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Cramahe Township | Trailhead Ontario

Township of Cramahe – The Suzy Kernaghan Trail Committee, with the Township of Cramahe as lead applicant, announced today that the Suzy Kernaghan ...
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Birding by ear amplifies watching experience
Toronto Sun
A black-capped chickadee gathers some breakfast along the trails near South Bear Creek, Wednesday, February 8, 2012. (AARON HINKS/QMI AGENCY) A song from beside a field draws our attention to a bush. A woodpecker's hammering stops us in our tracks.

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The Harper Government Welcomes 18 First Nations to the Framework Agreement on ...
MarketWatch (press release)
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Apr 13, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The Honourable John Duncan, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, joined Chief Robert Louie, Chair of the First Nations Lands Advisory Board (LAB), and Chief Austin Bear, ...
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Helping First-Time Campers

Ontario is helping more first-time campers experience the great outdoors by expanding its Learn to Camp program in provincial parks across the province.
Murphys Point, Six Mile Lake and The Pinery provincial parks will now offer Learn to Camp, in addition to Bronte Creek, Darlington and Sibbald Point, which all offered the program last year.
A new travelling Learn to Camp program will also be piloted in the following Northern Ontario provincial parks:

• Halfway Lake and Grundy Lake in the Sudbury area
• Pancake Bay near Sault Ste. Marie
• Lake Superior near Wawa
• Sleeping Giant and Kakabeka Falls near Thunder Bay
• Rushing River near Kenora

The Learn to Camp program teaches the ins and outs of camping by providing hands-on experience for a number of important tasks, like setting up a campsite, using a camp stove and building a fire.
Overnight camping sessions or community information sessions can be booked online atontarioparks.com/learntocamp.

Bixi sale wouldn't affect Toronto cyclists, city says

Toronto Star
Serco, an outsourcing giant, has run Ontario's driver testing service since 2003. It partnered with Public Bike System to create a bike-sharing service in London, England, in 2010. Public Bike System, created by Montreal's government through the city's ...
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Students horsing around
The Kingston Whig-Standard
“They come here and just ride.” Cairns, one of several team members who owns and boards a horseat DreamCatcher, concurred with the farm owner.


Musical Ride tour by former Valley man to include honour-guard ...
Truro Daily News
Matthew Tucker and his horse Cybil will be soon leaving for England with the RCMP's ... the MusicalRide will begin its summer tour in southern Ontario, ...

Join us to celebrate the Bruce Trail's 50th

Hamilton Spectator
In the US, the Appalachian Trail runs from Maine to Georgia. The Bruce Trail is Ontario's best equivalent, but it requires many volunteers and financial supporters. And it requires responsible users. The brainchild in 1960 of Hamiltonian Ray Lowes, ...
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1812 celebrations suffer setback
Niagarathisweek.com
1812 celebrations suffer setback. Heritage Minister James Moore (left) and Niagara Falls MP Rob Nicholson (right) came to Fort George last year to announce the federal government's plans for 1812bicentennial commemorations across Canada.
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Ontario Trails Education Program - Book Now!

Trail Education Courses -  23 Sessions and Counting We have it all - 14 modules - and soon On-Line! Book Today.

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Great Trails - Great People - June 17-20, 2012

Ontario Trails News - Develop, Manage, Use and Preserve Ontario's Trails

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Entrepreneurial mindset alive and thriving in Sault Ste. Marie — O ...
Sault Star
The Agawa Canyon Tour train retrofit, the Hub Trail, Searchmont Resort, the Ontario Heritage Bushplane Centre, the Algoma Fall Festival, and many others owe ...

Hope Floats' wrap up inaugural season
Niagarathisweek.com
The South Niagara Canoe Club Hope Floats dragon boat team is currently wrapping up ... in three dragon boat festivals in Ontario and one in North Carolina. ...

Trailhead Ontario 2012  Ontario Trails Council invites its members, friends, and partners to join us in the and only trail conference dedicated to trails, trail building and the lucrative Ontario outdoor economy.

Most amazing walking city tours | International | Travel | Toronto Sun
Grab your sneakers and hit the pavement on one of these interesting, quirky walking city tours.
www.torontosun.com/2011/.../most-amazing-walking-city-tou...

North York/Toronto Nordic Pole Walking Group - EQUILIBRE
Saturday November 12, 2011 All Day Weekly on Saturday. http://www.meetup. com/Nordic-Pole-Walking-Group-North-York-Toronto/ ...
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LaSalle teen ends up in court over moose antlers
Windsor Star
Louis Calsavara Jr., 19, is charged with violating Ontario's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act for trying to sell a pair of moose antlers over the Internet. WINDSOR, Ont. -- A prop from a high school musical landed a LaSalle teen in court Thursday. ...
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Greenbelt not a safer route
InsideHalton.com
407 to Lake Ontario. The study also examined the possibility of greenbelt land to encompass Bronte Creek, from the QEW to Lake Ontario. ...    

Ontario Trails News - Develop, Manage, Use and Preserve Trails

NEW TRAIL NEARS COMPLETION - Kawartha Conservation

Volunteers and staff made excellent headway on a new, sustainable trail in the southern end of Durham East Cross Forest Conservation Area on June 24. We are planning to complete the 4 km trail later this year, which will be opened to low-impact uses such as hiking, bicycling, horseback riding, and cross-country skiing. 

We'd like to thank all of the participants for their help, including the Durham Mountain Biking Association.

Credit Valley Conservation Authority will be hosting a Beech Bark Disease Workshop led by OMNR forest pathologists Richard Wilson and John McLaughlin. The workshop is designed for forest managers, tree markers and other specialists interested in learning how to identify and reduce the impacts of Beech Bark Disease. In addition to learning how to identify the disease the workshop aims. August 30, 2011 Contact: Kata Bavrlic, M.Sc. Terrestrial Monitoring Specialist kbavrlic@creditvalleyca.ca

See Ontario Provincial Parks Group - Ghostwalk program at Bronte Creek all this month on Sunday's. You need to register but there is no additional cost. 905-827-6911x231

Savour an abundance of fresh farm products from across the Frontenac Arch Biosphere landscape with this Local Flavours guide. Indulge your passion for taste and flavour - succulent produce, zesty preserves, delectable meats, carefully aged cheeses, mouth-watering baked goods, delicious honey, gourmet maple products, epicurean delights prepared by local chefs and the exciting discoveries at Farmers' Markets, farm stores and farmgate stands.

 

Outreach Volunteer Training
September 11, 2011 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM Orangeville

Share your passion: BTC Outreach Volunteer Training Join us for a special training session for volunteers interested in representing the BTC on the Trail, at community events, or at a BTC or Club booth.  
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Are you a big picture thinker? Do you enjoy working collaboratively with others? Are you interested in community planning? APPLY NOW to be a member of the Task Group that will design and implement a
community engagement strategy for the Haliburton County Rail Trail! 
County of Haliburton Box 399 Minden, Ontario K0M 2K0 Fax: (705) 286-4829 rsmith@county.haliburton.on.ca



2011 Ontario Provincial Track Championships | Ontario Cycling ...
On the line were Ontario Championship medals in 5 events covering 7 age ... were many outstanding performances including Conner Byway (Ottawa Bicycle Club) ...
www.ontariocycling.org/2011-ontario-provincial-track-champ...

Brothers on top of bike world
The Barrie Advance
Brothers on top of bike world. Peter (left) and Quinton Disera are each ranked first in their age divisions on the Ontario Mountain Biking circuit with ...

Local Organizations Benefit From Latest Round of Trillium Grants
CD98.9
$40000 over one year to provide safe linkage to the trail system in Lions Park. ... volunteer recruitment, additional events and increased fundraising. ...


Gananoque Canoe Club takes Eastern Ontario by storm - Gananoque ... The Canoe club traveled to Ottawa this weekend to attend the Eastern Ontario Championship Event. In race after race the athletes from Gananoque...
Gananoque Reporter

Kayaking for Cancer
Kingston This Week
An armada of kayaks will launch into Lake Ontario from Kingston on a 202 km, eight day - seven night expedition to conquer the historic Rideau Canal at 9 am ...

Fly Fishing from a Kayak
Kayak Angler - The Kayak Fishing Magazine
... took a fly fishing lesson and plan on trying some fly fishing from my kayak. ... as we have been having a brutally hot summer in Ontario Canada this year.

Police promise a crackdown on boat-launch boneheads
Timmins Times
By Len Gillis lgillis@timminstimes.com The Ontario Provincial Police is ... He added there is a canoe and kayak school which operates nearby and many of the ...

From Rescue Associates

Melanie Price's Lake Ontario Crossing and other adventures: It's a ...
We met at Lake Ontario but the conditions were not favourable for kayaking (or swimming) The white caps went way out there for awhile, strong winds and the ...
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Fantastic people, food, river and kayaking - Review of Wilderness ...
Wilderness Tours: Fantastic people, food, river and kayaking - See traveler reviews, 28 candid photos, and great deals for Ontario, Canada, at TripAdvisor.
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Lessons in water survival London Free Press
Six of the 23 boating-related deaths involved canoes. Most concerning to the coroner's office were the number of young children whose deaths could have been prevented, said Lauwers. Last year in Ontario, 13 children youner than age five drowned, ...
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Maintenance labourer - public works, Longwoods Road Conservation ...
Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority is looking for 3 Maintenance labourer - public works in Longwoods Road Conservation, Ontario.
ontario.jobs-open.ca/.../on-longwoods-road-conservation-onta...

From A. Marahraj

PHOTO OP: Day campers welcome retired RCMP horse to the Canada ... CNW Group
... Ontario to Rockcliffe Stables in Ottawa for his equitation training. ... used as a training horse for the young members to learn their equitation riding ...

$2000 Donated to the Uxbridge Horsemen's Association
HORSEJournals.com
The UHA is a non-profit group whose goal is to support the local horse community in Durham, Ontario. According to UHA president, Margaret Langlands, the money is to be put toward updating existing signs on local trails and improving the main parking ...

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From OCTRA

Happy trails for rider
Standard Freeholder
On July 30, the duo trecked across rocks, water and mud in Flesherton, Ont. during the Ontario Competitive Trail Riding Association's Provincial Compeititive Trail Riding Championship. "It was a challenging course," said Grundmann of the two-day ...

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New paddock for horses in Ganaraska Forest
Northumberland News
... 4 pm in the summer and during cross country ski season, said Linda Givelas, ... The Ontario Equine Federation, which encourages riding in the province, ...

Man arrested for ATV theft - The Sarnia Observer - Ontario, CA
A 26-year-old Sarnia man has been arrested after Lambton OPP responded to a report of an ATV theft in Plympton-Wyoming on Tuesday night in the...
The Sarnia Observer

From Elsewhere:

Cities See the Other Side of the Tracks  New York Times - The High Line park, built on an elevated railway trestle in Manhattan, has become both a symbol and a catalyst for an explosion of growth in the meatpacking district and the Chelsea neighborhood.....