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Mountain biking, backcountry huts proposed for Garibaldi Provincial Park's ...

Straight.com
By Stephen Hui, February 14, 2012 BC Parks is asking the public whether mountain bikers should be granted access to the Spearhead Range area of Garibaldi Provincial Park, near Whistler. The branch of the BC Ministry of Environment is also looking for...
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Ski shorts: VIMFF continues; doing the Grouse Grind on snowshoes
Vancouver Sun
Just show them what inspires you out there as you enjoy BC's beautiful Nordic trails and you're in the running for a prize! Hit the Road to Whitewater's Cold Smoke Festival For six years now, the Cold Smoke Festival has been British Columbia's premiere ...
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'Big sky experiences' for Alberta visitors
Opodo
... of the 'big sky experiences' on offer in the province of Alberta, Canada. ... with roads and trailsproviding access to year-round stargazing sites but ...

Fraser trail network plan gains new park in Surrey
Aldergrove Star
Connections with the Sea-to-Sky trail and Trans-Canada trail are also envisioned. The Experience the Fraser trails would connect heritage and First Nations ...

Boomers to Zoomers
Windsor Star
She said the federal ParticipACTION active living campaign remains on target, encouraging activity and exercise as part of everyday routines.

Northern cadets compete at Whitehorse biathlon

Slave River Journal
By MEAGAN WOHLBERG, SRJ Reporter Cadets from 14 units across Nunavut, the Northwest ...and training on trails at the Boyle Barracks training site.

Nordic skiers hit the trails at Whistler Olympic Park

Straight.com
From a vista on the Top of the World Trail, as the snow-clad Black Tusk probed the eastern horizon, one of the park's most endearing qualities was evident: an absolute silence that saturated the morning air. Yeager's current mission is to promote the ...
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news - Get Out There - Canada's source for sports, recreation and ... Canada's source for endurance sports, outdoor recreation and adventure .... Registration forCanada's largest adventure race is 60% sold out! Storm ... Tue, Feb ... www.getouttheremag.com/GOTnews.php?media_id=1416 Area D Director Perepolkin hopes for paved trail from Grand Forks ... Grand Forks Gazette The continuous trail from Grand Forks to Christina Lake will be connected to the Trans Canada Trailalready in place. Perepolkin's project is one of the .. Reminder: unique experiences result in unique moments Edmonton Journal The Richardson River Dunes Wildlife Park north of Fort McMurray is part of the largest sand dune complex in Canada. Ready to play? The park's access trail ...

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Item #1: http://www.trackshare.com/forum/showthread.php?s=6e9c731388a9defaa18691cade05557b&p=536311#post536311
The MRTA/Trans Canada Trail Group held a meeting last weekend in Beausejour. The "Borders to Beaches" group is pursuing to add the Northstar trail to their trail system. Anyone who is familiar with the TCT knows that they are anti-ATV. We need to make sure that this does not happen!

Town council backs up ATV ban
Similkameen Spotlight
... council has something to say to people complaining about their decision to ban ATVs on theTrans Canada trail in Princeton: the ban is here to stay.


No snow doesn't have to mean no fun
Halifax News Net
Rhonda Lemire, executive director of Recreation Nova Scotia says that despite ... use of our trails, and getting to and from places without using your car.


Waterton Lakes National Park: Where the Mountains Meet the Prairie
Snowshoe Magazine (blog)
As a big fan of Canada's National Park system, I'm pretty pumped about knocking another one off my bucket list. My husband Jack and I have spent time in Alberta's more well-known mountain parks, Banff and Jasper, and have even enjoyed the more subtle ...
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Trials on the trails

The Sudbury Star
... which will be in Quebec the last weekend of March. ... The trails were good," she said. "I was a little more tired than I (normally) am in it (the race) ...

Olympian calls Winnipeg's Northwest 'a good club to come from'
Winnipeg Free Press
Desiree Scott, Manitoba's newest Olympic athlete, made a final stop in Winnipeg on Tuesday night to visit her former youth soccer club before she begins her Olympic adventure. Scott, a striker-turned-midfielder with Canada's national women's soccer ...
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On track for Games
St. Albert Gazette
The head coach of the Alberta cross-country ski team is busy doing the snow dance with the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games only two weeks away.

We'll all benefi t from more PE at school

North Shore News
WITH the admonition to keep it fun, ParticipAction urges parents to enrol their children in sports and teams at the earliest opportunity to get them started ...


Walking track fee waiver rejected by UPEI
CBC.ca
I mean, we're always talking about health and wellness and participaction, and why not have the facilities free of charge?" said Redmond.


Washed-out trail sections a concern
Western Star
Donnie O'Keefe of the Newfoundland and Labrador Snowmobile Federation said he believes riders have tried to skim across the wet areas on the trails.

1000-mile sled race decided by 26 seconds

Chicago Tribune
Near the end of a 1000-mile dog sled race, in the middle of the night in the middle ofCanada's Great White North, a 44-year-old man who grew up in Evanston hitched his hopes to an indomitable 7-year-old Alaskan husky named for the running back who had...
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Poll favors US in War of 1812 celebrations
Niagara Gazette
At a cursory glance of the budgets on both sides of the border to mark the bicentennial, it's hard toimagine the Americans can match the Canadians in observing the milestone. While the majority of those surveyed agreed the war significantly affected ...
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Hike the Bruce for MS
The Barrie Advance
WASAGA BEACH – Scott Toles is inviting people to hike for a cause in the fall as he takes on the Bruce Trail for MS. The Wasaga Beach resident is looking for people to participate in the MS Climb event in Tobermory on Sept. 6-9 to benefit the Simcoe ...
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2011 Equine Canada Sponsor of the Year: Omega Alpha Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Horse-Canada.com
Tina Bodfield accepted the Equine Canada Sponsor of the Year Award on behalf of Omega Alpha Pharmaceuticals Inc. Photo by Robert Young Equine Canada proudly announces that the 2011 recipient of the Equine Canada Sponsor of the Year is Omega Alpha ...
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Trails in Canada - how do I know where they are? - The Horse Forum
Hello, numpty question here from a soon-to-be-Brit-in-Canada. We are moving to Alberta, to commutable-distance outside of Edmonton. How do I look on.
www.horseforum.com/.../trails-canada-how-do-i-know-11159...

Quebec boosts protected northern areas to 20 per cent
Canada.com
``We're in a celebratory mood,'' said Patrick Nadeau, executive director of the Quebec chapter of theCanadian Parks and Wilderness Society. ``Moving from 12 to 20 per cent protected areas in northern Quebec might not sound like a huge increase, ...
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Black pioneers helped shape Nanaimo's history
Canada.com
Gantt, who is also the president of the Nanaimo African Heritage Society, plays the role of event promoter and anthropologist each February. "What really inspires me is the stories and discovering that a lot of people do not know about the history that ...
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Ice climbing in St Boniface

Winnipeg Sun
Winnipegger Ian Givens reaches the top of the ice climbing tower of Le Club d�escalade de Saint-Boniface on Sun., Feb. 5, 2012. JASON HALSTEAD/WINNIPEG SUN QMI AGENCY Stand alone Winnipegger Ian Givens reaches the top of the ice climbing tower of Le ...
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Canucks win world cup ski cross
The Barrie Advance
Crowds clapped, hollered, and waved as team Canada raced over rollers and flew across jumps to take gold in both men's and women's ski cross at the World Cup at Blue Mountain. From February 1 to 8, Blue Mountain hosted the World Cup Ski and Snowboard ...
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Winnipeg Basks in Unseasonably Warm February Weather
ChrisD.ca (blog)
The weekend brought an onslaught of outdoor activities, including the 11th Annual Ironman Outdoor Curling Bonspiel, the always popular cross-country ski trails at the Wildewood Club golf course, and the third annual Mid-Winter Festival.
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200 Years since 1812
Norwich Bulletin (blog)
President Madison asked for the first declaration of war by Congress even though the Federalists all opposed it (June 1812.) America lost Fort Mackinac to British invasion in August 1812. The US failed three times to invade Canada.
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Snow hampered this year's Rail Trail 200 Dog Sled Race

The Boundary Sentinel
Sims said they want to improve the trails and address issues like poor footing. The Rail Trail 200 is a prequalifying race for both the Yukon Quest Sled Dog ...

Tree plan irks trail users
CTV.ca
Alberta's Forest Management Plan contracted Spray Lake Sawmills to clear cut ... The dozens oftrails are used year round by hikers, skiers and bikers.


Take only pictures, leave only snow angels
Calgary Herald
And when our beautiful regional parks and trails sparkle on a blanket of ... and respect for our wildlands, and there's no shortage of those in Alberta.


The sweetest thing you can do in winter
Canada.com
By Lexi Bainas, Citizen January 27, 2012 When most of us think of tapping maple trees, we visualize scenes from eastern Canada. Buckets hanging off trunks in a snowy countryside, or an oldtimer in a woolly muffler boiling a big pot of syrup over an ...
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Canadian Coast Guard Celebrates 50 Years of Service

MarketWatch (press release)
"It is with great pride that I congratulate the Canadian Coast Guard on its 50th anniversary and I invite all Canadians to join me in celebrating this milestone. "Although its heritage can be traced back to a time before Confederation, ...
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Protect your barn from sporadic disease
Harnesslink
... and Canada Research Chair at the University of Guelph. Proof-positive that the time for prevention has now arrived is the January 2012 biosecurity update from Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs confirming cases of Equine Herpes ...
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Warming huts now under construction at The Forks in Winnipeg CBC.ca Once completed they will grace the River Trail along the Assiniboine River. ... Jerald Peters, president of the Manitoba Association of Architects, ... No snow no problem for SSRA Meadow Lake Progress ... year didn't stop the Saskatchewan Snowmobile Racing Association (SSRA) from hosting their ...It's a trail sled that I have running good,” Laird said.

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Jasper not just for downhill skiers

Alberta Daily Herald Tribune
... River at the Wabasso campground, just south of Jasper, Alberta on Sunday. ... There are numerous groomed trails a short drive from any of the town's ...


It's snow problems for these dogs
Leduc Representative
Although they can't hit the trails as often as the dogs would like, ... they have taken them to races throughout Alberta and British Columbia in previous ...


Fresh in Powder
Wall Street Journal
Does it take more than a handful of fresh trails or an updated hotel lobby to ... that carry skiers fromQuébec City to the mountain in less than two hours. ...

NLSF replaces bridge at Black Brook, still seeking government help

Nor'Wester
In a perfect world, the revenue generated from trail passes would be used ... of money for businesses and tourist operators in Newfoundland and Labrador so ...


Is this what you want your money spent on?
Nor'Wester
They want people to come to Newfoundland and Labrador and ride our trails on their snowmobiles, all the while spending chunks of money at hotels, ...


Genealogist unearths contribution made by local militia in the War of 1812
Toronto Star
Nickerson is a Toronto genealogist contracted a year ago by the city to research the contribution and sacrifice made by the local militia in the War of 1812. For even now, 200 years on, it's not known how many gallant Upper Canadian militiamen died ...
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Top 10 Canadian winter sports

Crave Online
then dog sledding is for you. There are a variety of places that offer dog-sled ... Search online for the nearest rental companies and snowmobiling trails. ...


Increased spending on parks, trails and tree replacement proposed ...
Canada's Technology Triangle - Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ... KITCHENER — A plan to increase spending on three parks, trails and a tree- killing beetle ...
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Best way to see Canada is to be adaptable
Montreal Gazette
8. Car-top a 15-foot canoe. Canada's lakes and rivers cover an area that's a third larger than France. You wouldn't tour Europe and skip France. 9. Do your reading. Books like Barbara Huck's Exploring the Fur Trade Routes of North America and In Search ...
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Top to Bottom, Highlights from a New B.C. Trail System
Mountain bike huck films can be rather…how to put this gently…the same. When they're well done they're amazing, but like too much buttered popcorn, ...
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Week-long search for Kimmirut mayor continues
CBC.ca
... the 67-year-old mayor of Kimmirut, Nunavut, failed to return from a caribou hunt. ... Earlier this week searchers found a trail of snowmobile tracks, ...

British Columbia Trails

Don Ross has dedicated 40 years to conservation efforts
Brockville Recorder and Times
Whether it was Keeper of the Islands or awards from Parks Canada for being a pioneer inconservation, they are really quite humbling when people single you out in what you think is a group effort. There's a lot of unsung heroes down on the landscape. ...
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Nova Scotia Trails

Canadian reindeer receive US rescue help just in time for Christmas
Vancouver Sun
So if there's analogous habitat protection on each side of that line, that's just good for caribouconservation.” Susan Burch, a US Fish and Wildlife Service specialist in species recovery, said the agency “actually looked at what Canada had secured ...
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Alberta Trails

Parks Canada - Centennial - December – Protection and ...
Parks Canada Centenial monthly themes: December – Protection and Conservation at Parks Canada.
www.pc.gc.ca/progs/celebrations/.../decembre-december.aspx

Canadian Rockies Vacations Guide – Banff National Park ...
Book Banff, Canadian Rockies guided tours, mountaineering, trekking with Yamnuska Hiking Tours of Banff, Canada. Golf Canada's West. Book advanced tee ...
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Canada News Centre - LABRADOR HERITAGE SOCIETY ...
The Labrador Heritage Society is upgrading the popular waterfront area in North West River, NL, thanks in part to a $61065 investment by the Government of ...
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Public input will be sought in development of Rideau Corridor Landscape Strategy
EMC Almonte/Carleton Place
EMC News - Throughout the course of next year Parks Canada along with Dillon Consulting want to know what the communities along the Rideau Canal see as important elements of this historic asset. A public engagement process launch is being planned for ...
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Grade 4's and 5's (and nine and ten year olds) Ski and Snowboard ...
Exchange Morning Post
... Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba), and 92 ski areas on the Canada East ... ski area operatorassociations; the Canada West Ski Areas Association, ...

Parks Canada freezes fees for 2012
Southwest Booster
Canada's largest provider of natural and historic tourism products will continue to keep most Parks Canada fees frozen at 2008 levels for an additional year, to March 31, 2013, including park entry and site fees, camping fees and mooring fees for boats ...
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Peace Valley Snow Riders receive approval in principle for trail
Fairview Post
Memberships include a Trail Pass which is recognized on any associated Alberta Snowmobile Association club trail in Alberta.

Mt. Cartier Lookout restoration commemorates Forest Service 100th ...
BCLocalNews
“In 1880, the Dominion Government granted the Canadian Pacific Railway a ... All the lookouts had high quality standard trails and telephone lines into them ...

Canadian Canoe Routes • View topic - The most unlikely places your ...
Suffice it to say that it wasn't pine trees and rock of the Canadian Shield! It got me to thinking about the amazing and unexpected places my canoe has taken me. ...
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Remembering Terry Croteau
Elliot Lake Standard
... for 15 years; instrumental in getting the Trans-Canada Trail pavilion erected at Westview Park (one of the largest such pavilions); involved in the ...

Moore shifts money from bureaucracy to the arts
CBC.ca (blog)
Moore stressed the importance of commemorating landmark events in Canada's history, particularly the War of 1812, which he described as historically vital to the "French fact in Canada" and a precursor to Confederation. The event is so important, ...
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Harper Government Supports the Canadian Plains Research Center ...
Skip to main content; Skip to footer. Canadian Heritage / Patrimoine canadien. Symbol of the Government of Canada. Canadian Heritage. pch.gc.ca ...
www.pch.gc.ca/eng/1322664636311/1322664665491

Heritage Canada presents $96620 to Joel Stone Heritage Park ... News Heritage Canada presents $96620 to Joel Stone Heritage Park by Lorraine Payette. www.emcstlawrence.ca/.../Heritage+Canada+presents+$96,620...

Praying for powder
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... as their counterparts from Maine and Nova Scotia will flock to the hill; ... the rest of the trails will open the next weekend depending on weather. ..

Five things to do this week: Dec. 3-9 National Post (blog) OUTDOORS: As the city's ice pads and outdoor rinks prep for the first real freeze of the season, the Natrel Rink at Harbourfront is already in action. And this weekend, to pump things up a notch, DJ Skate Night returns with skate series regulars David ... See all stories on this topic »

East Coast Trail in jeopardy: president
CBC.ca
CBC The East Coast Trail Association wants the Newfoundland and Labrador government to change the law that determines how much walkable land the trail ...

Trail shut for bridge work
Banff Crag & Canyon
By Larissa Barlow Parks Canada is asking cross-country skiers to avoid the west side of the Spray River trail while they complete construction of a new bridge. The trail has been officially closed, as snow has been plowed from the trail to allow ...
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Cycling hordes descending on Fort
Langley AdvanceNews
"Cycling is more than just riding a bike," said Jeffrey Hansen-Carlson, the president of theCanadian Velo Event Management Society. ..

PHOTOS: Conservation On Canadian Islands
PHOTOS: Conservation On Canadian Islands: From Andrew Wright ext : Something marvelous is happening in Gwaii Hanaas, Haida Gwaii. It.. World on One ...
www.onenewspage.com/.../PHOTOS-Conservation-On-Canadi...