Showing posts with label Chronicle Journal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chronicle Journal. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Paddle, Ride, Bike or Hike Ontario Trails!

Building a better suburb
Ottawa Citizen
Some Ontario Municipal Board decisions have expanded the urban boundary faster than ... Fully 57.5 per cent of the population lives inside the Greenbelt.


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Cuts could hit conservation groups
The Chronicle Journal
“This is being kept quiet to prevent a public out cry, but awareness must be raised now to prevent the Ontario Stewardship Councils from dissolving, due to lack of funding for direct staff support,” Rhonda Elliot, a long-time Ottawa-area stewardship ...
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Bike Vacation: Top Alley Destinations
Yahoo! Sports
Across America, having at least one urban garden to bike to is becoming commonplace. Forerunners of these ideals are places like the aforementioned Chicago, Los AngelesToronto, and Seattle. However, do not over look the smaller cities that have alley ...
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Public health recommends lowering Toronto speed limits
Toronto Sun
The report also recommends that, seeing as the health benefits of those who walk or cycle regularly represents as much as $160 million in reduced health care spending in Toronto proper, other traffic calming measures should be implemented, ...
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Walking to fight MS
Peterborough Examiner
This is the 21st year for the nationwide event and the 37-year-old Martin, originally from ... which featured options of a 2-kilometre, 5km or 8km walk.



Colborne walking trail gets funding grant
Northumberland News
... Rotary Club of Colborne and Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) ... Dave Fraser / The Independent COLBORNE -- A walking trail in Colborne is on solid ...




Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Commission Awards Grants Commemorating ...
WKBW-TV
... development of their management plan, The Niagara Falls National Heritage Area created this early action priority funding to recognize and assist local organizations who were working on projects commemorating the bicentennial of the War of 1812.
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Attractions open doors across Ontario Cochrane Times Post Several events, including those in Brant and Middlesex, will offer War of 1812 ... Open guided hikes ...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Ontario Trails - Ski, Sled, Hike, Bike or Paddle Ontario's Trails

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 ...



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).
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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.


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 ...
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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.

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Monday, January 9, 2012

Ontario Trails - Ski, Sled, Hike, Bike or Paddle Ontario's Trails

Close finishes abound
The Chronicle Journal
(The Chronicle-Journal/Brent Linton) Toby Quinn and Fergus Foster of the Big Thunder Nordic Club came painfully close to earning Ontario Cup series wins on Sunday. Quinn finished second in the midget boys 5K cross-country ski race held at Lappe Nordic ...
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Baby it's cold and that's OK!
Chatham Daily News
Dogsledding weekends and getaways can be a fun family experience in Ontario's great outdoors, from Simcoe County, to Haliburton and Muskoka, Algonquin to northern Ontario. Sled dogs demonstrate exhilaration for their work that makes one smile and gaze ...
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Lack of winter weather brings mixed emotions
Belleville Intelligencer
It makes for perfect condition for our 55 athlete members of our club who ... cyclist Paul Mercer was riding his seventh lap of the Gunpo Trail at Zwicks. ...



Cold weather doesn't stop bike enthusiasts
Waterloo Record
“Drivers are not looking for bikes in the winter, which is why I always recommend people buy special lights,” said Mike Hetherington, owner of Grand River Cycle in Cambridge. Under Ontario's Highway Traffic Act, it is mandatory to have a white ...
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County cycling plan to cost Cramahe $7812
Cramahe Now
While concerns about liability are raised when talking cycling, it should be noted the OntarioHighway Traffic Act permits bicycles on roadways. If minimum maintenance standards for roads are observed and proper signage installed, there should be ...


Ottawa driver gets 2 years for injuring 5 cyclists
CBC.ca
The Ottawa driver convicted of striking and injuring five cyclists and leaving the scene of the 2009 crash has been sentenced to two years less a day. Sommit Luangpakham, 47, was found guilty Oct. 20 in Ontario Superior Court in Ottawa on all 10 ...
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