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Cycling poised for accelerated growth in Toronto | Cycle Toronto
Submitted by Jared Kolb on 12 June, 2013 - 09:24. Bicycles account for 45% of morning peak traffic on Harbord St. on Bike to Work Day. Between 7:30-9:30am ...
cycleto.ca/news/.../cycling-poised-accelerated-growth-toronto

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Hydro One steps up to help bring back Eastern Ontario's disappearing butternut ...
Ottawa Citizen
The endangered butternut tree is getting a helping hand in Eastern Ontario from Hydro One. A donation from the power company will allow the Rideau Valley Conservation Society to plant 2,000 butternut seedlings in the region in a race against time to ...
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Canada's Emily Batty wins bronze at World Cup mountain biking
Campbell River Courier Islander
... Emily Batty placed third at UCI Mountain Bike World Cup on Saturday. ... Mikaela Kofman ofToronto — riding with Canadian-based SCOTT-3RoxRacing ...

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London, Ontario teen last seen in canoe on northeast area of Kawagama Lake
Sun News Network
Anxious family and friends were praying for a London teenager who went missing after canoeingon a lake she loved near Algonquin Park Friday afternoon. Sophie Smith, described as an athletic and popular former Central Secondary school student, went ...
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10 injured in Ontario buggy crash
Sun News Network
... some of them seriously, when the horse-drawn buggy they were riding in ... The situation is not uncommon in many Southwestern Ontario communities, ...

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Cycling The Niagara River Recreation Trail: Ice Wine, War of 1812 ...
Gadling
They were on a wine tasting tour that brought them to several area vineyards mostly via the Niagara River Recreation Trail (NRRT) a 35-mile trail that hugs ...

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Parks and recreation celebrated this month
InsideHalton.com
... encouraging residents to visit the local parks, trails and bikeways. In celebration of recreation and parks month, which is recognized across Ontario, ...

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Guelph Outdoor Preschool takes the classroom to the meadow
Toronto Star
This is the setting of Ontario's first licensed outdoor preschool, scheduled to open this month on the sprawling pastoral grounds of the Ignatius Jesuit ...

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Minnetonka man dies while canoeing in Quetico; wife rescued
West Central Tribune
Seventy-five-year-old Elaine Barber and her 78-year-old husband, Dick, were on a three-week wilderness trip when their canoe overturned Sunday in the rapids of the Basswood River in Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario. Elaine Barber swam to shore and ...
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Feeling Congested? Cycle Toronto Rides with Chief Planner ...
Join this ride as part of City of Toronto Feeling Congested? consultation process. Meet at noon at the fountain at City Hall. Location: City Hall. 100 Queen Street ...
cycleto.ca/.../feeling-congested-cycle-toronto-rides-chief-plan...

protected bike lanes | I Bike Toronto
If all goes well Richmond and Adelaide will have protected cycle tracks by the end of next year. We don't get many chances like this in Toronto where we missed ...
www.ibiketo.ca/category/tags/protected-bike-lanes

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Missing ATV and trailer
Quinte News
Sometime overnight suspects stole a red ATV with the Ontario plate 40YH8 and a black utility trailer with the Ontario plate C5865W.

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Funding helps rebuild Short Hills trails
Welland Tribune
Members of the ShortHills Cycling Club trail crew work on a section of trail at Short Hills Provincial Park in St. Catharines Saturday morning. The club was given a $14,000 Ontario Trillium Foundation grant to purchase a trailer and equipment. Dan ...
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Why Toronto is putting pedestrians first
Globe and Mail
In Toronto – where huge transit plans threaten to overshadow simpler solutions for moving people, the mayor trumpets a pro-car line, and pedestrian collisions have been largely consistent for years – walking advocates and city staff are watching ...
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