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Ontario Trails Council Annual General Meeting - June 18th, 1200 Noon at Trailhead Ontario. We need 12 for quorum. Please be sure to attend. We are also seeking nominations from 6 candidates to our Board. For information call Patrick at 877-668-7245.

Great to be a kid for a day
Peterborough Examiner
The fun-filled event raised funds for children at risk who were involved with ... CAS won the sundae competition with its creation called The Climbing Wall.

Bicycling state of mind | Your online newspaper for London, Ontario

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londoncommunitynews.com is your source for what's on in London, Ontario plus up-to-the-minute news and sports events pulled from the headlines of the London Community News newspaper.
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Trails Education Courses 2012

Trail Education Courses -  23 Sessions and Counting We have it all - 14 modules - and soon On-Line! Book Today.

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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

BIKE RODEO: Test your cycling skills - The Daily Observer - Ontario ...
Calling all young cyclists who want to test their skills. The Pembroke Police Service and Boys and Girls Club of Pembroke are hosting a free bike...
www.thedailyobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3569678

Green Job: Associate Program Director, f/t, Trails Youth Initiatives ...
Green/Environmental Job in Ontario: Associate Program Director, f/t, Trails Youth Initiatives, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. On Canada's Eco-Job Board, ...
www.goodworkcanada.ca/greenjobs.php?id=17484

Bruce trail- guide book? - Toronto Message Board - TripAdvisor
On TripAdvisor's Toronto travel forum, travellers are asking questions and offering advice on topics like "Bruce trail- guide book?".
www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g155019-i55-k5443161-B...

Cycle Toronto Requests Province to Order an Environmental ...

Submitted by Andrea Garcia on 23 May, 2012 - 13:50. As evidence continues to mount against the decision to remove the Jarvis Street bike lanes and reinstall ...
bikeunion.to/.../cycle-toronto-requests-province-order-environ...

Doors Open Toronto: Dozens more buildings open to the public
Toronto Star
The building then became home to Gilda's Club, offering support for anyone ... ready to compromise on tuition hikes Leaders of Quebec's three main student.

Community Police Liaison Committee - 51 Division: Bike Month 2012
For the past 23 years Bike Month has been organized and delivered by the City of Toronto with growing participation by Toronto's many cycling and community ...
cplc-51division.blogspot.com/2012/05/bike-month-2012.html

Ontario to add two unusual parks to further attract people to its civic center ...
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
A women walks around the green space in front of City Hall in Ontario. The state's Park Office of Grants and Local Services has awarded the city nearly $3 million to create the 1.3-acre Civic Center Community Conservation Park.
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Program Manager - Southern Ontario Land & Water Campaign, f/t ...
ensuring widespread support of the Ontario Greenbelt ... coordinating the Ontario GreenbeltAlliance and the Municipal Leaders for the Greenbelt, including a ...
jobs.rcen.ca/ecojobs.php?id=17588

Good cheer surrounds trail project Community Press Ontario CA
Linda Horn for Community Press Tweed — Voters cheered to a tune of $50000 from Molson Cheer, to build the new South Hastings Trail from the...
www.communitypress.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3570413

Ontario Trails - Yours to Explore!

“Hiking” | Ontario Travel Blog

Guest blogger Jennifer Johnson and her family (Backcountry with the Kids) are taking on the rugged 60 kilometre Coastal Hiking Trail in Pukaskwa National ...
ontariotravelblog.com/tag/hiking/

Sustainable Brant wants in to the Greenbelt
Brantford Expositor
“By drawing a line with the Greenbelt at the Brant border, the Ontario government actually created a scenario for the farmland grab that we see occurring in ...

Ontario Trails Council Annual General Meeting - June 18th, 1200 Noon at Trailhead Ontario. We need 12 for quorum. Please be sure to attend. We are also seeking nominations from 6 candidates to our Board. For information call Patrick at 877-668-7245.

Barn quilt trails
London Free Press
For the past year, hundreds of volunteers including quilters, historians and many community groups have laboured to produce the stories and blocks that now stretch along the Southwest Ontario Barn Quilt Trails. Two hundred years ago, pioneers employed ...
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Escape the City....Canoe and Beach Dining Adventure (2012 Season) - Tuesday Evenings (May to September) 6:30 to 10:30, $135/pp + HST

Join us on a leisurely paddle to the beautiful Toronto Islands in a heritage freighter canoe, a replica of the ones used by early Canadian settlers. Once we hit the shore.....we will feast on a gourmet dinner picnic then relax on the island. As the sun sets, we will board our canoes and paddle back to the city, taking in the magnificent skyline view from the water as darkness falls....you will see the city as you've never seen it before. Upon returning to shore, our Chef will treat you to a fabulous night time Flambé dessert demonstration to satisfy your sweet tooth. You will leave with some delicious recipes, a full belly and incredible memories of an amazing voyage to the islands.  What are you waiting for…..come escape the city with us!!!  Click on the video to see what this tour is all about!

Due to the size of the canoes a minimum of 7 guests is required to run the event (you will be refunded if the minimum is not met).  In the event of inclement weather, we reserve the right to substitute another tour of equal or greater value.

Tickets must be purchased 48 hours in advance.  Book Now! 

Walking tours Toronto? - Lonely Planet travel forum
When we traveled to San Francisco, California, we discovered that they offer free walking tours at least two every day, lead by the volunteers. Is there anything ...
www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID...

Trails Education Courses 2012

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.

Bells on Yonge
Post City
Join us on a fun group bike ride along the Yonge Street corridor. Bells on Yonge is organized by TCU22 as one of North Toronto's largest Bike Month events. At 1:00 PM, June 2, 2012, cyclists will assemble at the east end of Duplex Parkette, ...
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Trail marker trees - Lillian H Smith Blog
Have you ever been hiking and come across a strangely-shaped tree? One that has a distinct elbow-shaped bend in it, so that the trunk grows up a short ways, ...
torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/lillian-h.../marker-trees.html

Timmins forest fires: Change in weather bolsters efforts to douse ...
Toronto Star
... the northern Ontario city of Timmins this week were on the wane Saturday, ... travels 2000 kilometres Canadian Adam van Koeverden wins World Cup kayak ...

Paddle, Bike, Stroll or Climb Ontario Trails

Malvern Cup bicycle race set for Saturday

insideTORONTO.com
File photo/ALESSANDRO GAROFALO More than 100 teens will take part in the Malvern Cupbicycle race on Saturday, May 26. The organized bicycle road race, professionally timed and overseen by the Ontario Cycling Association, takes place on Brenyon Way ...
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Oxford County hopes quilt trail will draw tourists
Woodstock Sentinel Review
Barns across southwestern Ontario, including some in Oxford County, became a little more colourful on the weekend. Saturday, the Southwestern Ontario Barn Quilt Trails was launched at the Annandale historic site in Tillsonburg. The barn quilt trails is ...
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Ontario Trails Council Annual General Meeting - June 18th, 1200 Noon at Trailhead Ontario. We need 12 for quorum. Please be sure to attend. We are also seeking nominations from 6 candidates to our Board. For information call Patrick at 877-668-7245.

Tourism, Heritage, Scenery and Exercise! - Ontario Trails
Ontario Trails Council Annual General Meeting - June 18th, 1200 Noon at Trailhead Ontario. We need 12 for quorum. Please be sure to attend. We are also ...
ontariotrails.blogspot.com/.../ontario-trails-tourism-heritage-sc...

Trails Education Courses 2012

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.

We are all Related
Bay Today
The Union of Ontario Indians, political voice for 39 First Nations across Ontario, ... but the world has benefitted from such Native “inventions” as canoes, ...


Books: War of 1812 titles follow well-worn paths
Waterloo Record
One of them is Battle for the Bay: The Naval War of 1812 (Goose Lane Editions, 128 pages, $16.95, softcover) by Joshua M. Smith, published as part of the New Brunswick Military Heritage Project. Limited to the naval actions around the Bay of Fundy and ...
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Knight rides through Durham
durhamregion.com
He accepts donations to feed his horse and himself. While in Ontario, he is riding for L'Union des cultivateurs franco-ontariens, a union of French speaking farmers in Ontario, he said, but he doesn't have a specific organization he is fundraising for.
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Ontario Trails - Tourism, Heritage, Scenery and Exercise!

Wheeling her way to the front of the pack

NorthernLife.ca
... year in the World Enduro Canada (WEC) Ontario cross-country dirt bikeseries. ... off-road lifestyle after her boyfriend took her for a ride on his ATV.


Toronto Residents Are Walking in the Harboufront Purina(R) Walk for Dog Guides ...
MarketWatch (press release)
OAKVILLE, Ontario, May 24, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- On May 27, 2012 residents ofToronto are participating in the Harbourfront Purina(R) Walk for Dog Guides to help provide Dog Guides to people with disabilities. The Harbourfront Walk is ...
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Toronto Bike Month 2012

By Chris Bateman
Toronto Bike Month 2012 is upon us, so if you haven't already dusted off your helmet and climbed back in the saddle, now is definitely the the time to do it. The festivities kick off Monday with a group commute from Yonge and Bloor to ...
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Horseshoe DH O-Cup This Weekend | Ontario Cycling Association
By Greg
The Ontario Cup downhill season is fast approaching with the first race of the season this weekend at Horseshoe Valley. Day of registration is available for $80 and will cover both days of this exciting weekend! The course incorporates the ...
Ontario Cycling Association

Ontario Trails Council Annual General Meeting - June 18th, 1200 Noon at Trailhead Ontario. We need 12 for quorum. Please be sure to attend. We are also seeking nominations from 6 candidates to our Board. For information call Patrick at 877-668-7245.

Bike Infrastructure: Let's sweat the small stuff « Spacing Toronto
Cycling signage in Toronto is poor at the best of times and non-existent the other ... underneath the umbrella of Cycle Toronto (formerly Toronto Cyclists Union).
spacingtoronto.ca/2012/05/24/lets-sweat-the-small-stuff/

Trails Education Courses 2012

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.

A canoe fit for a queen
Brockville Recorder and Times
Local residents also took turns testing out the canoe in the bay, while officers in an OntarioProvincial Police boat sprayed an arc of water through which the canoe could pass. The Canada One canoe will be transported today (Friday) to Trenton ...
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Litter disturbs nature's beauty - LETTER
The North Bay Nugget
I walked many miles down ATV trails and through thick bush. ... It was northern Ontario nature at it's best. No matter how far back off the beaten trail I ...

Parks and Recreation Ontario is pleased to launch the 2012 June is Recreation and Parks Month Campaign. This year's theme is Hike it or Bike it! It celebrates the abundance of walking, hiking and cycling trails across Ontario. 

Help to spread the word and keep Ontarian's active this summer.

• Put a link on your page to RecAndParksMonth.ca
• Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/#!/PROntario
• Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/RecreationAndParksMonth
• Share information about Recreation and Parks Month in your newsletters. You can simply direct people to RecAndParksMonth.ca or to this short article about how to be involved: www.prontario.org/index.php?ci_id=7764
• Recreation and Parks Month is also Senior's Month in Ontario. PRO is pleased to be partnering with the Ontario Seniors' Secretariat.

If you would like more information, please email us at: jrpm@prontario.org.

Landowners urged to support a class action suit against conservation ...
EMC West Carleton
Terrance J. Green and his associates announced at Thursday evening's Carleton Landowners' Association (CLA) annual general meeting in Carp they are prepared to pursue a class action suit against Ontario's conservation authorities. "I am a lawyer, ...
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Tough Mudder is looking for an Ontario Venue

We have an event execution team with an excellent track record, every single event to date has been a huge success for the both parties, in fact we are returning to a number of our 2010 and 2011 venues this year. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have, my number is 718-285-7861. I have attached a couple useful documents introducing Tough Mudder and the benefits of hosting our event. Contact John Curran, Venue Scout.

Public input on proposed Ottawa River bridge slated for June
Ottawa Citizen
Before, there was one route going across the Greenbelt. ... “It appears that Corridor 5 in Ontario will allow access to and from the Rockcliffe Parkway, ...