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OUTDOORS TIME: Cross-country skiing and snowshoeing are no longer your only options. You can also take a bike on the snowy trails. Hardwood Bike and Ski north of Barrie offers Fat Biking (mountain bike with big fat tires) from Monday to Friday. The colder the conditions, the easier it is to pedal and the faster you will go. Have a look:

For the even more adventurous, head to Ancaster, Elora or Muskoka for some ice climbing.

And if sitting is more your outdoors style, there are ice fishing huts for rent on Lake Simcoe. (For the fair-weather fishermen in your family, the Spring Fishing and Boating Show is on this weekend and has lots for the indoor anglers).

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ENT books: Learn to camp from books

The Sudbury Star
By Jessica Watts/Greater Sudbury Public Library Recently, the library hosted a community session in partnership with Ontario Parks, to help the public learn to camp. Ontario Parks started the Learn to Camp program last year and it is designed for ...
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Don't turn LaSalle into Windsor
Windsor Star
... most communities - personal service and a park and trail system worth a spot in the province ofOntario tourism guide. But it seems times are changing.

A lesson in cycle safety | Health | Life | The Kingston Whig-Standard

Cyclists under 18 are required by law to wear an approved bicycle helmet when riding a bike on a roadway or sidewalk in Ontario. The law was passed on Oct. 1 ...
www.thewhig.com/2012/05/31/a-lesson-in-cycle-safety

GPO Calls for Infrastructure Fund to Make ... - Green Party of Ontario
The US dedicates 1.6% of its transportation budget for states to invest in cycling infrastructure.Ontario has no dedicated funding to support cycling or pedestrian ...
www.gpo.ca/.../gpo-calls-infrastructure-fund-make-streets-safe

Region pitches 100-km bike trail - Toronto article - News - MSN CA
Getting from Lake Simcoe to Lake Ontario by car is a challenge few would face just for kicks. But hopping on your bike to make that ride? Yeah, that could be fun.
news.ca.msn.com/ontario/richmond-hill/article.aspx?cp...

Trails Education Courses 2012

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

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Ontario Trails Council Annual General Meeting - June 18th, 1200 Noon at Trailhead Ontario. We need 12 for quorum. Please be sure to attend. We are also seeking nominations from 6 candidates to our Board. For information call Patrick at 877-668-7245.

Hitting the trails - Timmins Daily Press - Ontario, CA
Muddy trails, bugs and a light drizzle did little to keep the competitors away. The Timmins Cycling Club held it's annual dualthon on Saturday at...
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Local athletes shine at Special Olympic National Winter Games

Kawartha Media Group
The remainder of the group was made up of nordic skiers Richard Byrd, Steve Caban, Lisa Butler and Krista Embury. Caban won a pair of gold medals in the 2.5 and 5 km freestyle events while Embury, Byrd and Butler all brought home medals in a number of ...
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Tindall triumphant at OFSAA Nordic championships
The Sudbury Star
Tindall, a cross-country skier from Lockerby Composite School, had reached podium several times in Ontario Cup races this season, but hadn't posted a first-place finish heading i nto t he OFSAA Nordic championships in Huntsville late last month.
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Tindall triumphant at OFSAA Nordic championships
The Sudbury Star
Tindall, a cross-country skier from Lockerby Composite School, had reached podium several times in Ontario Cup races this season, but hadn't posted a first-place finish heading i nto t he OFSAA Nordic championships in Huntsville late last month.
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Ontario Trails: Ontario Trails - Ski, Sled, Hike, Bike or Paddle ...

scene and a go-to place for skiing, snowshoeing, snow-tubing and snowboarding . ... We snowshoed on well-groomed trails and across Ontario's longest .
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Relax rules, farmer urges
Owen Sound Sun Times
Practical Farmers of Ontario promises farmers, particularly those not part of the supplymanagement system, better representation and a more activist approach, he said in an interview this week. Those running farms not involved in a supply-management ...
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Fishermen rescued off ice floe on Lake Simcoe
CTV.ca
An Ontario Provincial Police helicopter also arrived, as did a rescue team from ... his brother, attempted to jump to safety on an ATV, but fell short.

'David versus Goliath'

Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin
"Southern Ontario is highly populated and this type of land is at risk," she ... A hiking fundraiser is planned for May 12 to help recoup costs and show the ...


A weekend of adventure and the outdoors — all indoors
Ottawa Citizen
... paddling, hiking, running, climbing, camping and all sorts of winter outdoor ... outdoor photography, adventures in northern Ontario and local paddling ...


Kid-friendly March Break events
Globe and Mail
Ontario Legislative Building, Queen's Park, 416-325-0061 or tourbookings@ontla.ola.org. Tuesday With global warming melting all the outdoor ice surfaces, it's time to take the skating indoors. The AHL Toronto Marlies are hosting five public skates at ...
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To hash out best TransCanada Trail route across the Northwest
Atikokan Progress
... is a challenge,” said Kirsten Spence, the trail coordinator for Ontario. ... For one, TransCanada Trails will not support land trails that allow ATV or ...


International Community Congress: Balancing Nature and Commerce in Communities that Neighbour Public Lands Along the Minnesota and Ontario Border. We can all look forward to new initiatives popping up around the binational region, thanks to the ten community teams that participated. And looking to 2012-- Please mark your calendars and plan to attend the Heart of the Continent Partnership's next general meeting, set for
Thursday and Friday February 9-10, 2012 Duluth Minnesota


ATV Junkies of Cloyne Ontario Best Moments 2011 - Kawasaki ATV Forum
Here is a Slideshow from all rides we did in 2011 in chronological order Jan - Nov. There are 145 Photo's and will take approx 10 minutes to complete.
www.kawieriders.com/.../113431-atv-junkies-cloyne-ontario-b...

Wrestlers medal: Sports briefs
The Barrie Examiner
The race was scheduled to take place today at the Hardwood Ski & Bike facility, but officials made a decision on Monday afternoon to hold off on the event. ...


Twitter's New "Yours To Discover" Slogan Is Already In Use... By A ...
mediabistro.com
Canada's largest province, Ontario, has been using that slogan since the early 80s to ... and hikingtrails through red and orange tinted fall forests. ...


Celebrate the Season at Ontario's Conservation Areas
To help celebrate the season, Conservation Authorities across Ontario are hosting festive events. Enjoy a traditional dinner, make holiday crafts, cozy up on a ...
www.conservationontario.ca/.../CelebratetheSeasonatOntariosC...

Ups and Downs: An Update on the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan
Huffington Post Canada
We have the luckiest lake in Ontario, but we'll need to work hard for our ... This is not the case outside the Greenbelt, Oak Ridges Moraine and the Lake ...

Toronto's Scottish connection
The Toronto Observer
“Although he's often thought of in connection with Kingston or Ottawa, there were, of course, connections between him and Toronto,” said Fiennes-Clinton, founder of the Muddy York WalkingTours in Toronto. During the Rebellions of 1837, Macdonald came ...
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BIRD WALK IN THE PARK: A practice of mindfulness in nature | The ...
CCFEW's bird walks provide city dwellers with a group practice of mindfulness in nature.
www.themindfulword.org/2011/bird-walk-toronto-birding/

Adventure Deep in the Northwoods: Wilderness Canoeing in ...
Adventure Deep in the Northwoods: Wilderness Canoeing in Wabakimi Provincial Park, Ontario. June 23-July 1, 2012. Sign Up Check Availability. Wabakimi ...
www.sierraclub.org/outings/national/brochure/12195a.aspx

County tourism website launched
Innisfil Scope
... visitors can locate the best cross-country ski trails, snow tubing, ... The county boasts some ofOntario's best ice fishing, skiing, and snowmobiling.

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Winter Hike to Ontario Peak, Mount Baldy ~ Corey Sandler ...
We began the hiking at Ice House Canyon Trail. Because of the snow covering the rest of the trail, it then became a free-for-all scramble up to Ontario Peak, ...
www.csandler.com/2011/12/winter-hike-to-ontario-peak.html

End of the trail? Sault Star
Like all Ontario snowmobile club presidents, Hore is on the verge of anxiety attacks as Christmas draws near and there is neither not enough snow — or no snow — to take to the trails. Hore said that over the last two winters, there has not been ample ...See all stories on this topic »

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A daily posting of information about Ontario's Cycling Roads, Routes, Paths and Trails. We also post a daily event listing that will take you to an event or an event calendar of a cycling group.

Sydenham Lake Canoe Club holds open house Kingston This Week
By Submitted by Helen Parfitt The Sydenham Lake Canoe Club will be hosting an ... expecting a standard of excellence rarely seen in Ontario's smaller clubs. ...

Caribou conservation plan needs northerners' input CBC.ca
NOMA represents municipalities from Kenora and Rainy River in the west to Hornepayne and Wawa in the east. The Nortwestern Ontario Municipal Association claims Ontario's Caribou Conservation Plan has already reduced the wood supply. See all stories on this topic »

Natives excluded from lake talks YorkRegion.com
While representatives from the island did attend two meetings held in Rama township early in the year, Ms Big Canoe explained those meetings discussed Lake Ontario as the discharge point and it wasn't until June that band members learned Lake Simcoe ... See all stories on this topic »

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Leamington songwriter part of 1812 album
Leamington Post
Within that $24 million, Heritage Canada put forth about $10000 for a recording project, and commissioned the Windsor-region group of the Songwriters Association of Canada. Well-known Leamington musician, Dale Butler, is part of that group and he was ...
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Cyclist going across Canada to help orphans making Petrolia stop
Petrolia Topic
Tana Silverland and her recumbent tricycle, at Jackfish Lake, in Northern Ontario, on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. She'll be in Petrolia Oct. 28 and 29. When Tana Silverland arrives in Petrolia on Friday, Oct. 28, she'll have been on the road for more than ...
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Ontario to review bicycling deaths ... - CitizenCycle - Ottawa Citizen
TORONTO — Heightened concerns about cycling safety prompted Ontario's chief coroner Monday to order a review of cycling deaths across the province. ...
cycle.ottawacitizen.com/.../ontario-to-review-bicycling-deaths-...

No hunting this year in McGeachie Conservation Area
Bancroft This Week
"The main thing is that it is often nice to hike in the fall and it will be ... With its head office in Marmora, Ontario, the CVCA operates 13 dams along ...

Mission accomplished for Limebank Road, Desroches says
EMC Ottawa South
"Often at the grocery store or at events I've heard from residents they give the road thumbs up saying, 'thank you I can now cycle into the city. ...

Community Calendar
Community Press
At the Hastings Legion Hall, 10 Front St West, Hastings, Ontario Doors open 12:30 ... Every Thursday morning 9:30 am Friends of Ferris Weekly Walking Group. ...

From Equine Canada

Horseback Riding in Hope Township in Ontario, Canada | Travel ...
Ontario has the fourth largest horse industry in North America, according to the Ontario Equestrian Federation, with more than 375000 horses in the province at ...
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Awards honour conservation efforts
YorkRegion.com
Aurora's David Tomlinson will receive this year's prestigious George R. Richardson conservation award of honour. This award honours a lifetime commitment to improving the environmental health of the Lake Simcoe watershed. An Ontario Heritage Trust ...
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More bands need to enter land management regime, Ottawa pledges money for ...
Canada First Perspective
Many of the more prosperous First Nations, such as Westbank and Tsawwassen First Nations in BC, the Whitecap Dakota First Nation in Saskatchewan and the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation in Ontario — have been managing their own lands under ...
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 Ontario Parks Insider
Ski the High Dunes trail – Not many Ontarians know that Wasaga Beach is home to some of the best Nordic skiing in central Ontario. For just $25, the Ski 3 ...
www.ontarioparksinsider.com/17/bc

TORONTO CYCLISTS UNION: Protected bike lanes are growing in leaps and bounds around the world. They are popular for a reason. Cycling rates are up and collisions are down for all road users where protected bike lanes are built. Protected bike lanes are the "Field of Dreams" for cyclists. If you build it, cyclists will come! City staff are now recommending that an Environmental Assessment process be undertaken for a permanent protected bike lane on either Richmond or Adelaide, or both streets. 

Celebrate 50 years of The Bruce Trail!

Over the next five years The Bruce Trail Conservancy and its nine member/volunteer clubs will be celebrating 50 years of The Bruce Trail.
The celebrations start with the 50^th Annual General Meeting of The Toronto Bruce Trail Club

Watch for updates from The Bruce Trail Conservancy and other clubs as we all celebrate together 50 years of The Bruce Trail over the next five years (2012-2017)