Ontario Trail News - Develop, Use, Manage and Preserve Ontario's Trails

Image via WikipediaWork set to begin on "River Trails"
Rainy River Record
The first was to support an application for Local Initiatives Funds in the amount of $3000 for signage on the new trails. The next was for signing authority to complete the Ontario Trillium Foundation funding for the project. ...
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Ontario trails - Ford Ranger Forum
Hey just wondering if anyone know of good trails in the Barrie Orillia area just wondering cause most of trails i used to run are gated now.
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3 Top Summer Theater Festivals that Last Through Fall
Forbes
When not glued to the computer, I can be found hiking the mountains and combing ... folks up to Ontario to see the Shaw Festival, celebrating its 50th year. ...

 
The Importance of Hometown, Local Events
Xtri.com
While their events are in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario, there are peers in every ... Bay on the Rideau River, which is also home of the Rideau Canoe club. ...

Blue Mountain Hosts the Ontario Downhill Mountain Bike Provincial
The race is presented by Sirbikealot Racing and supported by the Ontario Cycling Association. Blue Mountain is home to one of Ontario's largest Mountain Bike ...
bluemountainslopeside.mycollingwood.ca/.../Blue-Mountain-...

 
$1.1M boost helps Earth Rangers expand programs
YorkRegion.com
Vaughan environmental education organization Earth Rangers will soon bring its conservation-related activities to about 400000 students, thanks to a $1.1 million funding boost from the FedDev Ontario program. The organization will also be able to ... See all stories on this topic »

Ford plans to make waterfront dazzle
Toronto Sun
The Port Lands' 404 hectares (1000 acres) also contain derelict industrial lands, unsightly factory buildings, railway tracks and less-than-inviting areas to walk. Under former mayor David Miller, Waterfront Toronto was charged with the business of ...
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Mimico Waterfront Park phase two to open next summer
insideTORONTO.com
It will also connect to Martin Goodman Trail which runs through to Scarborough when it opens next summer. Toronto and Region Conservation Authority's budget for phase two of the park is $8.4 million. The total cost of Mimico Waterfront Park is $18.6 ...
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Toronto: Hydro and Rail Corridor New Trails - Toronto Electric ...
A group for all e-bike owners! Discuss the laws, e-bike experiences, or get together for a Toronto e-bike ride! You do not have to be from Toronto to join this ...
www.ebikeriders.com/messages/boards/thread/15189671

Kayaker claims MNR 'cruel'
Owen Sound Sun Times
Zupan, a former world champion in solo kayak and canoe competitions, has also led the Ontario-based Dragon Boat team to a third-place finish in international competition in China. He said in more 30 years of paddling and competing around the world he's ...
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JOB DESCRIPTION - Conservation Ontario
collaborative of Hamilton Conservation Authority and Conservation Halton. The ... encourage protection and conservation of those natural features and negotiate ...
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Ontario Trails News - Paddle, Hike, Bike or Ride Ontario's Trails

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Urban dwellers find nature, recreation in regional forests
Waterloo Record
The cycling club has an agreement with the region to develop and maintain the trails. ... It attracts people both locally and from across Ontario. ...


Is the Ex Haunted? Find Out During the Haunted CNE Walking ...
By KJ Mullins
Each year more than a million people pass through the gates ready to be entertained, but you can be spooked as well by taking a Haunted CNE Walking Tour. Participants get to hear some of the spookiest stories in Toronto as guides take ...
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Scotia Bank Aids Walk

Walk Hero - Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life Toronto
But make all of us take note (get it) HIV/AIDS has gotta go and we can do it through the Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life Toronto - sign up - I will sing a high note - I ...
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Hiker Initiation Program being offered by the Toronto Bruce Trail Club
The Toronto Bruce Trail Club www.torontobrucetrailclub.org. Close to nature. Close to home. Organized hiking with The Toronto Bruce Trail Club offers healthy ...
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Fair with something for everyone
Bancroft This Week
The Rocky Hills Horse Club Outriders presented their musical ride at the Coe ... a course provided by the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies. ...

In our own backyards
Your Ottawa Region
In one Ontario community, for example, ceremonial dancing has been ... and over 170 kilometres of bike trails for cross-country skiing or snowshoeing. ...

Public Safety Reminder from the Chief Coroner of Ontario: ATVs and Children
Government of Ontario News
Recommendations at that time included mandatory approved safety training, increased public education regarding the safe operation of ATVs, and permission to drive an ATV on approved trailsonly from age 12 - 16. These are equally applicable today. ...
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ATVs destroying the Rail Trail
Haliburton County Echo
This trail is one of the flattest trails in the County making it perfect for cycling and hiking of all ages. I really hope that we do not allow such a pristine and rare area like Haliburton County to become the ATV capital of Ontario as opposed to the ...
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Ontario Trail News - Develop, Manage, Use and Preserve Ontario Trails

Best of Summer: Into the urban wild
National Post
After all, we had met while hiking for six months in the mountains of the ... one of the largest marshes remaining on the northern end of Lake Ontario. ...


Brock Escarpment Mountain Bike Trail in St. Catherines, Ontario ...
Brock Escarpment is a singletrack mountain bike trail in St. Catherines, Ontario. View maps, videos, photos, and reviews of Brock Escarpment bike trail in St. ...
www.singletracks.com/bike-trails/brock-escarpment.html


Councillors concerned over mounting costs for velodrome, stadium
Hamilton Spectator
Velodrome A cyclist from the Great Britain Olympic cycling team practices during a training session at the National Velodrome in Newport, Wales. SIMON DAWSON/The Associated Press Councillors meeting Monday to discuss a new stadium and a permanent ...
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Perfect change of pace
Tillsonburg News
... Insurance Ontario Cross Country Championships Fall Series. The enduro cross country event is a mix of several riding disciplines, testing trail and motocross riders' all-around ability in a race that lasts much lot longer than they're used to. ...
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From 8-80 Cities

New Walking Club Starting, Toronto | Events | Yelp
I am forming a new walking group of men and women from 18 - you cant walk anymore...a group of life loving people from the Scarborough/Pickering areas ...
www.yelp.ca/events/toronto-new-walking-club-starting


Saturday, October 1, 2011 Community Event
www.toronto.ca/trails. Event Details: New trail construction. Trail maintenance and repair. Rock armouring. Trail closures and fence repair. Ecological restoration ...
www.toronto.ca/parks/pdf/trails/trailbuilding_event.pdf

Guide to Toronto Sydney Morning Herald The city's Parks, Forestry and Recreation Department has put together Discovery Walks that are downloadable at toronto.ca/parks/trails/discover.htm. The downtown one rambles for six kilometres around some of Toronto's most impressive buildings and is ... See all stories on this topic »

Hike Ontario Summit - Coureurs de Bois Voyageur Trail Outdoors ...
Arrangements for the Hike Ontario Summit MeetingSept 30-Oct 2, are progressing well and we anticipate a successful meeting will ensue. ...coureursdeboiselliotlake.blogspot.com/.../hike-ontario-summit...


Tough Mudder looking for a trail to host their event - needs about 400 acres total area! Contact:
Kelley Kantarian Tough Mudder LLC45 Washington Street #221 Brooklyn, NY 11201Office:            718-643-2221      Cell:             914-261-1550       Fax: 347-227-0220 

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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...