Tuesday, April 17, 2012

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

2012 April 16 Archive - Toronto High Park Bicycle Club – Toronto's ...
Picton Wine Lover, Gourmet Foodie, Art, and Cycling Tour. Enjoy scenic cycling, charming accommodation, gourmet food, optional winery/art studio tours.
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Town of Georgina passes bylaw to force smokers to butt out on beaches, parks ...
Toronto Star
Noor Javed Staff Reporter Sun-seekers won't be able to puff away along a Lake Simcoe beach anymore after the Town of Georgina passed a bylaw Monday night forcing smokers to butt out on beaches, parks and trails. The bylaw adds to an existing smoking ...
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Embrace the changing season in Ontario
Toronto Sun
The area offers panoramic views of the escarpment and Lake Ontario with a Lookout Trail and viewing platforms. Among the 20368 sightings last year were thousands of red-tailed hawks and turkey vultures and hundreds of red-shouldered and sharp-shinned ...
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LDSS grad helps Lakehead win national nordic ski title
Peterborough Examiner
Submitted photo Lucas Shewen competes at the OUA cross-country ski championships in Sudbury and receives encouragement from his Lakehead University coach Adam Kates. By DALE CLIFFORD Examiner Sports Writer Woodview's Lucas Shewen has enjoyed a first ...
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Protect Ontario's environment, our communities and natural heritage
NorthumberlandView.ca
The Ontario budget released on March 22 proposes changes to 69 Acts, including eight environmentally significant laws affecting the Ministry of Natural Resources. These laws include: the Endangered Species Act, the Provincial Parks and Conservation ...
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Kevin Callan's Wilderness Quest
CANOE & KAYAK (blog)
For Canadian canoeist, author and popular trade show personality Kevin Callan, Ontario's Quetico Provincial Park is a happy exception. The elimination of logging, mining, hunting and trapping in the park has created a sanctuary, the sort of place ...
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Southcoast Paddlesports Symposium
Dunnville Chronicle
NEW FOR 2012, and the LARGEST PADDLESPORTS SYMPOSIUM IN SOUTHERN ONTARIOCome and see why ... Sure, we have lots of kayaks and gear to try, but we also have ...

War of 1812 event gets financial boost
Windsor Star (blog)
The WindsorEssex Community Foundation received $139300 from the Ministry of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages to commemorate an event honouring the capture of the Fort of Detroit. “This battle formed, in a military sense, a key part of our early ...
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Monday, April 16, 2012

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

Ontario Trails: Ontario Trails News - Paddle, Bike, Hike and Ride ...
The Opening Race Weekend in Ontario | Canadian Cycling Magazine. Andrew talks about the opening weekend of racing in Ontario. And who was that ...
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Ontario Summer Camp near Toronto Offers Leadership Experience through Training ...
Houston Chronicle
Summer Camps in Ontario offer a chance for children to build confidence, increase their independence and develop new skills in an outdoor setting. However, there comes a time when children are too old to be campers, but too young to be a staff member.
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"Reconsider This Outrageous And Totally Illogical Decision"
Standardbred Canada
In an open letter to his constituents, PC MPP Rob Milligan urges residents of his riding in Northumberland - Quinte West to support the horse racing and ...



Watershed Views: The Politics of Water Conservation
The Politics of Water Conservation. By Don Pearson, General Manager, Conservation Ontario. I was struck this week by the realization that we public servants ...
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Trail Risk Management - Ontario Trails Council
ONTARIO TRAILS EDUCATION PROGRAM. In partnership with: Supported by: Trail Risk Management. Managing risk is probably one of the most important and ...
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War of 1812 event a chance to learn more about Marion (and in Ontario, learn more about Ontario)
Marion Star
MARION - "War of 1812 Meeting of the Minds" will be presented by the Marion County Historical Society in partnership with Primrose of Marion on May 5. The event will be at the Palace Theatre's May Pavilion, 276 W. Center St. The evening begins at 5 pm ...See all stories on this topic »



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Sunday, April 15, 2012

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

Birth of the Bruce
Hamilton Spectator
A Nature Trail from Niagara Falls to Tobermory would meander through some of the most gorgeous scenery in the whole of Ontario. Here, the traveller could bird-watch, study physiography or botany or amphibia and reptiles — or just hike.
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An Urgent Call for All Residents of Northumberland - Quinte West ...
NorthumberlandView.ca
Many people in this riding remember how the NDP government devastated the horse racing and breeding industries in the early 1990's by adding an oppressive ...


Paris to Ancaster race kicks off cycling season
Toronto Star
It's got road, it's got gravel road, it's got muddy parts,” said Mike Garrigan, 30, of Toronto, anOntario Cycling coach who also won in 2010. “It's really fun because it's all different types of terrain.” Different types of people, too: some 2000 ...
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North York Mirror editorial on bike lanes | Ontario Chapter
Interesting commentary on the Mayor Ford maneuvers to get rid of bike lanes. ***. From the North York Mirror, April 12, 2012. by David Nickle. The bike lanes that ...
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Saturday, April 14, 2012

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

Cramahe Township | Trailhead Ontario
Township of Cramahe – The Suzy Kernaghan Trail Committee, with the Township of Cramahe as lead applicant, announced today that the Suzy Kernaghan ...
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Birding by ear amplifies watching experience
Toronto Sun
A black-capped chickadee gathers some breakfast along the trails near South Bear Creek, Wednesday, February 8, 2012. (AARON HINKS/QMI AGENCY) A song from beside a field draws our attention to a bush. A woodpecker's hammering stops us in our tracks.
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The Harper Government Welcomes 18 First Nations to the Framework Agreement on ...
MarketWatch (press release)
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Apr 13, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The Honourable John Duncan, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, joined Chief Robert Louie, Chair of the First Nations Lands Advisory Board (LAB), and Chief Austin Bear, ...
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Helping First-Time Campers
Ontario is helping more first-time campers experience the great outdoors by expanding its Learn to Camp program in provincial parks across the province.
Murphys Point, Six Mile Lake and The Pinery provincial parks will now offer Learn to Camp, in addition to Bronte Creek, Darlington and Sibbald Point, which all offered the program last year.
A new travelling Learn to Camp program will also be piloted in the following Northern Ontario provincial parks:
The Learn to Camp program teaches the ins and outs of camping by providing hands-on experience for a number of important tasks, like setting up a campsite, using a camp stove and building a fire.
Overnight camping sessions or community information sessions can be booked online atontarioparks.com/learntocamp.


Bixi sale wouldn't affect Toronto cyclists, city says
Toronto Star
Serco, an outsourcing giant, has run Ontario's driver testing service since 2003. It partnered with Public Bike System to create a bike-sharing service in London, England, in 2010. Public Bike System, created by Montreal's government through the city's ...
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Students horsing around
The Kingston Whig-Standard
“They come here and just ride.” Cairns, one of several team members who owns and boards a horseat DreamCatcher, concurred with the farm owner.


Musical Ride tour by former Valley man to include honour-guard ...
Truro Daily News
Matthew Tucker and his horse Cybil will be soon leaving for England with the RCMP's ... the MusicalRide will begin its summer tour in southern Ontario, ...


Join us to celebrate the Bruce Trail's 50th
Hamilton Spectator
In the US, the Appalachian Trail runs from Maine to Georgia. The Bruce Trail is Ontario's best equivalent, but it requires many volunteers and financial supporters. And it requires responsible users. The brainchild in 1960 of Hamiltonian Ray Lowes, ...
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1812 celebrations suffer setback
Niagarathisweek.com
1812 celebrations suffer setback. Heritage Minister James Moore (left) and Niagara Falls MP Rob Nicholson (right) came to Fort George last year to announce the federal government's plans for 1812bicentennial commemorations across Canada.
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Friday, April 13, 2012

Ontario Trails News - Develop, Manage, Use and Preserve Trails

Ontario travel: get out and enjoy the great outdoors

Toronto Star
Ariel Teplitsky Toronto Star If you're itching for outdoor adventure, there's no need to wait for summer. In many ways spring is the superior season for hiking, camping and other activities. The highways and destinations are less congested, ...
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Novi woman strolls into FAMtastic Fitness business
Hometownlife.com
FAMtastic Fitness was created by Maria Tilmos, former resident of Garden City ... her daughter with friend and mentor, Bernice Robinson of London, Ontario.


Ontario Cycling Association May Camps
April 12, 2012 (Toronto, ON) – The OCA is running two great camps in May. The first camp is the annual cadet camp, May 5-6 for athletes aged 14-16.
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Horwath uses clout effectively
Elliot Lake Standard
By BRIAN MACLEOD/THE SUDBURY STAR/QMI AGENCY Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath took a ... McGuinty says the province is subsidizing the ONTC at $400 a ride.


1812 flags fly in Niagara-on-the-Lake
Niagarathisweek.com
1812 flags fly in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Commemorative War of 1812 Bicentennial flags are on sale now. Fly some heritage pride. From left: Richard Merritt, Barbara Gelb, Rick Meleon, Lord Mayor Dave Eke, Tony Chisholm, Lyle Williams, Jim Alexander, ...
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Tentative deal reached to protect David Dunlap Observatory Lands
Toronto Star
The deal, reached through a six-month mediation process at the Ontario Municipal Board, marks the near end of a fight to preserve the lands lauded by local residents as one of the last big green spaces in the community. Town council voted 9-0 to ratify ...
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'Fired up' for Pumpkinferno
The Morrisburg Leader
... arranged in an outdoor exhibit staged at Upper Canada Village. ... The new event recently received $75000 in funding from Celebrate Ontario.

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