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Monday, January 23, 2012

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

FIS World Cup back at Blue
Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin
By kristen Smith About 200 athletes from 25 countries will descend on Blue Mountain for the International Ski Federation (FIS) ski cross and snowboard cross ...


Winter fitness touted at Snowfest
Sarnia Observer
Jason Quinlan, owner of Oil Springs' How 'Bout Me Kennels showed off his traditional Siberian huskydogsled team in one of the new demonstrations at the ...


No gold in Eldorado this year
Belleville Intelligencer
The Eldorada race was a staple on the Ontario sled dog racing calendar up until last ... as a warm-up event leading up to the Marmora, and Bancroft races.





The United Counties are hosting a series of public consultations where you can learn about what's happening and have your say about planning for a sustainable future.
Details available HERE.  (Workshop date choices are 24,25 & 26 January at various locations.)
Other upcoming community events in the Biosphere region can be found here.
 Our community events broadcasts reach quite a large number of people in the region.  If you have a public event that you would like listed, send the details in poster form to info@fabr.ca.  The Biosphere Network would be glad to post and promote it.



Ontario Trails Council | Trailhead Ontario
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Ontario Canoe Trips Are The Best In The World | Traveling Angin ...
Ontario Canoe Trips are the best possible trip, which one could gift to their friends and families. If you are really squeezed up in finding the best locations as the ...
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Friday, September 23, 2011

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

Niagara Region Photo
City police to get ATV - The Sarnia Observer - Ontario, CA
Sarnia police Chief Phil Nelson expects an ATV will be purchased within a month to help with parades, ground searches and events like Bayfest. The...
www.theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3308847

Two arrested for ATV theft - The Post - Ontario, CA
WEST GREY -West Grey police arrested two males who were caught riding stolen all terrain vehicles in Glenelg township. West Grey police received...
www.thepost.on.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3307852

Cyclists to help four-footed friends
Brockville Recorder and Times
By STEVE PETTIBONE, THE RECORDER AND TIMES The inaugural Pedal 4 Paws event, in support of the Leeds and Grenville branch of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA), takes place this Saturday. It is an event OSPCA officials ...
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Ambitious plans in place for Perth's 200th anniversary
EMC Perth
The good news for local taxpayers is that just $50000 of that amount is expected to ... The War of 1812 had revealed the vulnerability of the thin line of ...

Museum features 1812 paintings in preparation for bicentennial ...
Niagara Advance
However, there are many other images that can be found through Canadian Art Cards that correspond to the 13 trails set out by the Niagara 1812 Legacy ...

University Cup Mountain Bike Race Series – Race #1 Report, Results
University Cup Mountain Bike Race Series – Race #1 Report, Results. release by the Ontario University Mountain Bike Race Council ...
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From 8-80 Cities
Group Walks in Canada for Somalia Famine | Heegantv.com
A group of Canadian citizens is walking from Toronto to Ottawa this week to advocate for, and bring awareness to, the humanitarian crisis in Somalia. Ige Egal ...
www.heegantv.com/?p=19901

Transgender controversy for London's Trails End
MetroNews Canada
So goes the beginning of the story that has the women filing complaints with the Ontario Human Rights Commission. The complaints come after Trails End decided Dominick — and two other transgendered people — couldn't staff Clarke-McIlwain's booth at ...
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Recommended trail - just outside Toronto? - Mountain Bike Review
Which trail would you recommend? Looking for about 100 KM outside Toronto. One with nice scenery and near water and good hospitality. It would sub as.
forums.mtbr.com/.../recommended-trail-just-outside-toronto-7...

Forestry seen as key issue
The Chronicle Journal
The questions addressed timber production, the Endangered Species Act, the caribou conservation plan, the Ontario Forest Tenure Modernization Act, road construction and maintenance, and electricity rates. “These questions have been around for many ...
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Survey gives Ontario Liberals the edge on green policies
Waterloo Record
He also talked about something called the rebound effect that can undo any gains in energy conservation and greenhouse gas reductions. If a homeowner saves money by using solar panels, a wind turbine and better insulation, that is good. ...
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Scugog gives candidates a wish list
Scugog Standard Newspaper
... to Scugog but just as relevant in other rural communities across Ontario, ... in part, determined by factors such as the Greenbelt, which has hindered ...  
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Thursday, September 22, 2011

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

Tories promise open trails for northerners
The Sudbury Star
France Gelinas, the Nickel Belt's NDP MPP, has heard complaints about access to trails and lakes, as well. "The minister of Natural Resources (Linda Jeffrey) lives in Toronto and, in her view, the North should be a great big park that people from the ...
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User:Carlb: Upper Canada Village in Morrisburg                                           Image via WikipediaFall a busy time for Upper Canada Village visitors
Standard Freeholder
... the Upper Canada Village in Morrisburg, Ontario during their fall Quilt Show on Sept. ... from chair and canoe builders to lacrosse and snowshoe makers. ..

JoeBiker.ca Message Board - ATV Ontario versus OFATV
Ontario also has ATV Ontario which is a not for profit alliance of the Ontario Tourisn Marketing Partnership Corporation and various ATV clubs and associations ...
joebiker.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=atv&action...


Association to host information sessions
CottageCountryNow.ca
MUSKOKA - The Ontario Senior Games Association is inviting Muskoka residents to ... hockey, Nordic skiing, prediction skating, table tennis and volleyball. ...

A dream comes true for Norman Bethune fans
CottageCountryNow.ca
Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership representative Chris Hughes, who was part of the event, said the whirlwind tour involved stops in Niagara Falls, ...

Typical All Mountain Mountain BikeImage via Wikipedia

Local riders make the Centurion podium
The Barrie Advance
I found I liked mountain biking a lot better, so I stayed on the road. ... "I like to race in Ontario, because I like to support racing here, but my winning ...

Mountain bikers seek access to Rouge Park trails
insideTORONTO.com
Cycling on any trail is not allowed, and a proposal for a mountain bike course on the former Baere Road landfill was removed from the plan. Murray, whose IMBA Canada represents off-road clubs in Toronto and Durham Region claiming combined memberships ...
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Toronto: So Much More Than The International Film Festival
Huffington Post
Put on your walking shoes and the fun begins. The Royal Ontario Museum, at 100 Queen's Park, founded in 1912 and one of the world's leading museums of world culture and natural history, exhibits more than six million treasures in forty galleries, ...
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Scope of Asbestos Walk continues to grow
Sarnia Observer
Nielsen said others are planning to attend walk from Windsor, Kincardine, Elmira, Toronto and Ajax. The California-based founder of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization is also scheduled to attend. "We would love to get hundreds and hundreds ...
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Ontario Nature's Rally for Nature
I took this photo WilyD 20:20, 8 July 2006 (UTC)Image via Wikipedia

ECO/Huff Strategy (press release)
September 21, 2011 - Today, Ontario Nature, one of the province's most prominent conservation organizations, held a Rally for Nature at Queen's Park where the organization announced its Charter for Biodiversity. More than 6000 people across Ontario ...
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Hudak replies to Conservation Ontario – but fails to address ...
16 to Conservation Ontario, does not deal with the Conservation Authority issue. Instead, Hudak talks of working with environmental advocares “for a more ...
www.aware-simcoe.ca/index.php?view...catid...

Tory candidate denies Boreal's future in jeopardy if Tories win
The Sudbury Star
... that the Tories will put Ontario's only francophone college under review ... between the Community Future Advisory Board and the Greenbelt Council. ...

Recovered from 2009 accident, local climber returns to Matterhorn
Bethel Citizen
For the last two and a half he was above the tree line, on a trail with ... Six months after the accident, he went ice climbing in Grafton Notch with Chris ..
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Ontario Trails News - Paddle, Bike, Hike or Ride Ontario's Trails

77 cyclists nailed in police blitz
Sarnia Observer
By TYLER KULA, The Observer A local cycling enthusiast is questioning the way bikes are sold in Ontario following a week-long safety blitz by Sarnia police ...

Canadian Cyclist - Ontario Provincial XC Championships ...
Canadian Cyclist Online. The source for Canadian cycling news and information including mountain bike and road bike tours, adventure biking features, ...
www.canadiancyclist.com/cycling4women_news.php?id...

“Gogama Joe” throws support behind Spacek
Kapuskasing Northern Times
"We choose to live in Northern Ontario because of the way of life it ... law will free up Ontario's public trails and access roads for outdoor activities. ...

Folk Arts to get $1.1 million infrastructure injection
St. Catharines Standard
That's soon to change thanks to a $500000 Ontario Trillium Foundation grant and another ... Those other changes include an outdoor childrens' play area, ...

KR Equestrian riders bring home Ontario ParaSport Games medals
King Township Sentinel
KR Equestrian, a therapeutic riding facility in Schomberg, has announced its team of three riders have brought home five medals from the Ontario ParaSport ...

E-bikes banned from cycling trail
Toronto Star
The ban is “inconsistent” with the shift to greener ways of travel, said Lock Hughes, treasurer of the Toronto Electric Riders Association, which represents users of electric two-wheelers. He added that the ban on “motor power assisted bikes” is vague ...
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Walking Toronto « Spacing Toronto
By Dylan Reid
I've set up a new Facebook group, "Walking Toronto", to provide a venue for people who are interested in walking issues in our city and beyond to share information. Please join if you are interested. The most recent item I've posted there is a ...
Spacing Toronto

Logo of Central Lake Ontario Conservation Auth...Image via WikipediaHeritage Hall to solve crowding issues
Oshawa Express
... the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority (CLOCA) says in a release. ... and difficulty accessing the activity areas due to lack of parking. ...
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