Friday, August 17, 2012

Ontario Trails - Canoe, Portage, Walk, or Camp on an Ontario Trail

Smoking on the Hub trail. Okay but please don`t - pretty please
SooToday.com
Under the Smoke-Free Ontario Act smoking is prohibited in enclosed public spaces and since the Hub Trail is an open, public place this act cannot be employed as an enforcement tool. However, the act does stipulate if a municipal by-law is more ...
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Cycling for Hospice Palliative Care in Ontario : Latest : Video
Cycling for Hospice Palliative Care in Ontario. Walcot volunteered to become a fund-raiser for the hospice after his wife's death and will attend the 8th annual ...
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Toronto parks should be made for city dwellers
Toronto Star
... an eight kilometre trail walk through Rouge Park at the edge of Scarborough on the Pickering border. Starting by the zoo, we walked south along the massive ravine, under the high-tension lines that resemble nuclear intravenous tubes feeding Toronto ...
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Greenbelt Harvest Picnic - Featuring Feist and others! | Ontario ...
Taking place on September 1, 2012, the second annual Greenbelt Harvest Picnic is a celebration of both music and local food and farming at Christie ...
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The Urban Country Bicycle Blog: Streetcar Tracks & Bicycles
Bicycles in Amsterdam – Photo by James Schwartz / The Urban Country (March 2012). On Monday 47-year-old Toronto resident Joseph “Maverick” Mavec died ...
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BlogON(tario) | Going Canoeing? Here are my Top 5 Tips.
My boys and I love taking time to explore Ontario's breathtaking outdoors. For us, that means canoeing. It's wonderful having that uninterrupted time together and ...
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walk into history - Review of Distillery Historic District, Toronto ...
Distillery Historic District: walk into history - See traveler reviews, 49 candid photos, and great deals for Toronto, Canada, at TripAdvisor.
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CPCC performs well at EOD event in Ottawa
EMC Almonte/Carleton Place
EMC Sports - Canoe and kayak paddlers from the Carleton Place Canoe Club (CPCC) prepared for upcoming provincial and national championships with some strong performances during the recent Eastern Ontario Division (EOD) championships and ...
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Heritage Area Commission to offer War of 1812 cards
Buffalo News
The Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Commission has introduced a trading card program designed to recognize the role of the Niagara Frontier in the War of 1812 and to encourage people to visit specific sites associated with the war. The first ...
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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Bruce Trail, Watefront Trail, Oak Ridges Morraine and 2597 more Ontario Trails!

Ontario Cycling Roads and Paths
City looks to connect its biking routes, Ottawa's new cycling 'links' are ...
EMC Ottawa East
Innovative cycling fixes like this new 'bike box' at Bay Street and Wellington Street are helping put Ottawa out front of other Ontario municipalities when it comes to bicycle infrastructure. EMC news - By the end of this month, there should be a ramp ...
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Barrie athletes off to Ontario Games
The Barrie Advance
Hardwood Ski and Bike might be an hour away from Toronto, but that won't stop the several cyclists who regularly use the famous trails from making the trip. Two of the athletes competing in the cycling event at Albion Hills Conservation Area are the ...
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South Niagara kayaker qualifies to compete in Ontario Summer Games
Welland Tribune
While Iannandrea is the only member of the South Niagara Canoe Club who qualified for the prestigious event, she will competing with athletes from other clubs in the doubles and the quad at the one-day competition taking place at the Welland ...
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Ride ATV Trail Networks in Ontario - Explore The Bruce - Bruce ...
With diligent work south of Hwy 21 by the Huron Shores ATV club and north of Hwy 21 by the South Bruce Peninsula ATV Club, trails are designed, developed, ...
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Region will host first designated water trail
Atikokan Progress
The project, a partnership of Trans Canada Trail Ontario (TCTO, the provincial counterpart which is responsible for the 2000 kms to connect to Quebec and Manitoba), the federal TransCanada network and the economic development corporations in the ...
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Ontario Cup treks through Buckwallow
CottageCountryNow.ca
GRAVENHURST - The sixth stage of the summer-long, seven-race Plastiglas Ontario Mountain Bike Cup series tore through the trails of Buckwallow Cycling Centre this past weekend. Well more than 100 cyclists from across the province in various age ...

    


Guest Posting: Response to the Coroner's report on cycling deaths in
In June, 2012, the Ontario Coroner's office released the report: Cycling Death Review: A Review of All Accidental Cycling Deaths in Ontario from January 1st, ...
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Dorel Distribution Canada (DDC) Voluntarily Issues Public Notice ...
DigitalJournal.com
TORONTO, Aug. 15, 2012 /CNW/ - Dorel Distribution Canada (DDC) is issuing a ... following models of adult and youth mountain bikes sold at Canadian Tire.

Your Ottawa Region
Ontario's chief coroner reviewed the circumstances of cyclist deaths across the province between 2006 and 2010, and found that 73 per cent of cases identified cyclist errors as contributing factors. The city's CAN-Bike portfolio manager Janice Phillips ...
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Ontario Trails - Bruce Trail, Oak Ridges, Waterfront, Biking, Hiking on Ontario Trails!

Ontario Summer Games: Five athlete profiles
Toronto Star
CHALMERS McALLISTERtriathlon. McAllister, 16, has been at the sport since Grade 7 and was attracted to its eclectic mix of sports. “I was really interested in being good at three different elements (swimming, cycling and running),” the Caledon resident ...
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Take the Recess Challenge on Canada's Bruce Trail « The KEEN Blog
In Canada anytime between now and mid-October? Take the recess challenge and help us raise money for the Bruce Trail Conservancy. Here's how it works: ...www.keenfootwear.com/blog/?p=9557

Monk finds walking therapeutic and addictive
Paris Star
Walking really helps create clarity of thought. When I think about what it does to improve me psychologically, physically and spiritually, I think people should reconsider the idea of walking.” The Toronto-based monk says walking also provides a ...
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OPP Report
Shoreline Beacon
On August 11, at 3:19 am, the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of an ATV rollover on Balaclava Street in the village of Paisley ...

Cycle Toronto | Open Roof Festival
Every week at Open Roof we offer a free bicycle valet and that service is organized and staffed by the hard working and dedicated Cycle Toronto team.
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Welland making big splash in swimming
St. Catharines Standard
For starters — and just for starters — there is the sprint canoe and kayak legs of the Ontario Summer Games taking place Thursday on the Welland International Flatwater Centre's north course. Upwards of 130 athletes, including several from the South ...
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Monday, August 13, 2012

Ontario Trails - Waterfront Trail, Bruce Trail, Oak Ridges, Trans Canada Trail - and more!

Cyclist Memorial Set Up in Toronto For Joe Mavec : TreeHugger
We have a sad ritual in Toronto; one week after a cyclist is killed, Members of ARC, Cycle Toronto and the Bike Pirates, along with other interested cyclists, ...
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IMBA festival blazes through Oro
The Barrie Advance
"The day is for people who like to enjoy the outdoors, and to raise money and awareness for Ontario's beautiful trail system.” This year's spacious venue will offer a mini-skills area for kids, competitions, skill clinics, performances by mountain bike ...
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Central Ontario » Archive » KWP Fun Run Week 8 – Minimal Water ...
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Question-how many challenging kayaking events can you come up with to run on a river that is facing ongoing record low flows? Answer – I don't know, but the KWP Fun Run Series keeps coming up with them. Last week's challenge- get all ...
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Minister Goodyear speaks at a podium
Applications for funding through the new Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund are being accepted until August 24, 2012.

Southwest Challenge Cycling Tour | Ontario Cycling Association
By Greg
Posted by Greg in OCA News Monday, 13 August 2012 11:05 No Comments. The London Centennial Wheelers and London Cycling Club is proud to present the first annual Southwest Challenge cycling tour on Saturday September 8th, 2012, ...
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