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Drivers asked to be cautious ahead of Sunday cycle race
Waterloo Record
The timed race is billed as the largest gran fondo — an Italian term for a short-to-long-distance, organized, mass-participation cycling event — race in Southwestern Ontario. There are three distances cyclists can choose from — the "Blackberry 130 ...
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Heritage Toronto Leads a Historical Bike Tour of the Huron-Wendat Trail
Torontoist
Riding a bicycle along the Finch Corridor path near Jane Street and Finch Avenue takes you past plenty of grassy fields and hydro towers. The serene surroundings make it hard to imagine that over 500 years ago the area already had its present-day ...
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Cycling advocacy: How a little self-evaluation can help our fight for safer roads
rabble.ca
Many politicians fail to see the contradiction between promoting cycling and rejecting pleas to install simple safety measures like bike lanes or truck side guards, which might have saved the life of Toronto cycling mom Jenna Morrison. Many cyclists ...
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OPP investigating kayak thefts
Shoreline Beacon
The South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating the theft of two kayaks from a Paisley business. On June 15, at 3:38 pm, the OPP received ...

Wilderness canoeing in Ontario's Quetico Provincial Park | Outdoors ...
A party of canoeists makes its way through the narrows at the north end of Sarah Lake inOntario's Quetico Provincial Park, just north of the Boundary Waters ...
samcook.areavoices.com/.../wilderness-canoeing-in-ontarios-q...

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Cottage in the City Weekend presented by Ontario - Yours to Discover
BlueJays.com
This is an all ages event. Festivities begin at 4:30pm on Friday, June 21 st , outside gates 10/11 with Cottage Fan Friday, featuring a large sand pit and ...

Brian Sibbles posted in Central Ontario Four Wheel Drive Club

Brian Sibbles 8:53pm Jun 19 Trail Updates: Reports of trees down on; Black Lake North (New), Picard lake and Crystal Lake. If you're heading that way please take a chainsaw or report back if its all clear via the trail reporting system. Keep up the great work everyone and continue reporting your trail runs. Together we can all enjoy the sport to its fullest. http://www.of4wd.com/trailreport.asp

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Aboriginal Tourism Ontario Strategy ‹ Great Spirit Circle Trail
The Great Spirit Circle Trail is the project manager for the Aboriginal Tourism Ontario (ATO) Strategy that was developed June 2011. The goal of the ATO ...
circletrail.com/2011/aboriginal-tourism-ontario-strategy

Velodrome fans dispute 'Taj Mahal' budget
Hamilton Spectator
City councillors were shocked to learn, late last month, that the proposed Pan Am indoor cycling oval could cost as much as $45 million to build, according to Infrastructure Ontario - rather than the original $11.4 million suggested in 2009. ...
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Coast-to-coast canoeists
Ottawa Citizen
... the continental divide through Howse Pass (and deep snow, using snowshoes), ... east through Northwestern Ontario's Boundary Waters to Lake Superior. ...

Armed with a Canoe and SUV - Ontario Fishing Community Home
We're from Toronto, looking for a piking spot not more than a few hours away that we can hit with our canoe for one or two days. Lake Ontario: We've fished ...
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Heading Out to Open Waters
blogTO (blog)
Should e-bikes be allowed on Toronto bike trails? @J.Dough you must be talking about bikes, right? Bikes are always on the sidewalk and have hit lots of pedestrians, killing two already this year. I assume you... New Port Lands vision moves one step ...
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OCA Announces NCCP Mountain Bike ... - Ontario Cycling Association
The OCA is announcing an NCCP Coaching Mountain Bike Skills and Tactics Course for Tuesday November 1st in ... Ontario Cup and Upgrade Points · Events ...
www.ontariocycling.org/oca-announces-nccp-mountain-bike-s...

Cross season in Toronto parks - Mountain Bike Review
I've been hearing rumours that the new Ford anti bike regime is not giving any permits for parks in Toronto to be used for bike races.I've not seen.
forums.mtbr.com/.../cross-season-toronto-parks-737392.html

Quarry stonewalls all-candidates debate
Orangeville Banner
The Liberal Party's platform also includes an extension of the Greenbelt. ... Strang said Ontario's Places to Grow Act needs review as it fails to provide ...

Walk for Hope inspires many
Brantford Expositor
Participants in the Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope walk along a trail near Wilkes Dam in Brantford, Ontario on Sunday, September 11, 2011. Hundreds turned out for the first-time fund raising walk for ovarian cancer. ...
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Upcoming Community Events

1.   Call for Artists - Juried Exhibition - Brockville - Entry Deadline 14 Oct. NEW!
2.   The Frontenac Challenge! - Frontenac Provincial Park - Sep & Oct. NEW!

3.   Canada's Outdoor Farm Show - Woodstock - 13 through 15 Sep. NEW!

4.   Alchemy in Colour Exhibition - Brockville - 15 Sep. through 26 Oct. NEW!

5.   Turkey Fair - Lyndhurst - Saturday 17 September NEW!

6.   Terry Fox Run - Landon Bay Centre - Sunday 18 Sep. NEW!

7.   Pedal for Paws Bike Ride - Brockville - Saturday 24 Sep. NEW!