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Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Ontario Trails News - news and activity information from all over Ontario's 2600 trails!
Monday, April 21, 2014
Ontario Trails News - news and information from all over Ontario's 2600 trails!
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Ontario man rescued after canoe capsizes in chilly Lake Erie
LONG POINT, Ont. -- A man who spent a half hour in the frigid waters of Lake Erie when his canoe capsized in Norfolk County, Ont., has been ...
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| Fanshawe Conservation Area opens for the season
The Upper Thames River Conservation Authority employs over 70 full time and ... staff to provide quality outdoor recreational opportunities in southwestern Ontario. ... An annual pass gives access to all threeconservation areas.
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| Bridge Under Troubled Waters: Canoe Crosses Flooded River
Joe Keating pulls his son Joe along Willow Road through the flooded Otonabee River near Peterborough,Ontario on Friday, April 18. Spring run off is ...
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Sunday, April 20, 2014
Ontario Trails News- information about Ontario Trails and related trails activity
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Ontarians Step into Nature to show off their favourite Conservation Areas
NEWMARKET [April 16, 2014] – The votes have been tallied and the results are in! Conservation Ontario, the organization that represents Ontario's 36 ...
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TORONTO, ON - For the first time since its public closing in 2011, Toronto's iconic Ontario Place will open its gates today, April 19, 2014 to play host to ...
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Bridge Under Troubled Waters: Canoe Crosses Flooded River
Joe Keating pulls his son Joe along Willow Road through the flooded Otonabee River near Peterborough,Ontario on Friday, April 18. Spring run off is ...
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Fanshawe Conservation Area opens for the season
The Upper Thames River Conservation Authority employs over 70 full time and ... staff to provide quality outdoor recreational opportunities in southwestern Ontario. ... An annual pass gives access to all threeconservation areas.
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Saturday, April 19, 2014
Ontario Trail News - a viewpoint on the CycleON Strategy
Healthy Kids Welcomes CycleON Strategy Funding
Good Afternoon,
I am writing to share some exciting information that supports our commitment to health promotion and demonstrates the ongoing collaboration between several ministries.
This week the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) released #CycleON Action Plan 1.0, the first of ongoing series of multi-year action plans for implementing Ontario's Cycling Strategy. You may know that in September 2013, MTO released #CycleON: Ontario’s Cycling Strategy to outline the government’s 20-year vision for cycling in the province. Both Ontario’s Cycling Strategy and the associated Action Plan 1.0 were developed after extensive consultations, which I know some of you had the opportunity to participate in.
The Cycling Strategy’s Action Plan features MOHLTC initiatives including the Healthy Kids Community Challenge, the Healthy Communities Fund and the ongoing work of Public Health Units. The Action Plan is now posted on the MTO website and can be accessed by clicking here. As part of the Action Plan 1.0, the MTO also announced, subject to the Budget being passed, funding over three years that will help municipalities expand their local cycling routes and support connections for a future provincial cycling network. More details can be accessed here.
We are very supportive of the work of MTO, and the ongoing collaboration between over twelve ministries and agencies as it aligns with our health promotion and chronic disease prevention objectives, and the government’s commitment to provide the people of Ontario with safe, healthy, active transportation choices.
Thank you,
Kate Manson-Smith
Assistant Deputy Minister
Health Promotion Division
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Good Afternoon,
I am writing to share some exciting information that supports our commitment to health promotion and demonstrates the ongoing collaboration between several ministries.
This week the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) released #CycleON Action Plan 1.0, the first of ongoing series of multi-year action plans for implementing Ontario's Cycling Strategy. You may know that in September 2013, MTO released #CycleON: Ontario’s Cycling Strategy to outline the government’s 20-year vision for cycling in the province. Both Ontario’s Cycling Strategy and the associated Action Plan 1.0 were developed after extensive consultations, which I know some of you had the opportunity to participate in.
The Cycling Strategy’s Action Plan features MOHLTC initiatives including the Healthy Kids Community Challenge, the Healthy Communities Fund and the ongoing work of Public Health Units. The Action Plan is now posted on the MTO website and can be accessed by clicking here. As part of the Action Plan 1.0, the MTO also announced, subject to the Budget being passed, funding over three years that will help municipalities expand their local cycling routes and support connections for a future provincial cycling network. More details can be accessed here.
We are very supportive of the work of MTO, and the ongoing collaboration between over twelve ministries and agencies as it aligns with our health promotion and chronic disease prevention objectives, and the government’s commitment to provide the people of Ontario with safe, healthy, active transportation choices.
Thank you,
Kate Manson-Smith
Assistant Deputy Minister
Health Promotion Division
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Friday, April 18, 2014
Ontario Trails News- we garner support from some new and returning sources - thanks!
Georgian Bay Coast Trail and INAC Support OTC Consultation Work
Just wanted to say thanks to the folks with the Georgian Bay Coast Trail, the OTC has been retained by the GBCT to facilitate development and community support for completing this rugged hiking trail on the shores of Georgian Bay. Our thanks to the GBCT and our partners at Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve, Magnetewan, Shawanaga, Henvey Inlet First Nation(s) and Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve for their support of this significant trail development. Our working group has been meeting regularly for a few months and we look forward to the future! http://www.gbcoasttrail.com/
Accessibility Directorate Supports OTC Project
Through the generous support of the Ontario EnAbling Change Program, the OTC wrote a grant to establish best communication and information practices for Ontario's trail organizations and the grant was approved.
A more formal announcement will follow.
Ontario Trails Council Website Refresh - some hints
Through the generous support of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport our web re-design team has been working for 6 months to complete a website renewal to satisfy the trail sector.
With nearly 1 million unique visitors a year the OTC is pleased to provide content that showcases Ontario's world class system of trails. Watch for the new site online in early April 2014!
Just wanted to say thanks to the folks with the Georgian Bay Coast Trail, the OTC has been retained by the GBCT to facilitate development and community support for completing this rugged hiking trail on the shores of Georgian Bay. Our thanks to the GBCT and our partners at Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve, Magnetewan, Shawanaga, Henvey Inlet First Nation(s) and Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve for their support of this significant trail development. Our working group has been meeting regularly for a few months and we look forward to the future! http://www.gbcoasttrail.com/
Accessibility Directorate Supports OTC Project
Through the generous support of the Ontario EnAbling Change Program, the OTC wrote a grant to establish best communication and information practices for Ontario's trail organizations and the grant was approved.
A more formal announcement will follow.
Ontario Trails Council Website Refresh - some hints
Through the generous support of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport our web re-design team has been working for 6 months to complete a website renewal to satisfy the trail sector.
With nearly 1 million unique visitors a year the OTC is pleased to provide content that showcases Ontario's world class system of trails. Watch for the new site online in early April 2014!
Ontario Trillium Foundation Funds OTC Partners ProjectThanks to the Ontario Trillium Foundation - Ontario Trails Council Inc., as lead organization on this collaborative $25,000 over one year to hire a part time project facilitator to help implement key steps in the Kinghorn Trail business plan.
This includes securing a lease for the trail property and the creation of a detailed development plan through community consultation.The 111 km multi-use recreation trail will provide opportunities for physical fitness activity for residents and visitors in the Thunder Bay Region.
http://grant.otf.ca/grantlistings.aspx?year=2013&catchment=Northwestern&lang=en&id=13-2013
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Ontario Trails News - all about the unique value of Ontario Trails
About Membership - Mr. Jack De Wit, OTC President
Dear Members - With your support this week we achieved new levels of membership support.
I often get questioned what are the benefits of an OTC Membership? Well as a charity you are supporting our good works. From Kenora to Temiskaming to Windsor to Cornwall.
The OTC is the only 18 discipline, all trails, multi-use, single use, trail development, fund seeking, policy changing, government influencing, community assisting trail organization in Ontario. And more.
And only one of a handful of this type, nationally.
Your financial support may not return directly to your community, but with it, by keeping the OTC viable, we are able to preserve or develop trails somewhere in Ontario.
Further in this bulletin we will tell you about some of the programs and services your financial support allows us to pursue and secure.
Right now we are assisting in trail development or programs in Northern Ontario, Georgian Bay, and in South Western Ontario, as well as Toronto, Hamilton, Hastings, Middlesex, Peel, Simcoe, and other places!
We still have real services to pay for, telephone, audits, travel etc. So please take the time to renew your support today!
Dear Members - With your support this week we achieved new levels of membership support.
I often get questioned what are the benefits of an OTC Membership? Well as a charity you are supporting our good works. From Kenora to Temiskaming to Windsor to Cornwall.
The OTC is the only 18 discipline, all trails, multi-use, single use, trail development, fund seeking, policy changing, government influencing, community assisting trail organization in Ontario. And more.
And only one of a handful of this type, nationally.
Your financial support may not return directly to your community, but with it, by keeping the OTC viable, we are able to preserve or develop trails somewhere in Ontario.Further in this bulletin we will tell you about some of the programs and services your financial support allows us to pursue and secure.
Right now we are assisting in trail development or programs in Northern Ontario, Georgian Bay, and in South Western Ontario, as well as Toronto, Hamilton, Hastings, Middlesex, Peel, Simcoe, and other places!
We still have real services to pay for, telephone, audits, travel etc. So please take the time to renew your support today!
Sincerely, Jack De Wit, President.
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