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Truro Daily News
The Bruce Trail in Ontario runs from Niagara to Tobermory, covering almost 900 kilometres, ... It makes sense for tourism, it makes sense for our health, ...


Plan ahead: Your guide to local social events
Northumberland Today
The Pine Ridge Hiking Club invites you along on its easy 10-km. lakeshore ... The Cobourg Public Library (200 Ontario St.) welcomes young readers aged seven ...

Try paddling this summer

Northumberland Today
... for competition are yours this summer with the Cobourg Dragon Boat and Canoe Club. ... Except for Montreal, I think we have always been in Ontario.


Sudbury Rocks has come a long way - Column by Laura Young
The Sudbury Star
By LAURA YOUNG Vince Perdue and his Sudbury Rocks Race, Run, ... canoeing, swimming, running and Mountain biking, as well as the Beaton Classic quadrathlon.

Frontenac graduate finishes 26th in cycling event - The Whig ...

... ---Ontario---, Amherstburg - Amherstburg Echo, Bancroft - Bancroft this Week, Barrie - Barrie Examiner .... Frontenac graduate finishes 26th in cycling event ...
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Ontario's Best to Race 2012 Good Friday Road Race O-Cup #1 ...
Hamilton, Ontario – April 2, 2012 – Hundreds of road cyclists from across Ontario are about to descend on Flamborough for the 60th running of the challenging, ...
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Sledders urged to 'take it easy' on the trails

The Barrie Examiner
By Robin MacLennan - Special to QMI Agency It has been a frustrating winter for snowmobile enthusiasts with the riding season stalled across most of southern and central Ontario. That frustration might be causing people to take unsafe chances, ...

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The List: 10 things award-winning theatre director Weyni Mengesha ...
Toronto Life
Riding my bike in Toronto makes me fall in love with the city. ... I grew up in Vancouver, and whenever I step into a Mountain Equipment Co-op, ...


Skiing is good for the heart
Guelph Mercury
But it is a passion that is hard to keep burning given southern Ontario's increasingly mild winters. Janet Brenchley-Krug and Tom Krug met on the trails that cross the rugged terrain in the Outaouais region just north of Ottawa while at university ...
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Spring brings septic inspections
CottageCountryNow.ca
“We're getting ready to ramp things up for the spring,” said North Bay-Mattawa ConservationAuthority (NBMCA) CAO Brian Tayler. Changes to Ontario's Building Code made in 2011 include mandatory maintenance inspection requirements for on-site sewage ...
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I Want Your Outdoor Job: Fiona Westner-Ramsay and Mike Ramsay, Canoe Paddle Makers

Paddling Instructor News (press release) (blog)
First out of the gate are friends of the site, Fiona Westner-Ramsay and Mike Ramsay, owners of Badger Paddles based out of Huntsville, Ontario. When not working on their canoe paddles, Fiona and Mike are the primary caregivers for their autistic son, ...
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Roseneath, Cobourg considered for visits from Musical Ride
Northumberland Today
... seen here on his horse Dare, is a member of the RCMP Musical Ride. ... This year it is in southern Ontario, so Constable James Marsden, a member of the ...


Underground Railroad cycling route expanded
Bicycle Retailer
... years after unveiling its 2000-mile Underground Railroad Bicycle Route, ... for cyclists traveling between Oberlin, Ohio, and Owen Sound, Ontario.


New Ontario Masters eRace Cancer Cycling Team & Club ...
February 08, 2012 (Toronto, ON) – Lori and Peter Kofman are pleased to announce the creation of a new Ontario-based masters' cycling racing team and club.
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Resorts wait for white gold

The Barrie Examiner
"As of today, we have not opened any of the trails," said Kevin Hagen, manager of Mid-OntarioSnowmobile Trails, a district of the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs. "We need at least another foot of snow. If we were to run a groomer over the ...

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Celebrate Robbie Burns Weekend at The Rosseau, A JW Marriott ...
MarketWatch
The Ontario resort is pleased to offer winter adventurists a relaxing way to ... dog sledding with WinterDance Siberian Huskies, a visit to Spa Rosseau, ...

Cycle Ontario
Cycle Ontario has recently received a grant from the Heart and Stroke Foundation. COA Projects Director John Sigurjonsson explained his plans to use this to ...
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West Niagara Year in Review - Part 1
Niagarathisweek.com
St. Anns egg farmer Roger Pelissero was selected to be in the Ontario Farm ... 8 District vows to tackle ATV issues in rural West Lincoln after appearing ...

Consumers are the ticket for Caneast shows
EMC Stittsville/Richmond
The Outdoor and Travel Show March 17-18 is a prime example. "Our mission is to inspire the outdoor and adventure travel community of eastern Ontario and ...


2011 In Review: Stories too strange to make up
The Kingston Whig-Standard
Kingston's Ontario Court of Justice heard a couple of examples where the ... a shed and cutting the budget for maintaining hiking and ski trails — the city ...

Dogsled purse hits record high in 2012

CottageCountryNow.ca
KEARNEY – Behind the sled of a team of dogs careening down the trails at the Kearney Dog Sled Races is the place to be this February if you want to bring home the dough. “We have the highest paid purse in Ontario,” said dogsled committee chair Lisa ...
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Man and boy who drowned in Ontario lake remembered
CANOE
By Gisele Winton Sarvis, Special to QMI Agency ORILLIA, Ont. -- The man and boy who died when their canoe capsized earlier this week were very close and they shared the same passion for hunting and fishing. Shawn and Owen Thompson died Tuesday after a ...
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Christmas in the county in 1815
Midland Free Press
Military heritage author Robert Henderson, in an article on his War of 1812 website about Christmas in the 1812-era British army, says uncertain weather in ...

Our look back at the events of 2011 in North Grenville concludes
EMC Kemptville
Back in September 2010 it was announced that the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, ... The Municipality of North Grenville continues to seize its tourism ...

Milton Dateline - December 29, 2011
InsideHalton.com
The Milton Seniors' Activity Centre, 500 Childs Dr., holds billiards from 9 am to 9 pm, Guitar Club from 9:30 to 11 pm, Walking Club from 10 to noon, ...