Ontario Trail News - Track Building, Trail Development and Bike Month Updates

Bicycle tourism is the wave of the future, businesses told
Windsor Star
For the first time, the Great Waterfront Trail Adventure is bringing about 200 bike enthusiasts from the U.S., Ontario, Quebec and Alberta to the area in August to ride along Lake Erie. The supported cycling tour starts in Lakeshore and runs through ...
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Thorold Wins Award from the Share the Road Cycling Coalition
What's On Thorold
Back row, left to right - Judy Socha (member TATAC, Dale Robinson, Chair, TATAC; Gloria Leahey and Beate Wolf, TATAC members. Front row, left to right: Sean Dunsmore, Engineer—City of Thorold; Mayor Ted Luciani, and Justin Jones of the Share the ...
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Local skier eyes World Cup
The North Bay Nugget
Local cross-country skier and Chippewa High School student, Liam Patterson, 17, ... Earlier this year he was named to the Ontario ski team.

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Urban expert calls walking key feature
London Free Press
He's the author of Walking Home: the Life and Lessons of a City Builder, and helped redesign the Regent Park neighbourhood in Toronto that's made it a thriving example of the kind of mixed use every city wants. Where the North American dream was once a ...
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Media Advisory - Lace Up for the TELUS Walk to Cure Diabetes 2013
Wall Street Journal (press release)
TORONTO, June 5, 2013 /CNW/ - This year marks the largest fundraising goal ever of reaching $8 million in total donations and pledges supporting the TELUS Walk to Cure Diabetes. It is expected that more than 45,000 people across Canada in over 70 ...
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DIY cycle shop rolls out
Simcoe.com
The full volunteer crew of the Firebird D.I.Y. Community Cycle bike repair shop celebrated its grand opening at the corner of Toronto and Simcoe streets June 1. The organization, which originated at Barrie Central Collegiate, moved to the green space ...
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Community bike ride at St. James Park on Saturday
insideTORONTO.com
Toronto cyclists are being invited to take part in a ride to push for protected bike lanes along Richmond and Adelaide streets. Cycle Toronto is holding a community ride starting and ending at St. James Park at the corner of Jarvis and Adelaide.
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Like shoes, a bike has got to fit
TheChronicleHerald.ca
TORONTO — Pain induced by cycling can be a roadblock for many in hopping on a bike, and Andrew McGregor wants to alleviate the problem — one he once lived with himself. Having raced when he was younger, McGregor said he quit because it hurt too ...
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June is Bike Month in Durham Region
durhamregion.com
The Welcome Cyclists Network is a program certifying and promoting bicycle-friendly businesses and cycle tourism across Ontario. These designated businesses ensure they offer basic amenities to accommodate cyclists, such as secure bike storage, healthy ...
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BREAKING NEWS: Ontario Municipal Board dismisses Canadian Motor ...
Bullet News Niagara
FORT ERIE – The Ontario Municipal Board has dismissed an appeal by a conservation group of an earlier decision in favour of the $400-million Canadian Motor Speedway project. The decision, a copy of which was sent to the Town of Fort Erie this morning, ...
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MAKE SURE TO CHECK THE EVENT CALENDAR

Trail Education

Our event calendar shows weekly adjustments to our course offerings. This week we have added another date for Volunteer Management with Diana Smyth and adjusted out two courses from this current week.

In addition, we have added the new Trail Design Course detailed below. We have also taken calls from some folks wishing to take the Trails Marketing Course in Kingston October 18, 2012. Those seats were block purchased by RTO 9, what we could do is work with you to get another RTO 1-or 4- or 7? to purchase a block of seats so that folks can attend in those areas. Sorry for any confusion this may cause. Thank you.

Be sure to use our array of press or other flyers to circulate to your local papers or possible attendees. All available for use - call - 877-668-7245 or 519-941-8911, or 1-866-560-7783

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Windsor cops join remembrance ride
Windsor Star (blog)
Heather McPhee, an avid cyclist, said she has an extra motivation for enduring the long journey. Four years ago her sister, Meredith McPhee, a police dispatcher, was killed while riding her bike near Tobermory, Ont. “Riding is a huge passion of mine ...
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2nd Annual Tour de King September 30th, 2012 | Ontario Cycling ...
By Greg
2nd Annual Tour de King September 30th, 2012. Reversed Route, Great Food and Live Entertainment. September 21, 2012 – Chico Racing is once again hosting the Tour de King, Ontario'sfall classic point-to-point event, Sunday September ...
Ontario Cycling Association

Faceoff: McMahon vs. Cluley
Post City
The recent Ontario Coroner's report on cycling deaths says the point of purchase is a good opportunity for dissemination of cycling safety and education information. Simply generating revenue for the city — instead of boosting cycling programs — is ...

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A Costly Mistake - Write Your Councillor Now to Save the Jarvis St. Bike Lanes

Time's running out to save the Jarvis St bike lanes. In early September, we were notified by the Province of Ontario that our request for an Environmental Assessment on Jarvis St had been denied. It's now up to City Council to reverse their decision on Jarvis St. With 7 weeks until their scheduled removal, we need you to act now to save the Jarvis St bike lanes. That will only happen if all of us who have a say in what goes on in our city demand it. There are only 2 council sessions left between now and the bike lanes' scheduled date for removal.

Contact your City Councillor now  and tell them to protect the Jarvis Street bike lanes! Need help with wording your letter? Click here for all the reasons to save the Jarvis St. lanes.

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Path of the Paddle seeks to form trails group here
Atikokan Progress
Each RTC should reflect the region and the project's stakeholders, including anyone willing to maintain a section of trail or portage (service groups, Ontario Rangers, high school students looking for volunteer hours, and trail users) as needed, said Kurz.
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Suburban youth walk and bike more than city peers - Toronto - CBC ...

Teens and tweens living in sprawling Canadian cities are more likely to bike, walk and rollerblade than their peers living in more compact downtown areas, ...
www.cbc.ca/.../urban-sprawl-active-transport-youth.html?...

History in music
Windsor Star
Star readers have been sharing their favourite bicycle trails and routes with Ellen Van ... Peter Boyer makes history sing, literally, on his new CD, 1812.

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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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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.

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DOWNSVIEW PARK: Reasons for optimism
insideTORONTO.com
You can walk among 60000 native trees and thousands of new perennials. Enjoy picnicking around nine acres of Toronto's newest lake. Walk, jog or cycle along ...
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Ontario Coroner: 100 Per Cent of Cycling Deaths Were Preventable
Torontoist
Torontoist is about Toronto and everything that happens in it.
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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.

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.

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...
www.thedailypress.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3576715

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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

Website

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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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