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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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Warming Huts competition honors Gehry and four others

SmartPlanet.com
Warming Huts is an open contest sponsored by the Manitoba Association of Architects, ... The dome-like hut will rest inside the river trail's landscape. ...

Year in Review
Lake of the Woods Enterprise
Kenora skiers make up four of the five competitors in Manitoba's female Nordic ... All four were on the trails for a final relay race, finishing the event ...

Equine Canada Implements New Helmet Rule | The Chronicle of the ...
“I am very proud of our dressage committee for taking this step,” said Equine Canada president Michael Gallagher. “I believe we are the first national federation ...
www.chronofhorse.com/.../equine-canada-implements-new-he...

Room for a lighthouse in PEI Trails of Hats'n Hospitalitea
Before and After bedroom renovated in nautical theme.
besidethetrail.ca/hatsnhospitalitea/bb-pei/before-and-after-bb/

Travel Tip: War of 1812 Events
Peter Greenberg.com Travel News
For a different perspective, Canadians also are celebrating. Next fall, Queenston Heights Park in Ontario hosting hosting the largest battle reenactment in Canada, commemorating the first significant conflict of the War of 1812… a battle that, ...
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Blue Mountain Opens More Trails - Get Out There - Canada's source ...
Canada's source for endurance sports, outdoor recreation and adventure. advertise. General info · Magazines · Online · GOT Report · Coupons · Custom ...
www.getouttheremag.com/GOTnews.php?media_id=1340

Dogsled purse hits record high in 2012

CottageCountryNow.ca
The Kearney dogsled races not only boasts some of the greatest trails in the sport but are now more profitable for winning mushers. KEARNEY – Behind the sled of a team of dogs careening down the trails at the Kearney Dog Sled Races is the place to be ...
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Blazing ski trails in Europe
The Province
By Terry Bell, The Province December 30, 2011 2:30 AM Alex Harvey and Devon Kershaw are two members of the Canadian Cross Country Ski team competing in the Tour de Ski. Some people like to tour Europe on a well organized package holiday. ...
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Hidden Valley Resort: A Huffington Post Travel Ski Resort Guide
Huffington Post
The resort has 22 skiable acres and nine trails, comparatively fewer than other ski parks. Forty percent of trails are set aside for beginners, while an additional 40 percent are designed to cater to intermediate skiers. Experts must content themselves ...
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Skier dead after backcountry avalanche in BC
CTV.ca
"It's a perfect recipe for avalanches," he said. "You really want to be careful anywhere you go in this period." Skiers and snowboarders are urged to stay on marked trails to avoid triggering a slide. avalanche , BC avalanche , pemberton avalanche.
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Canada's Boreal Forest: The Year in Review - Pew Environment ...
Conservation must outpace development if Canada's boreal forest is to remain healthy. Governments, scientists, and conservation groups are taking important ...
www.pewenvironment.org/.../canadas-boreal-forest-the-year-i...

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CPR Holiday Train visit raises cash and food donations for Heritage City
The Nelson Daily
Bruce Fuhr photo The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train was back in the Heritage City Monday night to fill local food banks with money and raise awareness to fight hunger. Hundreds of Nelsonites flocked to Lakeside Park to hear Valdy give a live ...
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Canadian Heritage Moment party : canada
I recently got a dvd with all the Canadian Heritage minute commercials, so I hosted a heritageparty where we all came in costume. From left to right, we had ...
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Mayes throws council off course
Winnipeg Free Press
One is a request from the Cross-Country Ski Association of Manitoba to ... with eight kilometres oftrails used by just under 1000 season-pass holders. ...


'Grand old man' Hyacinth Colomb dies at age 95
Winnipeg Free Press
"He was a chief for awhile (of Pukatawagan) , a councillor, a president of the Manitoba TrappersAssociation." Colomb also worked for Manitoba Conservation ...


Muttart Foundation gives Imagine Canada financial ... - CNW Group
The grant, initiated by Muttart's Board of Directors, is intended as support for Imagine Canada'sgeneral operations. "Our Foundation has long been a strong ...
www.newswire.ca/.../muttart-foundation-gives-imagine-canada...

Riding the trails of Taiwan
The Province
If there is such a thing as the perfect bike trail, the Guanshan Bike Park in eastern Taiwan must be it. Municipal officials in Canada attempting to persuade people to ride bicycles should take note; if you want to encourage people to ride bicycles, ...
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Banff to ban overnight traffic on scenic road
Calgary Herald
The announcement comes as Parks Canada prepares to address several proposed commercial developments in Banff and Jasper national parks. Conservation groups, including the Canadianwilderness society, have criticized several of the projects, ...
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