails Master Plan Kitchener has a solid foundation for active transportation enjoyed by many residents across the city. Our new Cycling and Trails Master Plan will serve as the catalyst for building a city where people willingly and joyfully choose active transportation for getting around. Community engagement is essential to creating the new master plan – please be involved and share your ideas! Over the next year, city staff will be reaching out all across the city to hear from people about how we can make Kitchener a great place to walk and bike. The ultimate goal is to double the number of trips taken by walking and cycling every five years. To achieve that goal, it’s important to build a connected network and the master plan will identify the long-term investments required to build pedestrian and cycling infrastructure for recreational users, commuters and everyday transportation needs. Dates for the start of the consultation on our Trails Master Plan are now available – they are happening across the summer. As much input as we can get to support the recreation, leisure, health and multi-user needs for trails (and indeed, the tourism aspects) would be appreciated to balance the strong need to address active transportation needs of the City would be appreciated! Please feel free to pass on these dates to your contacts – or pass on interested local contacts to me as you see fit! https://www.kitchener.ca/en/city-services/cycling-and-trails-master-plan.aspx Danny Pimentel Active Transportation Planning Project manager City of Kitchener, 200 King Street West, Kitchener, ON N2G 4G7 T.: 519-741-2200 ext. 7371 TTY: 1-866-969-9994 F.: 519-741-2747 Email Danny Pimentel Map this Location. Upgrades and repairs are being done to the Scout Rock Trail in Timmins by student workers of the Mattagami Region Conservation Authority. Part of the work is being financed by the Wintergreen Fund in Timmins. That was acknowledged this week despite the steady rain. Among those who were on the trail checking the progress Tuesday were MRCA general manager Dave Vallier, at left, student workers Bradley Bonsall, Kameron Brousseau, Wintergreen chair Michael Doody, Tyler Dacosta, Taylor Buczkowski, MRCA field supervisor Kevin Gagnon, and Wintergreen volunteer Kees Pols. Join us in Seeley's Bay on November 1, 2018, where we will be talking about the business of trails. A Trailhead Ontario "Partners" Event. NEW - Join Ontario Trails by processing your membership online.  LOOK FOR THE FINDJOO BADGE!   We want to thank the following organization who recently became an Ontario Trails Member - NEW - Township of Laurentian Valley - NEW Check out their trail at: http://www.ontariotrails.on.ca/trails/view/laurentian-valley-skating-trail We thank all Members for your continued support. We always have room for your trails event - be sure to add it to our online listings! Officials: 21 of 55 Ontario forest fires remain out of control - Ontario Trails advises - call ahead - plan ahead, avoid accident or injury. One of Mississauga’s most significant redevelopment projects is moving forward. One of the lasting legacy projects of the late Mississauga councillor Jim Tovey, who represented the Lakeview area in Ward 1 from 2010 to 2018, was a conservation area called the Lakeview Waterfront Connection. According to the Credit Valley Conservation Authority, the project will transform the currently degraded section of the shore into a beautiful naturalized conservation area, which is expected to become a hub for waterfront recreation and a hotspot for wildlife migration. MORE>>>>>>>>>> Download a copy of our proposal to host a Trailhead Trails Education Symposium in your community. Download Here

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