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Woodland Mountain Bike Trail in Cambridge, Ontario ...
Woodland is a singletrack mountain bike trail in Cambridge, Ontario. View maps, videos, photos, and reviews of Woodland bike trail in Cambridge.
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ONTARIO CYCLISTS ANNOUNCED for 2012 ONTARIO SUMMER ...
By Greg
The Ontario Cycling Association (OCA) is proud to unveil the list of 12 Ontario Teams and 48 cyclists who have been selected to race the 2012 Ontario Summer Games. The athletes and coaches will attend the 2012 OSG opening ceremony at ...
Ontario Cycling Association

http://www.cycleontario.com/

Peel Region cycling: 46000 more bike rides in five years
Toronto Star
SAN GREWAL/TORONTO STAR Leslie Benfield cycles along Peel Centre Dr. in Brampton during his lunch hour Friday. Benfield and other cyclists will begin using GPS devices to help Peel Region officials better understand the needs of cyclists. It's part of a ...
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Completing Our Streets
Torontoist
In 2009, TCAT and the Toronto Cyclists Union (now Cycle Toronto) teamed up to bring the concept to Toronto. Earlier this year, TCAT produced Complete Streets by Design, an “envisioning exercise,” as Whitney calls it, “that shows what Toronto could be.” ...
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Toronto appoints new chief planner
MetroNews Canada
She delivered a speech in Regina in May on the value of walking to school, and she is the founder of Project Walk, which created a short film, Pedestrian Jar that appeared at the Toronto International Film Festival. “Using irony and humour, the film seeks to ...
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Trailhead Ontario

New Ontario Heritage Trust Executive Director Announced
Canada NewsWire (press release)
Her strong leadership and commitment to conservation will ensure that the Trust remains a centre of excellence for the delivery of services to the government and communities of Ontario." — Thomas H.B. Symons, Chairman of the Ontario Heritage Trust ...
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The Bulletin is Downtown Toronto's Best Read Community Newspaper
Jared Kolb, director of membership and outreach for Cycle Toronto (formerly the Toronto Cyclists Union) says the current design of bike lanes on Wellesley ...
www.thebulletin.ca/cbulletin/content.jsp?ctid=1000006...

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Teen to cycle to NYC for Alzheimer's research
Canadian Jewish News (blog)
For most people, just the drive from Toronto to New York would be an exhausting trip, but 19-year-old Benji Pister will be making the 800-kilometre journey by bicycle next month. It will take him six days. Pister, who has just finished his first year of life sciences ...
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Ontario Place: A place to grow, anew
Hamilton Spectator
McGuinty has done some courageous things since he became premier, among them the creation of Ontario's Greenbelt, 1.8 million acres of permanently protected ... 

Inspired by Armstrong, Windsor teens cycle for funds
Windsor Star (blog)
Michele D'Agnillo, 16, left, and Andrei Enache, 16, are pictured on the eve of their trip to Ottawa, Ont., where they will be bicycling back to Windsor to raise money for cancer research, Saturday, July 28, 2012. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star). Increase ...
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Trails of 1812

Harper Government Helps Commemorate the War of 1812 in Haldimand County
Canada NewsWire (press release)
With this support, Haldimand County will undertake a variety of educational activities that will highlight local War of 1812 history. Activities include the creation of a map of War of 1812 sites found in the county, an 1812-themed Heritage Day workshop, and a ...
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Harper Government Commemorates the Role of Aboriginal Peoples in the War ...
Canada NewsWire (press release)
BRANTFORD, ON, July 30, 2012 /CNW/ - Investments in the Woodland Cultural Centre will increase access to Indigenous arts and heritage, boost tourism, and raise awareness of the role played by Aboriginal people during the War of 1812. Support for the ...
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Pink canoe to portage into town on Wednesday; 21-year-old student treks across ...
Windsor Star (blog)
Andrew Metcalfe is carrying a bright pink canoe way across Ontario from Kingston, with a loop through Ottawa, all the way to Windsor to raise awareness and funds for cancer research. He called it the Pink Portage. Why pink? Both his mother and ...
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Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund - Ministry of the Environment

www.ene.gov.on.ca

Please join us for an upcoming information session to learn more about the Great Lakes Community Guardian Fund (www.Ontario.ca/GreatLakesFund).

The dates and locations of the sessions are:

July 31, 2012 Toronto
August 2, 2012 Thunder Bay
August 8, 2012 Kingston
August 15, 2012 Windsor
August 22, 2012 Cambridge
August 23, 2012 Toronto (targeted to First Nations communities and organizations)
August 29, 2012 Toronto

Please reserve your spot at the information sessions by phone or email. Once you’ve reserved your spot, we will contact you with more details including specific location, time, agenda and webinar sign-in information.

To reserve your spot at an information session Email: GreatLakesFund@ontario.ca

Telephone: In the Greater Toronto Area: 416-325-4000
Toll-free: 1-800-565-4923
TTY in the Greater Toronto Area: 416-326-9236
TTY toll-free: 1-800-515-2759

   

Hike, Paddle, Ride or Bike Ontario Trails!

Parks and Recreation Ontario is pleased to launch the 2012 June is Recreation and Parks Month Campaign. This year's theme is Hike it or Bike it! It celebrates the abundance of walking, hiking and cycling trails across Ontario. 

Help to spread the word and keep Ontarian's active this summer.

• Put a link on your page to RecAndParksMonth.ca
• Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/#!/PROntario
• Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/RecreationAndParksMonth
• Share information about Recreation and Parks Month in your newsletters. You can simply direct people to RecAndParksMonth.ca or to this short article about how to be involved: www.prontario.org/index.php?ci_id=7764
• Recreation and Parks Month is also Senior's Month in Ontario. PRO is pleased to be partnering with the Ontario Seniors' Secretariat.

If you would like more information, please email us at: jrpm@prontario.org.

Highlands' riders enter week two of O-cup Haliburton County Echo By Darren Lum Flood, a competitor on the Ontario Cup mountain bike race series, duplicated his best finish with another third place in his second race of the season in Woodnewton, Uxbridge on Sunday, May 13. “Well, the course had some technical areas ... See all stories on this topic »

For the past 23 years Bike Month has been organized and delivered by the City of Toronto with growing participation by Toronto's many cycling and community groups. Bike Month has evolved from a 1998 Bike to Work Day event to become the largest event of its kind in Canada. As the city expanded through amalgamation, so did the event’s scope and focus. Last year 50 groups including various businesses, community groups, organizations and individuals, hosted over 100 bike events. We’re excited to announce that over the next three years Bike Month will transition from a City of Toronto program to a community-based program led by Cycle Toronto (formerly the Toronto Cyclists Union).

New proposed ATV trail sees opposition
Niagarathisweek.com
... to discuss a new ATV trail proposed to go through Wainfleet by Quad Niagara, an ATV club that serves the region and is bound under the Ontario ...

Trails Education Courses 2012

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

Cycle and Celebrate the West Toronto Railpath June 16th. | Cycle ...
Event date: 16 June, 2012 - 13:00 - 16:00, Bike ride at 12:00 noon. Event Type: Festival / Special Event. The West Toronto Railpath is a beautiful and ...
bikeunion.to/cycle-and-celebrate-west-toronto-railpath-june-1...

Need a brain boost? Take a walk
msnbc.com (blog)
They found that walking in a nature setting improved memory by as much as 16 percent over those that walked in an urban setting. The researchers (led by Marc Berman, a post-doctoral fellow at Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute in Toronto) believe the ...
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Tough Mudder is looking for an Ontario Venue We have an event execution team with an excellent track record, every single event to date has been a huge success for the both parties, in fact we are returning to a number of our 2010 and 2011 venues this year. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have, my number is 718-285-7861. I have attached a couple useful documents introducing Tough Mudder and the benefits of hosting our event. Contact John Curran, Venue Scout. Commemorative War of 1812 Medal for Aboriginal Canadians MarketWatch (press release) Among these initiatives was the announcement of a War of 1812 Commemorative Banner that will be presented to First Nation and Metis communities, as well as Canadian Forces units, formations and establishments whose heritage embraces service in the War ... See all stories on this topic » New Medals Commemorate Aboriginal Alliances During War of 1812 Indian Country Today Media Network.com ... First Nation and Métis communities whose heritage is linked to the conflict. “Today I am pleased to unveil this medal as part of the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812,” said AAND Minister John Duncan in a statement. See all stories on this topic » We appreciate Ontario Trillium Foundation financial assistance.

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Warbler wonders abound at Pelee

London Free Press
The Friends, a non-profit group, co-ordinate programming for the festival. ... Viewing was made easier with birders from the Ontario Field Ornithologists on ...

Cycling Across Canada: Northern Ontario Double Century ...
Needless to say, this was no ordinary bike tour day. The beauty of Northern Ontario – photo creditwww.ontariossunsetcountry.ca. The double century was not ...
traveldestinationbucketlist.com/.../cycling-across-canada-north...

Does the Ontario government poop in the North? — MILLS COLUMN
Sault Star
Of course, southern Ontario, where too many MNR decisions seem to be made, ... I'm tempted to suggest that the greenbelt around Toronto might be far enough ...

Trails Education Courses 2012

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

Course Calendar  - click the link on the course name to download the flyer for that course!

Course Descriptions 

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Courses are for information and knowledge exchange purposes only. All courses are offered on a first come first serve basis. Instructors reserve the right to limit class sizes. Courses may be offered more than once in the calendar year. Some minimum student levels are necessary to run certain courses, so offered courses may change without notice.

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

Signage Project Assistant, 6 month contract, Friends of the Greenbelt
Expanding the signage program across Ontario's Greenbelt -- this includes both educational and promotional signage in communities, regional roads, and major ...
jobs.rcen.ca/ecojobs.php?id=17374

Wilderness Classroom begins stage 5 on May 9 of the North American Odyssey
Examiner.com
Then they hiked, dogsledded, and canoed through Canada's immense and rugged Northwest Territories south through Alberta, Manitoba, and finally Ontario to Grand Portage. What an adventure already and they still have 1300 miles of kayaking to Montreal.
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Heritage Toronto Walks: Aggie's Wildflowers blogTO (blog) From April to October, thousands of people attend our free neighbourhood walkingtours. Covering all areas of the city, Heritage Toronto Walks tell the stories behind the people, landscapes and historic buildings that bring Toronto's neighbourhoods to ... See all stories on this topic »

Friendly Ottawa Valley B&B offers horseback riding

Windsor Star
By ROCHELLE LASH, For The Montreal Gazette Riding is the main activity at McAlpine Equestrian... trot and canter, and possibly graduating to trail rides.

Thousands take part in Meagan's Walk, raise money for brain tumour research
680 News
A group of young people hold a banner and wear matching shirts in support of the 11th annual Meagan's Walk, designed to raise money for paediatric brain-tumour research at Sick Kids hospital. Photo by: Irene Preklet/680News TORONTO, Ont. - An estimated ...
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Camping, Ontario-style
Montreal Gazette
It was a drunk-driving stop check, in the heart of an Ontario provincial park! I answered both questions with a single No, and the park warden, satisfied I was telling the truth, allowed me and my wife to carry on. My camping career began as a young ...
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Physicians turn to exercise prescriptions to prevent and treat chronic condition
healthzone.ca
Then he started cycling to and from work two hours a day, following a scenic trail along the shore of Lake Ontario. “I've been able to reduce all of my risk factors through a combination of relatively easy recreation and I think more importantly, ...
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Cycle and Celebrate the West Toronto Railpath
Cycle and Celebrate the West Toronto Railpath Presented by: CultureLink, Toronto Cyclists Union, Davenport West Bike Project. Date: June 16, 2012 ...
https://wx.toronto.ca/.../d796e13328f39400852579e900744dc...

Ontario Trails: Hike, Bike, Ride or Paddle Ontario Trails
“(The plan) will propose to dramatically expand the off-street trail network in the City of Toronto,” Minnan-Wong told the Ontario Bike Summit. Projects proposed ...
ontariotrails.blogspot.com/.../hike-bike-ride-or-paddle-ontario...

Windsor-Essex Region peddles bike tourism

Windsor Star
By Sharon Hill, The Windsor Star April 27, 2012 6:47 AM Cyclists are silhouetted as they ride along the bicycle path at Ambassador Park in Windsor, Ontario on August 18, 2010. WINDSOR, Ont. -- Windsor and Essex County are trying to cash in on two ...
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The Urban Country Bicycle Blog: Motorist Convenience Trumps Safety
Savings in direct health care costs arising from current levels of Toronto residents staying active by walking or cycling and averting chronic illness are estimated ...
www.theurbancountry.com/.../motorist-convenience-trumps-sa...

Detroit Critical Mass Helps Area Cyclists Find Common Ground On City Streets
Huffington Post
At one, he said, police arrested cyclists for wearing Lone Ranger masks. The riders were protesting the Organization of American States, which was in nearby Windsor, Ontario, promoting the expansion of NAFTA free trade policies.

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Ontario Trails: Hike, Bike, Ride or Paddle Ontario Trails
“(The plan) will propose to dramatically expand the off-street trail network in the City of Toronto,” Minnan-Wong told the Ontario Bike Summit. Projects proposed ...
ontariotrails.blogspot.com/.../hike-bike-ride-or-paddle-ontario...

Friendly Ottawa Valley B&B offers horseback riding

Montreal Gazette
The McAlpine Equestrian Centre & Farm vacations in the Lower Ottawa Valley runs country vacations with horseback riding, offering a chance for city slickers to see a different side of life. McAlpine just might be the friendliest place I've ever been.
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Take the biodiversity challenge
SooToday.com
... the biodiversity challenge' with the Ontario Envirothon! The unique team competition is part of a broader environmental education program encouraging students to get outdoors and experience nature first hand in a fun and informative environment.
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A roadmap to better streets
NOW Magazine
The report, authored by Toronto Public Health, outlines an extensive strategy to increase the cycling and walking in Toronto, a goal that its authors say can only be achieved by curbing the car-first thinking that informs the design of so much of our ...
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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.

Course Calendar  - click the link on the course name to download the flyer for that course!

Course Descriptions 

Register - click on your choice, register on-line

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Courses are for information and knowledge exchange purposes only. All courses are offered on a first come first serve basis. Instructors reserve the right to limit class sizes. Courses may be offered more than once in the calendar year. Some minimum student levels are necessary to run certain courses, so offered courses may change without notice.

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

New walking, cycling trails approved
YorkRegion.com
Construction and design is estimated to cost $758000 and will be facilitated by the Toronto and Regional Conservation Authority, although the town will contribute nearly $600000 of that amount to fund the project. In a map provided by the town, ...
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'It's a celebration of life'
NorthernLife.ca
Photo by Heidi Ulrichsen Over the past six years, the annual RBC Hike for Hospice has become something of a memorial event for the friends and family ...

Author Zig Misiak discusses 'misjudged' First Nations
Niagarathisweek.com
The War of 1812 was nothing different as it slammed the door shut on any hope of ... called the Pictorial Trails of 1812, will be ready for June of this year.

Grimsby student's War of 1812 video wins national contest
Hamilton Spectator
Thirteen-year-old Lexy Pakenham-Troth literally retraced the steps of Laura Secord to create aheritage video that has won her top prize in a Canada-wide competition to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812. The Grimsby Smith Public School ...
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