Ontario Trails News - May 31, 2011 - Round Up - International Trails Day

Easing Toronto's traffic horror Toronto Sun
This is event season in Toronto — early May to mid-October — the only time in our cold climate when we get a chance to showcase our city and enjoy the camaraderie of charity running andwalking events, as well as festivals and parades. ... See all stories on this topic »


Why exercising outdoors is better than hitting the gym
Globe and Mail
The health implications extend from depression and diabetes to workplace stress and cognitive decline of older adulthood,” says Alan Logan, a Toronto-trained naturopath now living in Connecticut in the United States. Dr. Logan is co-writing Your Brain, ...
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New pavement in Bloor West helpful to trees
insideTORONTO.com
It's called pervious pavement and what it's designed to do, explained Brian Brett of the City ofToronto's Technical Services, is let water infiltrate tree roots while providing a smooth walkingsurface for pedestrians. Pervious pavement is a highly ...
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hiking gear websites
TorontoHiking provides complete hiking and walking resources in Southern Ontario , Canada, including waterfalls listings, hiking gear, hiking news, hikes, ...
www.webtumble.com/hiking/hiking-gear/


Bike Month kicks off with annual group commute
CP24, Canada
(Adrien Veczan / THE CANADIAN PRESS) Groups of cyclists are taking over Toronto's streets Monday with the kickoff of Bike Month. Cyclists are participating in the annual group commute, which encourages people to leave the car at home and cycle to work. ...
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Ottawa Gets a Bixi Bicycle Rental Going
Treehugger
by Bonnie Alter, London on 05.30.11 Congratulations and bienvenue, Canada's capital city is joining the club and re-introducing a bicycle rental scheme. They are using Bixi, the bicycles used in Montreal, London and Toronto. Ottawa first introduced the ...
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Toronto BMX trails subject of debate
ESPN (blog)
By Brian Tunney In recent weeks, a set of BMX trails in the High Park area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada has become the subject of debate between the city of Toronto, local BMX and mountain bike riders, and Five Nations activists, who claim that the BMX ...

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June is Recreation and Parks Month

Landon Bay - site of 2011 OTC AGM

Ontario Trails Council AGM
Sunday June 26th 2011, Gananoque Ontario. Need 25 members for quorum - RSVP today!

International - Provincial Trails Day

Saturday June 4th, 2011 - Tell us about your trail event

Application Deadline Extended: 

The Ontario Trails Council is looking for a person to manage it's Trails Skills Development Program. View the job description through the link - please respond no later than 4pm June 3rd, 2011.  Click the link under the first sentence.

Ontario Trails News - May 30, 2011 - Morning Round Up

Use of new bike lanes will be monitored
Owen Sound Sun Times
Secondary Ontario highways particularly have bike lane potential, based on tourism potential and existing cycling traffic, she said. "We haven't announced where those are going to be yet," she said. "The reality is that people are riding on these roads ...

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Victory can mean different things to different people
The Sudbury Star
If you're an advocate for cycling in Northern Ontario, you'd be surprised that there have been victories. (The city of Montreal has built separate cycling corridors on existing infrastructure throughout the city. Wow. But I digress. ... See all stories on this topic »


Cyclists of all ages can suffer injuries 
The Chronicle Journal
Compared to other regions in Ontario, we have the highest number of cycling-related Emergency room visits per 100000 population. Safe Cycling Thunder Bay ...




Cambridge Trails - June 4th International Trails Day Event - link



YouTube - Blue Mountain Resort - 2011 Mountain Bike Preview
Blue Mountain Resort doesn't just shut down when the snow melts! With 19 mountain bike trails and events like the Wade Simmons Camp, Ontario Cup Downhill ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLwWCZ24da8


Merlin Homecoming Event - Dedication of Merlin Conservation Area ...
Merlin Homecoming Event - Dedication of Merlin Conservation Area Home Coming 2011- June 4, Registration Information.
www.merlinontario.ca/showthread.php?p=1541

Crowe Valley Conservation Authority
The Ontario Low Water Response program was developed to ensure that the province ... the Crowe Valley Conservation Authority's Low Water Response team holds ...
crowevalley.com/waterresponse.html


Penetanguishene Trail Mountain Bike Trail in Penetanguishene ...
Penetanguishene Trail is a singletrack mountain bike trail in Penetanguishene, Ontario. View maps, videos, photos, and reviews of Penetanguishene Trail bike ...
www.singletracks.com/bike-trails/penetanguishene-trail.html

Canoe the Credit, Port Credit, Ontario, Canada
Event: Canoe the Credit, Port Credit -- from the Environmental Events Calendar:http://Planetfriendly.net/calendar/
www.planetfriendly.net/calendar/events.php?id=14394


Grand Experiences Canoe & Kayak Outfitters - Sports/Recreation ...
Kitchener, Ontario · Kayak · I Bet We Can Find 1000000 People Who Paddle Kayaks · Photographers and kayakers · Create a Page · Report Page · Share ...
www.facebook.com/pages/Grand.../342770915739?sk=app...


YouTube - Hiking the Chikanishing Trail, Killarney Ontario Canada
Adventurer Wolfmaan hikes the Chikanishing Trail near Collins Inlet in Killarney Provincial Park,Ontario Canada.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkUw-Ji30e8

Send Us Your Trail

Ontario Trails: Collecting Your Trails for 3 years now!

Through an OGDE agreement with the MNR the OTC has been collecting and sharing trail information, including cycling routes, off-road cycling trails and 16 other activities. We put them on the centralized website for trails as per the Ontario Trails Strategy. We encourage any proponent engaging in catalouging cycling routes for the Ministry of Transportation to contact us. We are also encouraged by the articles below!

We're slowly waking up to see cycling as transportation mode

InsideHalton.com
 Additionally, it costs us much less to accommodate cyclists and pedestrians than it costs to accommodate cars on roads. The Ontario Ministry of Transportation estimates that providing paved roads costs roughly $250000 per kilometre, and shoulders for ...See all stories on this topic »

Desjardins Group, major sponsor of cycling!
Canada NewsWire (press release)
 Desjardins Group, thanks to its partnership with various organizations such as Vélo Québec and the Montréal Bike Fest, invites you to participate in more than 60 cycling activities and events that will take place across Québec and Ontario in 2011. ...See all stories on this topic »

Ontario Trails News - May 29, 2011 - Round Up

COUNTY OF ESSEX: County Wide Active Transportation Master Plan ...
The County of Essex has completed a County Wide Active Transportation Master Plan ... to implement a comprehensive active transportation and regional trails ... Essex, Ontario, N8M 1Y6. Please forward any comments in writing to Ms. Jane ...
www.countyofessex.on.ca/.../county+wide+active+transportati...

Dufferin County Active Transportation and Trails Master Plan
Plan. The Master Plan is designed to improve and designate a regional Active Transportation (AT) network of on-road corridors and off-road trails, ...
www.townofleamington.ca/.../CWATSNoticeofStudyCompleti...

Wall climbing ottawa
Indoor Rock Climbing Gym. Sports/Recreation/Activities · Ottawa, Ontario are back up, ... If you need our portable rock climbing wall for a church event, ...
juldiu.xt.pl/rlFcvG/

Mountain BIke Ontario Trailblazing Festival
GORBA will be organizing and leading mountain bike rides at the Mountain Bike Ontario Trailblazing Festival. There will be beginner groups, ...
www.gorba.ca/index.php?option=com...id...
Small steps toward more walkable suburbs Globe and Mail
Toronto's suburbs were not built for walking. When planners laid out the sprawling subdivisions and apartment-tower parks of Scarborough and Etobicoke, they assumed that most people would have cars. What they did not foresee was that these suburbs ...
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Stroll City makes poets of tweeting Torontonians
Globe and Mail
The author of Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto, Mr. Micallef has spent years writing about the city in both long-form articles and 140-character bursts. Though he uses his personal Twitter account to make Toronto observations and “post ...
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Continued assault on walkability
Windsor Star
Also, there is growing concern over the safety of cyclists and pedestrians at roundabouts and traffic circles. According to Ontario's Ministry of the Environment, traffic circles are designed to keep traffic moving and are generally used as a ...
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Malvern Bicycle Classic set for May 28
insideTORONTO.com
The event, which is organized by the Ontario Cycling Association, starts on Brenyon Way, at Neilson and Sewells roads and runs a two-kilometre course on a loop. Races will be timed and awards will be presented. Two age groups of youth will be competing ...

Still time to register for July's Great Waterfront cycling tour
InsideHalton.com
A multi-stage summer cycling tour is passing through the city in its early days. The fourth annual Great Waterfront Trail Adventure Tour (GWTA) is a 720-kilometre, supported cycling tour of the Ontario waterfront and greenways that passes through 41 ...

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Ross Bike Works - Cycle Ontario
Join Cycle Ontario Community today to interact and connect with Ross Bike Works ... To inspire cyclists of all ages to explore the landscapes and history of ...
www.cycleontario.com/cycle-ontario.../278.../profile.html

Increase Driver Awareness and Knowledge of Safely Sharing the Road ...
As stated in the Green Paper for an Ontario Bicycling Policy, by Share the Road Cycling Coalition, March 2010, 'Sixty percent of Ontarians say that they ...
parc.ophea.net/.../increase-driver-awareness-and-knowledge-sa...

Radio show gives bike riders the gears
CATHARINES, Ont. — One caller suggested the best way for motorists to deal with cyclists who "think they own the road" is to pull ahead of them and then ...
cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2011/05/.../18206191.html?...

Toronto is Canada's least safe city in which to cycle/walk
Toronto is Canada's least safe city in which to cycle/walk. By Rob Sturney - Published May 28, 2011. With rather fortuitous timing, just as cities all ...
cyclingmagazine.ca/.../toronto-is-canadas-least-safe-city-in-wh...

Cycle - Train weekend trip - Canada Day Weekend - City of Toronto ...
a group of cyclists from toronto are organizing a delightful train/cycle tour for the upcoming canada day weekend. we will be travelling from toronto to ...
toronto.kijiji.ca/c-community-activities-groups-Cycle-Train-w...


Bixi bike flaw Ottawa Citizen
Helmets are mandatory in Ontario for everyone under 18. Many people over 18 would not think of riding without a helmet on, which is wise. In Melbourne, where cycling helmets are mandatory, bike-sharing use has been relatively low. ...

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Scugog museum paddle party returns June 4
Newsdurhamregion.com
The event is open to amateurs and professionals, young and old alike, who can compete in a large number of recreational and competitive categories in both canoes and kayaks. Canoe the Nonquon is sanctioned by the Ontario Marathon Canoe Racing ...
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Ontario Trails News - May 28, 2011 - Canoeing Adventures and Historical walk App

Historian's app puts old Toronto photos at your fingertips
Toronto Star
Gary Miedema, chief historian at Heritage Toronto, a city agency that organizes walking tours of the city, says ZeitagTO and similar apps are a “brilliant next step” in terms of making the city's history more accessible. “Using historic photos in this ...
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Outdoor Adventures - Canoeing Adventures in Ontario, Canada For more great canoeing adventures in Ontario, visit Ontariotravel.net/outdoor · Joomla Templates and Joomla Extensions by JoomlaVision.Com. Feature ... www.northernontario.travel/.../124-canoeing-adventures-in-on...

CyclingMagazine.ca » Burlington set to host National Championships
The event is organized by the Midweek Cycling Club in Burlington in association with the OntarioCycling Association. SCHEDULE OF ELITE EVENTS ...
cyclingmagazine.ca/.../burlington-set-to-host-national-champi...


Standing Engagement: Cycling matters
National Post (blog)
Similarly, for riders looking to discover Toronto's car-free bike paths, the Toronto Bicycle Network hosts a series of “Ravine Rides” every Tuesday during the summer. The next one, held on May 31 at 10:30 am, will explore Mimico Creek and the Humber ...
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The "abandoned" bikes of Toronto
blogTO (blog)
So I kept walking. Angrily. No pedals. No Ticket. Grrrrrrrrrr. Onward I went... Again, no ticket. If not for abandonment, at least it should have gotten one for hideousness. The next one was like some random nest of bikes arguing. ...
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Toronto streets most dangerous in Canada to cycle, walk CityNews
Toronto's streets are the most dangerous in the country to cycle or walk, according to a new study. A report released Thursday by the city's Traffic Safety Unit revealed Toronto had the highest rate of vehicles colliding with cyclists and pedestrians ...
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UJA Walk with Israel set for May 29
insideTORONTO.com
Organized by the United Jewish Appeal, the Walk With Israel is geared toward people of all political stripes, said Howard English, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto spokesperson. "We're walking to celebrate Israel's achievements," he said. ...
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Canada's crazy cool summer fests Toronto Sun
... adventure junkies launch their mountain bikes off challenging jumps and drops ... (Shutterstock) Buskerfest, Toronto: As the largest Buskerfest in North ...


Evergreen Brick Works: from factory to urban oasis CityNews
Fresh from its win as one of the best public spaces in Canada, the Evergreen Brick Works is gearing up for the summer season with a new slate of activities and the return of local faves such as the farmers market and cultivated hiking paths. ...
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Oshawa Bike Week is fun on two wheels Newsdurhamregion.com
"We want to take the cycling plan to the next level, we see what cities like Vancouver and Montreal and Toronto have done to encourage people to cycle," Mr. Karim said. A draft version of Oshawa's updated cycling plan is expected to be ready by the end ...
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TRCA: News Story
On May 30, the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Toronto and Region Conservation will celebrate the ...
www.trca.on.ca/news-media/news/releases/107380


Group wants Greenbelt to be provincial election issue
CTV.ca
The greenbelt has become THE place where urbanites can purchase a country ... look to westernontario where the yields are higher, the support systems are ...


Media Advisory: "Bring Back the Salmon" Hits the Humber
Marketwire (press release)
On May 30, the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Toronto and Region Conservation will celebrate the expansion of the restoration program into the Humber River by stocking approximately 30000 Atlantic ...
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Deepi Harish: Its Summertime and the Livins Easy,' Especially When It's in ...
Huffington Post
High Park is Toronto's largest public park. What can you do there? Pretty much anything. High Park features many hiking trails, sports facilities, a dog park, a zoo, playgrounds, restaurants, picnic areas, a charming lake, swans, ducks, geese and other ...
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Weekly Note - OTC AGM and Trillium Job Posting

Landon Bay - site of 2011 OTC AGM

Ontario Trails Council AGM
Sunday June 26th 2011, Gananoque Ontario. Need 25 members for quorum - RSVP today!

International - Provincial Trails Day

Saturday June 4th, 2011 - Tell us about your trail event

 

 

Application Deadline Extended: 

The Ontario Trails Council is looking for a person to manage it's Trails Skills Development Program. View the job description through the link - please respond no later than 4pm June 3rd, 2011.  Click the link under the first sentence.