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The 6th Annual Snowshoe Raid: Navigating Ontario's Blue Mountains
Snowshoe Magazine
22 in Southern Ontario's Blue Mountains. “I wanted to start a snowshoe event in Ontario and I am an adventure racer at heart, so I thought including ...

Maitland Trail Association - Tuesday Trompers.  Every Tuesday.  Are you retired? Working shift work? Got some time off from work?  A work-athome parent?  Perhaps you are interested in having a specific time and place during the week where you could meet other 'walk -minded' people and walk in different locations - around the town/village, sections of the Maitland Trail or conservation areas for an approximately one hour hike/walk.  Group members with e-mail addresses are notified each week where the next week’s destination will be.  If you wish to be on this list, e-mail Al Sanders at 

webtrail@hurontel.on.ca. various levels.

Best timeplace to buy ATV Ontario Fishing Community Home
Still looking for a 2 person capable ATV for the cottage trails in the Buckhorn area Cant decide between 2 UP or sidebyside ...
ontariofishingcommunity.com/forums/index.php?showtopic...

Canada Post to issue Chief Tecumseh stamp
Windsor Star
He played a key role in the capture of Fort Detroit in August 1812 and was killed the next year ...Experts from Heritage Canada, the Canadian War Museum, ...

Local naturalists join in on Christmas Bird Count
Orangeville Banner
Nearly 400 counts will be held in Canada — 125 in Ontario alone — this year. About 60 naturegroups will lead bird counts across the province; in 2010, ...


Walking With A Camera: Toronto Photo Walks: Orillia Weekend 4
Toronto Photo Walks: Orillia Weekend 4. 3. Okay, two highlights of the weekend were getting sunset and sunrise pictures. Sunset pictures on my end weren't that ...
walkingwithcamera.blogspot.com/.../toronto-photo-walks-orill...

Carolinian Canada Coalition - CCC is pleased to announce an opportunity for you to hire interns from The University of Western Ontario Masters of Environment and Sustainability (UWO MES) Summer Co-op Term. This is the fifth year where CCC has made funding available in conjunction with our university partners.

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OFSC Snowmobiler's Clubhouse

Powersports Show 

Visit the Snowmobiler’s Clubhouse in Hall 3, and talk with OFSC District representives from all over the province. You’ll be able to enroll your family for Driver Training courses for the upcoming season, and purchase your Ontario Trail Permits right at the show. Get your trail maps, valuable info on touring the province, get information on volunteering or just stop by to have a chat with the friendly reps.

OPP Use Social Media along with Enhanced Enforcement to Reduce ...
Net Newsledger
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) used high-visibility tactics and engaged ... the 2011 holiday period but there were no marine or ATV-related fatalities. ...

War of 1812 event gets cash boost
Windsor Star
The town received $98360 from the Ministry of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages toward the town's major event, the Roots to Boots festival in August. The three-day festival will feature local artists and historical performers. ...
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Wine Trail Ride 2011
windsoriteDOTca
In 2009, the Wine Trail Rides were selected as the Best Culinary Tourism Experience in Ontario by the Ontario Culinary Tourism Association. ...

Ontario mountain biker capturesPan Am bronze for Canada
Globe and Mail
Teammate Max Plaxton quickly added a second medal, earning silver in the men's mountain bike, the first events contested at the Games. ...

Statement by the Honourable Bal Gosal, Minister of State (Sport ...
DigitalJournal.com
Amanda Sin, from Collingwood, Ontario made her bronze medal podium finish in the women's mountain bike event in Tapalpa, Mexico. Mountain biking was one of ...

Tourism Displays

Powersports Show

Come and discover new adventures on Powersports, for you and your family, by visiting the many tourism booths spread throughout the Show. Pick up your Trail Maps and purchase your Snowmobile Permits right at the show! Tourism representatives from all over Canada will be on hand to answer your many questions and help build your family travel plans. For those of you looking for a snowmobile or ATV adventure outside of Ontario, we’ve got you covered. Visit the many Tourism booths.

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

Rail trail reopens
Brantford Expositor
It was opened in 1994 and was one of the first abandoned rail lines in Ontario to be converted to recreational trail use. The old "LE&N", as it was called, was one of the last electric railways built in the province. The cars were similar to streetcars ...
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                                     Image via WikipediaBixi bikes from other cities could be hiding in a rack near you
Toronto Star
Bixi also has bids in for Vancouver and New York, where it could be challenged by the other large bike-sharing company, B-cycle. Philibert says there is a lot of pressure to expand the program in Toronto, “but we will see,” he says. ...
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Special Offer & Invitation to PC Instructors to Ontario Greenland Kayak
Here is a little more info from event organizers (& PC Instructors) James and Dympna from Learn to Kayak: It is again at Camp Tamarack in Bracebridge Ontario. ...
paddlingcanada.com/.../460-special-offer-a-invitation-to-pc-in...

POV: Kayak Challenge creating opportunities for tourism - Timmins ...
The third annual Great Canadian Kayak Challenge and Festival launches on Saturday, and the community has reason to celebrate. In a remarkably... ... POV: Kayak Challenge creating opportunities for tourism. By WAYNE SNIDER. Posted 3 hours ago ... So in addition to the competition at the challenge, Timmins serves as a launching pad for a paddling adventure: Tackling the rapids of the Mattagami and portaging in the Northern Ontario bush. For these adventurers, an entire ...
Timmins Daily Press
 
 
Do you know where the country's first canal is?
Ottawa Citizen
Next year marks the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, sparked by US ... on flat rocks by the shoreline, cool off under the woods or stroll the trails. ...

Plowing to perfection at Dundas fair
The Guardian
... from tractor plowing and horse riding to pie baking and wife hollering. ... get away and smell the earth,'' said camper Rufus Manchester from Ontario. ...

No horsing around
The Chronicle Journal
Huffman learned a thing or two about roping a steer from horseback right here in Northwestern Ontario. “We have a few cows at home and there's no better way ...

Conservation area to expand, plants to benefit
Windsor Star
By Vincent McDermott, The Windsor Star August 26, 2011 Rare plant and tree species may once again flourish in Southwestern Ontario, thanks to a 31-hectare expansion of the Canard Valley Conservation Area. On Thursday, the Nature Conservancy of Canada ...
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Union Gas helps Windsor-Essex students get back to nature
CNW Group (press release)
The program, which is linked to the Ontario school curriculum, is aimed at students from senior kindergarten to Grade 12, and includes field activities such as map courses, hawk banding and stream table experiments at Essex Region Conservation ...
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Into the Wilds
London Free Press
By BARBARA TAYLOR, The London Free Press Ian Newton of London zips toward an observation platform at the Wilds conservation centre in southeast Ohio earlier this month. The 10000-acre property is home to endangered species from around the world ...
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Letter - OFAH urges Ontario residents to make their voices heard
Wawa-news.com
According to the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), this project may also influence future Crown land use planning exercises throughout northern Ontario. It is critically important that anglers, hunters and other Crown land recreationalists become ...
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Greens announce $200 Million Active Transportation Infrastructure Fund for ...
NorthumberlandView.ca
London, Ontario – Green Party of Ontario Leader Mike Schreiner announced his party’s plan to invest $200 Million in Ontario Municipalities for active transportation infrastructure over the next four years. “Ontario municipalities deserve ...
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Preserving the ... - Ministry of Natural Resources - Ontario.ca
The Nature Conservancy of Canada; Ontario Nature; Conservation Ontario; Ducks Unlimited Canada; Environment Canada; Ontario Ministry of Natural ...
www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/.../STDPROD_088461.html

Learning to ride a bike at 23
Toronto Star
My body trembles as I try to steer a rusted mountain bike down Queen St. W. ... So, I enrolled in the City of Toronto's CAN-BIKE program — a two-hour biking ...

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

Picture Perfect Paddling in Ontario! - - MyDestinationInfo
Self-guided day-long excursions are a particular specialty here, and according to the Ontario TrailsCouncil, “no other region in the world offers canoeing ...
www.mydestination.com/.../picture-perfect-paddling-in-ontari...

Meeting to tackle changes to Rouge Park trails system
insideTORONTO.com
Schollen's task, which gets more difficult as the Rouge Valley narrows on its way to Lake Ontario, is to plan for human activities while protecting the park's sensitive species and natural areas. He's decided to close many trails in the south, ...
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Trails of 1812

A chance to mark the War of 1812
Windsor Star
Local communities are organizing bicentennial events such as the Roots to Boots ... peace gardentrail system that's growing across the Great Lakes region. ...


Virtues of cycling to work touted - The Orillia Packet & Times ...
... Winkler - Winkler Times, Winnipeg - The Winnipeg Sun, ---Ontario--- .... Now , the trio and the Orillia Cycling Club are hoping to turn other Orillians ...
www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3157614

David Sazuki: Embracing a new kind of NIMBY: Nature in My Backyard
Straight.com
The internationally renowned 1.8-million-hectare Ontario Greenbelt is estimated to provide the Golden Horseshoe region with more than $2.6 billion in ...


Ontario Environment Network - Home
Ontario Events: Contaminated and Hazardous Waste Site Management Course ... the Council of Canadians, Conservation Ontario, the Region of Durham and area ...
oen.ca/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0...972...


First smog alert for Windsor-Essex County
Windsor Star
WINDSOR, Ont. -- The first smog advisory for Windsor-Essex County is in effect as hot, hazy and humid conditions combine with a flow of polluted air from the US, according to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. The advisory was put into effect ...
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Credit: Montreal Gazette

We just need more bike lanes
Toronto Star
Connecting the bike lanes we have and buying some paint will do more than building costly barriers.Toronto is only halfway to its decade-old goal of 1000 kilometres of bike lanes, so let's stop talking and start painting.
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City collects input from rail corridor residents
insideTORONTO.com
Andrea Dawber said there are some issues that make it difficult and unsafe at times to walk, cycleand drive in the neighbourhood. "There are a lot of small things around signage, road and bike paths that are quick fixes," she said. ...
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700 Riders Gear Up
The Canada Cup and Ontario Cross Country Mountain Biking event goes this weekend at Hardwood Ski and Bike. John Sustersic of Hardwood Ski and Bike says the ...
www.bayshorebroadcasting.ca/news_item.php?NewsID=35648


MTB U mountain bike clinics in the Don - Toronto Mountain Bikers ...
Join us in the Don Valley this summer for MTB U (Mountain Bike Unversity), a series of mountain bike courses designed to improve your riding and give you ...
www.meetup.com/Toronto-Mountain-Bikers/.../20540451/


BikeMonth Events: June 5 to 11, 2011 | Biking Toronto
To help you plan out events you want to go to during BikeMonth, ... Bikes and Books – Albert Campbell District TPL · Toronto Mountain Bike Fest ...
bikingtoronto.com/bikemonth-events-june-5-to-11-2011/?...

VIA Bike Trains Return for the Summer with More departures, More destinations
Canada NewsWire (press release)
From Quebec's extensive Route Verte (4300km), the Greater Niagara Circle Route (140km), Ottawa's Capital Parkway Network (220km) to any of Ontario's Waterfront Trails (900km), VIA's Bike Trains provide a multitude of cycling destinations to choose from ...
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Adventure Racing at The Bruce in Ontario Snowshoe Magazine
“We're also getting huge support from businesses, such as Suntrail - Source For Adventure - which has provided kayaks and Bikeface Cycling which has provided bikes. Our local governments are also very supportive and have provided us with equipment and ...

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Ottawa River Canoe Club
Ottawa River Canoe Club 1640 Sixth Line road. Ottawa, Ontario ... The Small Swell series is back for 2011 - this year, our first event is on Saturday, ...
www.ottawarivercanoe.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=1405


Canoe The Credit 2011 - Mississauga CanaDiary
Diary of Events and Happenings in Mississauga, Ontario. Loading ... Location: Port Credit @t credit valley conservation, leisurely paddle, canoe club . ...
mississauga.canadiary.com/2011/06/canoe-credit-2011.html


Break the treadmill rut and hit the trail
healthzone.ca
Here in Canada, there's no shortage of readily accessible trails—from urban oases like Montreal's Mount Royal and Vancouver's Stanley Park to more challenging locales like Alberta's Canmore Nordic Centre and Ontario's Rattlesnake Point. ...

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