Ontario Trails News - Paddle, Hike, Bike or Ride

Opinions voiced on proposed ATV route - The Lindsay Post - Ontario, CA
LINDSAY -Members of the public packed the Ops Community Centre to voice their opinions on a proposed ATV trail through Lindsay. It was standing...
www.thepost.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3185848


Busy weekend ahead for Sudbury Canoe Club
NorthernLife.ca
The event will be accepting race-day registrations beginning at 7:30 am at the Sudbury Canoe Club, with racing grouped into men's and women's events in ...

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Rating whitewater rafting's top 10 trips
Edmonton Journal
The Ottawa River does a lot more than distinguish the border between Quebec and Ontario. ...making this an ideal spot for hiking and, of course, rafting. ...


Where should the royals visit?
Ottawa Citizen
... that while the lovely young royals are travelling through central Ontario, ... boat practice with one of the excellent teams at the Rideau Canoe Club. ...


Committee calls for removal of bike lanes on Birchmount and Pharmacy
insideTORONTO.com
Removing the bike lanes will cost a total of $210000 according to staff, and will reduce the overall network of on-street bike trails by six kilometres. With the removal of bike lanes on Jarvis Street in downtown Toronto - also approved by the ...
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Cycling Groups to Ride in Tandem at 2nd Annual BikeFest
Torontoist
Cycle Couture owner Jeff Scullion—whose College Street store sells high-end city-riding bikes from Europe and elsewhere—says there's room for all sorts in the cycling community. “There are a lot of shops in Toronto with specific focuses,” he told ...
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'From the heart'
Niagarathisweek.com
That sparked a renewed interest in cycling instead of driving everywhere for ... recognition event held June 23 at the Beechwood Golf and Country Club in ...


Olympian Hughes trades skates for wheels
Hamilton Spectator
And particularly racing on Rattlesnake Point, it's just such a beautiful part of Ontario.” It was also an opportunity for the cyclist-turned-speed-skater-turned-cyclist to test herself and prepare for the 2012 Summer Olympics. ...
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Download Ontario's Bike Paths and Rail TrailsUlysses Green Escapes ...
Book Description: Ontario\\\'s Bike Paths and Rail Trails takes you along safe, well indicated trails, enabling you to better enjoy your travels on two ...
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London Calling - Members of the Canadian Road Cycling team
TSN
The latest are part of the Canadian Road Cycling team and will be competing this weekend in 2011 IMMUNITY-FX Canadian Road Championships from Belfountain, Ontario. Clara Hughes made a strong return at the 2011 IMMUNITY-FX Canadian Road Championships on ...
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CyclingMagazine.ca » National Championships arrive in Ontario
Nearly all of Canada's top male and female road riders are in Ontario this week for the 2011 Immunity-FX Canadian Road Cycling Championships, which kick off ...
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OFTR - The Ontario Federation of Trail Riders
Shouldn't you be thinking about · Off-Road Ontario · For Real Estate near the trails...talk to the Riding Realtor.. Nicole McCann - State Farm ...
www.oftr.ca/events.php?id=7862&archived=1

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Discovering our own backyard
Owen Sound Sun Times
From culinary maps to art tours, hiking and cycling, fishing and golf, ... map in my kitchen and this summer explore a few more places in our corner of Ontario.

Hume: The war (of 1812) is over, but the battle continues
Toronto Star
... news yesterday when he announced the site of Upper Canada's first parliament will become an interpretive centre for the War of 1812 and Toronto heritage ...


Regional Round-Up EMC Almonte/Carleton Place
Lanark Civitan Club talent night. Last Friday each month, dinner at 6 pm and dance ... Day Parade and the closing event of Mississippi Mills Bicycle Month. ...


Regional Round-Up EMC Kemptville
Events will be listed no more than two weeks in advance. ... Lanark Civitan Club talent night. Last Friday each month, dinner at 6 pm and dance starts 7:30 ...


Greater Sudbury Sports Calendar for June 23 NorthernLife.ca
Contact Sudbury Canoe Club at             705-673-6032      , sudbburycanoeclub@on.aibn.com orsudburycanoeclub.com. CANOE MARATHON- Sudbury Fitness Challenge Event, Jun 26, ...


Family Adventure #1 – a Hike Along the River Trail - Cambridge ...
Family Adventure #1 – a Hike Along the River Trail - Cambridge Ontario Events Calendar on Cambridge Now!
www.cambridgenow.ca/evps/evitem.cfm?evid=4330

Hiking Trails Oakville Ontario Canada
Hiking Trails in Oakville Ontario including oakville, ontario, Hiking Trails,, Bronte Creek Provincial Park, Bronte Creek Provincial Park Oakville Ontario, ...
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Hiking Throughout Toronto
Toronto offers some of the most beautiful local hiking trails in Ontario. Many people enjoy hiking for exercise, to take in nature, or even to see animals ...
www.torontoshome.com/hiking-toronto/


Waterfront ready for a facelift The Barrie Examiner
City councillors gave initial approval Monday to a conceptual design of the waterfront from TorontoStreet south to Tiffin Street; it includes separate bike and walking paths and shifting Lakeshore Drive to the old CN Rail line corridor. ...See all stories on this topic »


World's best ideas sought to tackle gridlock, transit issues Toronto Star
Topics up for discussion will include how to better connect different modes of travel, including transit, cars, bikes and walking, and how to raise money to pay for transportation improvements. TheToronto Board of Trade has warned that gridlock ... See all stories on this topic »


Finally — a bike plan that helps cyclists
Toronto Sun
By Sue-Ann Levy ,Toronto Sun One-time police services board chairman, ... “If I want to gomountain climbing, I will go mountain climbing,” she said. ...

Paddlers' Paradise » Parks Blog By Ontario Parks
What are the best canoe routes in Ontario? Here's your chance to find out. Ontario paddler and author, Kevin Callan, has just released a new book, “50 Best Canoe Routes in Ontario”, and he will be sharing what he knows at the Bon Echo ... Parks Blog

The Globe and Mail Globe and Mail
And that's the harrowing tale of how a camping trip Northern Ontario became, ... He was in the back of the kayak, so he thought he should act as the rudder ...


Take Copper Cliff out of ATV bylaw - The Sudbury Star - Ontario, CA
If the bylaw to allow ATVs on some city roads is a joke, we're not laughing. We vote and then we count on our councillors to do right by their...
The Sudbury Star


A visual tour of Killarney Provincial Park
CottageCountryNow.ca
The Crack Summit View looks over Killarney and Ontario Society Artists Lakes from the summit of “The Crack” hiking trail. Cathy Scissons photo At the June ...

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Celebrating 10 years with the dragons
CottageCountryNow.ca
Rotary also raised about $19000 in revenue from the day's events to help with projects it funds including upgrades to the Rose Point Trail, ...


Summer Camps Give Kids a Chance to Find Themselves
Patch.com
When I was 13 years old, I left my home in Dunedin for a girls' wilderness and canoeing camp called Northway Lodge in Ontario, Canada. I had never been that far from home or away from home for so long — three and a half weeks. I loved it. ...
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Toronto schools to offer milk, juice in vending machines
parentcentral.ca
“There will be some resistance at first, sure, but high schools have a life cycle of four years and then a new group of students comes in that only knows the healthy choices,” said HealthyVend president Ryan Thompson. HealthyVend was recommended to the ...
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Equestrian talents abound at showcase
The Barrie Examiner
Thirty-two riders from across central Ontario participated, ... encourages youth to become involved inriding and knowledge-based, horse-themed activities. ...


Horse Back Riding Summer Camp - Ontario Livestock For Sale ...
come join us… a five-day camp experience for horse crazy youth ages 5-15. the camp is designed to give youth the experience of caring for his/her own horse. ...
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Peel region looking to restrict outdoor smoking on its properties
Caledon Citizen
... near outdoor playgrounds and municipallyowned buildings and facilities, he said. He added the restrictions being considered are becoming more common. There are 54 Ontario municipalities that have smoking regulations in place on their property. ...
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Playground smoking ban backed
London Free Press
A standing committee of council recently backed authorizing Lambton's Community Health Services Department to look into how some other Ontario communities restrict smoking in public outdoorspaces. Andrew Taylor, the county's general manager of public ...
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OFAH: Ontario Family Fishing Week Starts July 2!
Marketwire (press release)
From July 2 through 10, fishing events will be held in nearly 100 communities, including Toronto, to introduce youth to the joys of fishing and the importance of conservation. The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH), which administers the ...
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Victim identified in fatal weekend ATV accident - The North Bay ...
Police have identified a man from Waterford who died in an ATV accident Sunday ... Winkler - Winkler Times, Winnipeg - The Winnipeg Sun, ---Ontario--- ...
www.nugget.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=614855

Share the Road summit comes to town
Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa biking enthusiasts can soon get a first-hand account of the latest ideas about how to improvecycling. The Share the Road Coalition, an organization dedicated to improving cycling in Ontario, is holding their annual conference in Ottawa on June ...
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HPD officers bike to Canada for fundraiser
abc13.com
The officers rode 2200 miles to Niagara Falls, Ontario, to raise money for leukemia and lymphoma research. They left Houston a week ago, riding 24 hours a day even through bad weather. "We did get some pretty good winds and a lightning storm, ...
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It's cycling season: road users urged to be safe this summer
Sault This Week
By CAA NORTH AND EAST ONTARIO PRESS RELEASE OTTAWA (Marketwire) - It's summer. High gas prices coupled with warm weather mean more people will share local roadways. Withcyclists across the province ready to take advantage of the warmth and sunshine, ...

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Philadelphia region's trail network subject of summit Thursday
Bizjournals.com
The Pennsylvania Environmental Council and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission are hosting a meeting Thursday — the “Active Transportation Summit: Building Our Regional TrailNetwork” — with a goal of challenging the region to complete ...
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Ontario Trails News - Paddle, Hike, Bike or Ride

Landon Bay - site of 2011 OTC AGM

Ontario Trails Council AGM; Sunday June 26th 2011, Gananoque Ontario. Need 25 members for quorum - RSVP today!

Be sure to visit: Ontario Trails for relevant meeting information. If you are a member and require any meeting materials please give us a call - 877-668-7245

Young Hikers Program - About YHP - Hike Ontario
The Young Hikers Program is a program of Hike Ontario funded by the Trails for Life Program, Ministry of Health Promotion.
hikeontario.com/yhp/aboutyhp/whatisyhp.htm


Take a hike
Guelph Mercury
“The government was willing to fund trails back then,” said Henry Graupner, a longtime member of the Guelph club and founder of Hike Ontario, a provincial ...


Hiking Ideas in Ontario | Travel Tips - USAToday.com
Ontario has literally millions of acres set aside as wilderness areas and parks to preserve virgin land for future generations. Hikers have many choices on ...
traveltips.usatoday.com/hiking-ideas-ontario-58802.html


Walking the walk
Dunnville Chronicle
The Dunnville-based Believe in Angels team is working to raise $12000 to fight cancer through the Weekend to End Women's Cancers 60K walk in Toronto on Sept. 10 and 11. Pictured, from left, are Jessie MacLeod, Anita Basilio, Martha Plath a By PAUL ...
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Donation made to Uxbridge JumpStart program
Newsdurhamregion.com
There will be two other events scheduled later this summer at the venue including Chico Racing'sOntario Cup trail running event and Woodnewton's Mud Run, ...


Newcastle's Golding is Golden in Barrie
Newsdurhamregion.com
... division at the Ontario high school mountain bike championships held in Barrie. Competing in the junior girls' six-kilometre event, Golding was the lone ...

Cycling toward bigger things
Sault Star
It is an Ontario Cycling Association licensed team that competes in road, mountain, triathlon and cyclocross races throughout the province, as well as in Michigan. Members of the team have been to various cycling events on about four different weekends ...See all stories on this topic »

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Ontario Trail Reviews
Ontario Trail Reviews Listing - MTBR.com's trail reviews is the leading resource of quality trail reviews and legal off pavement cycling information written ...
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Mountain Bike Ontario: Trailblazing Festival 2011
Pinkbike.com
by Thai Pham You are invited the inaugural Mountain Bike Ontario Festival: ... We have designed this event to appeal to all mountain biking disciplines, ...


Mountain bikes go on a wild ride'
The Beacon Herald
... but also throughout Perth County, as well as Kitchener, London and even Toronto. ... "If you don't have healthy lungs, you can't ride a mountain bike. ...


Cycling for MS CKFR
Despite an early obstacle, two friends from Brantford Ontario are determined to cycle across Canada to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis. Jordon Kozina and his buddy Paul began the voyage from Tofina last Wednesday but had bike trouble at the summit ...
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Take walking up a notch: Try pole walking Globe and Mail
“I've never been an athlete,” says Ms. Keene, who lives in Toronto and heads out polewalking five or six times a week. “I've always enjoyed walking but now, using the poles, I really get a workout. I'm in good shape. My doctor is impressed. ...
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Lost Rivers walk set for Black Creek area insideTORONTO.com
The Lost River Walks is a joint project of the Toronto Green Community and the Toronto Field Naturalists and community partners including Hike Ontario. The walks trace the courses of the creeks that once flowed through Toronto. ...
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Canoe trek leaves her reaching for the stars - thestar.com
Weeks of camping and canoeing in Ontario's wilderness transformed a troubled teen into a nature-loving go-getter who discovered she can do anything.
www.thestar.com/.../1011193--canoe-trek-leaves-her-reaching...



Niagara-area called a hotspot for lightning strikes St. Catharines Standard
In May 2010, she was hiking along the northern Bruce Trail as part of a Brock ... In these parts and much of southwestern Ontario, this is especially wise, ...


Conservation Ontario - Natural Champions
"Conservation Authorities in the News" Archives. Articles posted June 13-17, 2011 ... Dunrobin resident named Trees Ontario green leader- June 9 ...
www.conservation-ontario.on.ca/news/archieved.../index.html


Take precautions against Lyme disease Northumberland Today
By ANNE ALEXANDER Hiking, camping, golfing, fishing, biking...your to-do list of ... Ticks that carry the Lyme disease have been found throughout Ontario, ...


Kayak anglers to compete Saturday Windsor Star
Abraham will be participating in the upcoming Border City Classic kayak fishing ... to the industrialized, flat southern Ontario was an adjustment for me. ...

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... walkers, cyclists, horseback riders, cross-country skiers and joggers. ... Minesing Wetlands is known as Ontario's largest and oldest heronry and its ... virtual.thebarrieexaminer.com/doc/Barrie...visitor.../2.html


'Heroes' share passion for environment
Haliburton County Echo
... the 2011 Enviro-Hero is the Haliburton Nordic Trails Association, ... on behalf of the OntarioTrillium Foundation, which recently approved a $91500 ...


Moncton to remove busy street lanes Daily Gleaner
"I'm an active cyclist, my bike is my main mode of transportation about eight months of the year so I want to congratulate you on the leadership of this file." The presentation of the plan also outlined which trails will be worked on this summer. ... See all stories on this topic »


Appeal focuses on Harcourt Park's governance structure
Haliburton County Echo
By Angelica Blenich An appeal launched by the Minden Ontario Provincial ... to wear a helmet while riding an ATV on Sumcot Road, located in Harcourt Park. ...


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GoRide, ATV, VTT, Trail, Info, Destinations, SENTIERS, Travel, INFORMATION, CENTRES,Ontario, 18, information, need, plan, adventure, four, wheels, Weather, ...
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Jail time for ATV death
Chatham Daily News
"Mr. Huff had basically rolled his ATV off the paved part of the road. ... could be due to inexperience on the part of Ontario Provincial Police officers. ...