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The Oak Ridges Moraine Trail - From Dream to Reality

ECO/Huff Strategy (press release)
Efforts to establish a trail along the Oak Ridges Moraine first began in 1973 when the Ontario TrailRiders' Association founded the Great Pine Equestrian Trail, which was located primarily along existing roads and road allowances.
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Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources chooses Mechtronix FFT X
Canadian Skies
Scientific research is conducted and the findings are applied to develop effective resourcemanagement policies. The Ministry also manages Ontario's Crown land, promotes economic opportunities in the resource sector and enhances opportunities for ...
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Conservation Ontario 2012 O i t ti 2012 Orientation

Conservation Ontario (Network). Outline of Presentation. • Conservation Ontario ( Network). – Mandate, Objectives, Background. • Conservation Ontario ...
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Hitting the trail for Oxfam Canada Globe and Mail When Toronto lawyer Randy Pepper lived in Hong Kong in the 1980s, a friend introduced him to a unique and gruelling fundraising event. The British army had started something in 1981 called the “trailwalker” a 100-kilometre endurance test across Hong ... See all stories on this topic » Urban Planet: Scoring Walk Score « Spacing Toronto Launched in 2007, Walk Score is a popular website for evaluating the walkability of a particular address or neighbourhood. Embraced (for the most part) by both ... spacingtoronto.ca/2012/04/.../urban-planet-scoring-walk-score... Join my 2012 Toronto Walk to Fight Arthritis Team!! « Life's an ... I'm the volunteer chair of the Toronto Walk to Fight Arthritis so of course, I'm trying to recruit a huge team of friends, family and readers to join with me to support ... lifesanadventure2.com/.../join-my-2012-toronto-walk-to-fight... 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 Facebook 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 Road to the Olympics: Mike Tayler new face of slalom kayaking Ottawa Citizen Ottawa Orienteering Club athletes excelled at the United States ... win gold medals during theOntario Cup girls' U14 major bantam basketball championships: ... Street Smarts: Onwards and upwards on Toronto's waterfront National Post There will also be new employment, promising to bring more activity to the neighbourhood even in ...The Martin Goodman Trail will be extended alongside, ... Plans scaled back after funding denied for several events at NOTL's War of ... Bullet News Niagara The Horse Guard parade, a military sunset performance and the Niagara Symphony performance at Fort George were all affected by the denial of funding through the Department of Canadian Heritage's 1812 Commemoration Fund. “The feds clearly outlined their ... See all stories on this topic » Next steps taken in Downtown Master Plan NorthernLife.ca The city is taking the next steps in its Master Plan to transform the downtown into the biggest, brightest and best downtown in northern Ontario. File photo. City council has set staff on the next leg of their journey to transform downtown Sudbury into ... See all stories on this topic » Cycling club starting up - Timmins Daily Press - Ontario, CA Mountain bike rides will be at the 655 Hwy. trail head at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursdays (junction of Hwy. 655 and Ross). This year we would like... www.thedailypress.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3538850 Burlington cyclist in hospital with severe head trauma InsideHalton.com Dennis noted the cyclist was not wearing a helmet. “As an adult you're not legally required to wear one (helmet) but I know when I go out with my kids we all wear one.” Everyone under the age of 18 inOntario is legally required to wear a helmet while ... See all stories on this topic »

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Ontario MTB Festival | SHORTHILLS CYCLING CLUB

Search this site: Upcoming Events. Buddha Ride. Date: Wed, 04/18/2012 - 6 00pm. Women's Club Evening Ride. Date: Thu, 04/19/2012 - 6:00pm ...
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Massive search for missing senior in Lanark County
CTV.ca
Ontario Provincial Police are leading the search for 93-year-old Geoffrey Leech of Ottawa ... was going for a seven kilometre walk on a nearby hiking trail.

1 2012 Ontario Bike Summit – “Shifting Gears” Hyatt Regency Toronto
Official Welcome: Ontario Bike Summit: Eleanor McMahon, CEO Share the Road Cycling Coalition. Welcome to the City of Toronto: David Whittaker, CEO ...
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Bike to Work Month wants you on wheels, New website www.biketoworkottawa.com ...
EMC West Carleton
When you pledge to bike during May, you'll be eligible to win great prizes. EnviroCentre is a non-profit organization that works to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Ottawa and eastern Ontario by delivering energy-efficiency programs and services.
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'Nanny state' or using their heads?
London Free Press
By Jonathan Sher and Kelly Pedro, The London Free Press Their required use has been twice championed by Ontario politicians sideswiped by their own parties. But bike helmets -- and a requirement they be worn by adults -- are being pushed again, ...

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Oakville now owns Edgemere lakefront
InsideHalton.com
... the Town gets a publicly-accessible waterfront and trails, which will run south along Maple Grove Drive from Lakeshore Road to the waterfront, along the shore of Lake Ontario and then north connecting back to Lakeshore Road by way of a trail ...
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MS Walk - Toronto: Sally's Second Super Six - MS Society of Canada

MS Walk - Toronto. Sally's Second Super Six (sans Jeanne) at the 2011 walk. Support Sally's Second Super Six! Sally's Second Super Six. Goal: $30000.00 ...
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Collecting Butterflies Makes Walking More Fun
Yahoo! Sports
Even Canada is reportedly experiencing one of the largest butterfly migrations in history with the president of the Toronto Entomologists' Association noting that this year's butterfly population is about 20 times larger than normal.
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Friends push each other to new heights
Owen Sound Sun Times
By Bill Walker It's only fitting that both Julian Smith and Avery Vreugdenhil-Beauclerc earned spots on the Ontario Nordic Skiing developmental team. The two Georgian Bay Nordic Ski Team members have trained together for several years, pushing each ...
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Honouring Ontario's Outstanding Volunteers

Ontario Government Presents 2012 June Callwood Awards

Ontario is recognizing 11 people and seven organizations with a June Callwood Outstanding Achievement Award, for their commitment to volunteerism and longstanding service to their communities.
Recipients are selected for sharing June Callwood's exceptional leadership and innovative spirit, and her unwavering commitment to helping others. This year's recipients include:

• A volunteer firefighter who has served more than half a million hours and almost 60 years of service
• An advocate for social justice for people with intellectual disabilities
• A community group that helps to feed over 3,000 kids on school breakfast and snack programs
• An organization that provides front-line suicide prevention and crisis support, responding to 120,000 calls each year.

Recognizing Ontario's volunteers is part of the McGuinty government's commitment to strengthen the not-for-profit sector and build on our strong culture of volunteerism.

Leamington marks bicentennial with island lunch, themed dinner

Leamington Post
Throughout the day though, several other themed events are planned as well. The Essex CountyCanoe Club and Provincial Marine Re-enactors, ...

Heritage covered at libraries
Midland Free Press
The Midland and Penetanguishene Libraries have joined forces with the Midland Parks and Recreation Dept. to draw attention to the many books available on the War of 1812. Richard Feltoe, author of Redcoated Ploughboys and Tom Taylor author of Brock's ...
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All-terrain vehicle safety for kids
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Below are some ATV-related facts compiled and adapted from the Eastern Ontario Health Unit, Safe Kids Canada and the Canadian Pediatric Society.


Peterborough County planning large gateway sign on Hwy. 115
Peterborough Examiner
... Eastern Ontario Development Program Committee had been accepted. ... Other groups want to use the forest, including ATV clubs, hunters and skiiers.


Sault-to-Sudbury cycle route gets study
Sault Star
The proposed route would give cyclists respite from Highway 17, putting them onto existing back roads for much of the roughly 300-kilometre journey between the two Northern Ontario cities. “We believe there's huge potential for cycling tourism in the ...
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What Cycling Needs is Good Infrastructure
Raise the Hammer (blog)
By John Neary Despite evidence that cycling is safe and is made safer by creating better infrastructure and getting more people to bicycle - not from changing cyclists' behavior - the City of Hamilton remains obsessed with the latter. The Ontario ...
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Breaking the Frame: Lilly's Lunches · Breaking the Frame: Lilly's Lunches. If you are hungry for a local lunch option that's both budget and environmentally ...
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Plans set to build province's 'largest environmentally sound battery'
EMC St. Lawrence
There would be nature trails for hikers, cyclists, cross-country skiers and birders. Interpretive programs would illustrate the area's mining history. Wright will give a 45-minute slide presentation, followed by a question and answer period.
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Niagara Parks offers Earth Day activities for all ages

Bullet News Niagara
Members will also be providing guided hiking tours of the Glen, which is home to the greatest concentration of Species at Risk anywhere in Ontario.

Earth Day week packed with activities
Thorold News
Members will also provide guided hiking tours of the glen, which is home to Ontario's greatest concentration of species at risk. — An Earth Day showcase is ...

Starting Your Walking/Jogging Program | Good News Toronto
Many are bound to injure themselves due to pushing too hard too soon, so it's important is to be mindful of your needs when starting your outdoor walking and/ or ...
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Campbellford park celebrates 50th anniversary in June
Northumberland News
"Ontario Parks is wonderful, they fixed everything last year that got ruined, ... events throughout the year, such as the Spring Nature Walk (formerly the ...

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Can green and grey infrastructure collide with benefits for Ontario?
Daily Commercial News
LEAF promotes urban forest stewardship in Toronto, York Region and surrounding areas, and McKay says the province has taken steps to protect greenbelt and other rural areas, but more densely populated urban areas also need green spaces and natural ...
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Forest roads, land use key topics at Wyden town hall Monday
Ontario Argus Observer
“Forest Service and BLM managers need to make sure there is local input in how lands policy is handled,” Wyden said, before the policies are made, not after. He also said that he is working to stop a policy that has been proposed to label every private ...
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Canoe and kayak races this weekend

Strathroy Age Dispatch
The seven and 12 mile races include, mixed, kayak and expert classes. For those who belong to theOntario Marathon Canoe and Kayak Racers Association, ...


Proposed Lake Ontario Wind Farm Said To Threaten Wildlife
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“The important bird areas are the most important places for birds in our country,” said Ted Cheskey, manager of the bird conservation program at Nature Canada. “It's a global program, so they really represent the most important places for birds on ...
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Niagara's 50 great experiences

Toronto Sun
IlluminAqua concert series, Welland: An event series like no other, .... this popular attraction for hiking, horseback riding, fishing and mountain biking.


Fields of food dreams
Toronto Sun
... Peter puts on his hiking boots and heads to the forest. Peter Blush is a forager and he say'sOntario's forests are packed full of flavourful goodness.

Are we there yet? Highway service stops get classier CTV.ca But in 2009, the Ontario government decided that its centres deserved a much-needed upgrade ...town and feature signage and screens promoting local events. 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 Facebook 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

GC students: route to school should be safer
Shoreline Beacon
By JENNIFER SCHLEICH The cycling habits of young bicycle riders have been the concern ofOntario's government since 1995, when it became mandatory to wear a helmet when riding a bikeunder the age of 18. But how safe are young bikers on busy roadways?
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A Biking Crash-Test Dummy Could Make Us Smarter About Cycling The Atlantic Cities So it's about time that two-wheelers got some serious safety equipment: a crash-test dummy custom-designed to measure cycling injuries. The dummy, a project of engineering students at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, is the first of its kind,... See all stories on this topic »                                                                   Seaway Trail launches boaters' online harbor info (Innovation from the USA) Wall Street Journal The Great Lakes Seaway Trail is a 518-mile-long coastal byway that follows the shorelines of Lake Erie, the Niagara River, Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. It stretches from the Ohio-Pennsylvania border to Massena in northern New York. See all stories on this topic »