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Birds roosting in school chimneys
Times and Transcript
Now, BSC has created a new conservation project to get students of the schools involved this spring. Students for Swifts is designed to connect children with the chimney swifts inhabiting their school chimneys. The project is part of Shell Canada's ...
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Mushing through the snow
Calgary Herald
The duo began their dog mushing career on the sprint racing circuit in Western Canada. Since 1989, they have participated in many competitive events, including races up to 300 kilometres long. But it's the dogs that are the real stars. All 200 of them. ...
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Commemorating 1812 at Winterlude | Canada's Capital Region
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It's going to be an active holiday season for the ParticipACTION ...
I'm not the only member of the ParticipACTION team that lives an active lifestyle! Like many of you, my colleagues and I juggle work, family, volunteer and ...
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Kudos & Applause
Ottawa Citizen
$8000 to The East Coast Trail Association, for the restoration of ... $20000 conservation grant to Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - Saskatchewan, ...

The Confederation Trail - Prince Edward Island (PEI) - Island Trails ...
The Confedration Trail. The Confederation Trail was developed on abandoned railway beds, and takes you across the Island, past wetlands and through ...
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Go Calendar
Victoria Times Colonist
Boxing Day hike - Mount Douglas trails. Alice in Wonderland. ... singles and couples welcome at Cedar Hill Recreation Centre, 7: 45-10 pm Tel. ...

Try cross-country skiing throughout Canada
Official Ottawa Travel website guide to Canada's Capital region with Ottawa Ontario ... One of the best places to either hit the trails or take a cross-country skiing ...
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Nova Scotia's ski slopes set to open
CBC.ca
"We prepare the Sundance trail first, that's the one beneath the chair lift, and then we can go out onto the other trails where we can point our guns higher ...

Freerunning Meets Gymnastics | Adventure Canada, Outdoor ...
Freerunning Meets Gymnastics. A recent Freerunning video showcases the sport at a completely different level of tricks and production value. The gymnastic ...
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Calling Lakes Cruisers Club maintains Qu'Appelle Valley's ...
Regina Leader-Post
The club is part of the Saskatchewan Snowmobile Association (SSA), a provincewide associationdedicated to organizing safe trails and enhancing ...

Pfizer presents cleanup plans for Cyanamid site MyCentralJersey.com
New Brunswick — what's not to like? The city is sponsoring an "I Like New ... trails and public access to the river for recreational use, Downey said. ...

The Challenges Facing Rural Nonprofits « Nonprofit Newswire from ...

Nonprofit Newswire from Imagine Canada · General News · Français · Subscribe · Subscribe to feed. The Challenges Facing Rural Nonprofits. December 5 ...
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Nova Scotia Trails | Graceful Simplicity About Me · Wild Plants of Nova Scotia ... 7 Wonders New Brunswick Nova Scotia Ralph Waldo Emerson Real-Life Yoga Real ... Posts tagged 'Nova Scotia Trails' ...
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Explore Nova Scotia Outdoor Adventures - Adventures Tours ... Explore Nova Scotia outdoors adventures information, including ... www.explorenovascotia.com/nova-scotia.../index.cfm?...

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Make Ice Safety a Priority in the Outdoors Fairview Post Skating, playing hockey, fishing or snowmobiling can be a favorite part of winter, but the ice you findoutdoors is not always trustworthy. Outdoor ice can be dangerous. Every year, Canadians fall through it, and some do not make it out. ... See all stories on this topic »

Delay on park fuels frustration BCLocalNews“After all this time and the millions of dollars that have been spent there are still a number of fundamental questions that Parks Canada has not answered,” said Greg Norton, rally organizer and co-founder of the Grassland Park Review Coalition. ... See all stories on this topic »

Outreach Events Volunteers, Canadian Parks and Wilderness ...
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Rapid Media First in Apple's Newsstand App
Canoeroots Magazine
Rapid Media launched its first iPad app in August 2010 making it the first paddling and fishing magazine (and first Canadian magazine, period) in Apple's App Store. In June of this year, Rapid Media launched three new branded apps and rebranded the ...
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50Plus : Travel : Canada's top cross-country ski spots
Groomed trails, beautiful scenery and a good workout -- what more could you ask for? We check out some top spots to cross-country ski in Canada. ...
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Report Shows Parks Canada's Significant Contribution to Canadian Economy
MarketWatch (press release)
The report reveals that the annual expenditures made by Parks Canada and the millions of visitors to Canada's national parks, national historic sites, and national marine conservation areas make a substantial and widespread contribution to the Canadian ...
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Lectures and other events of interest
Montreal Gazette
Les amis de la montagne hold a snowshoeing outing in Mont-Royal Park. ... Catherine Rd. Presented by Canadian Friends of Peace Now and the Labour Zionist ...

The seeds have been planted, now we're looking to grow: Trees of Knowledge is ...
Canada NewsWire (press release)
The program was created last year by MAJESTA, the soft and green choice for household paper products, in partnership with Tree Canada and Focus on Forests to help teachers and students experience the benefits of being outdoors. All Canadian schools can ...
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Gallery: A year through the lens of Rob Jones
Cyclingnews.com
Canadian Rob Jones is one of the hardest working photographers in the sport. Circumnavigating the globe to bring us images of road, mountain biking, ...

outdoor adventure canada - forums - Nov 29 Advanced Classic Solo ...
Becky Mason has just returned from her wildly successful six week European dvd tour and is really excited to be home for her Canadian launch. The evening's ...
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Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Nature Hike – Waterfall ...
Event: Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Nature Hike – Waterfall Trail, Gatineau -- from the Environmental Events Calendar: ...
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Try these winter wanders near Vancouver, BC
The Seattle Times
The park is home to old-growth forest, and its 5 miles of trails lead to great views of downtown Vancouver. For information about BC's provincial parks, including Cypress, Mount Seymour and Skookumchuck Narrows, see www.bcparks.ca. ...
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Mountain biking's a passion for Creswell's Al Bennett
Creswell Chronicle
... that trail from the vantage point of his mountain bike, but bikes are not allowed on the trail. And when he turns 50 next year, what does Bennett want for his birthday? Not a party, but a week-long mountain bike trip in Idaho or British Columbia. ...
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Kinsol Trestle triumph worth visiting
Victoria Times Colonist
Led by Macdonald and Lawrence Timber Framing, the trestle has been restored to its former glory and will become an integral part of the Trans Canada Trail. ...

Tar ponds redesign draws Central Park comparison
TheChronicleHerald.ca
SYDNEY — When an engineering design contract for trails, bridges and walkways ... Nova Scotia's lone federal cabinet minister, said in the news release. ...

Regional Round-Up
EMC Smiths Falls
24th, canoe/kayaking presentationon trips to Nahanni and Barron R. Ticket ... The Royal Canadian Legion, 177 George St., 9 am-2 pm Mississippi Mudds perform ...

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Coffee With...Christine Reid and Jean-Ann Thompson
Gander Beacon
... the cross-country ski trails will get groomed, the ice will be flooded at ... providing recreational opportunities in rural Newfoundland and Labrador. ...


Some ski trails already open in Riding Mountain
Brandon Sun
"These are probably the only set trails in the park but there are others that are packed." The Cross Country Ski Association of Manitoba has just updated ...

West Coast Paddler - Sea kayak forum • View topic - Kanawa
After 33 years, Paddle Canada is pulling the plug on Kanawa Magazine. Instead Paddle Canada is going with an insert in Rapid Media, which also represents ...
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Paddle Canada (@paddlecanada) on Twitter
Sign up for Twitter to follow Paddle Canada (@paddlecanada). Paddle Canada is a non-profit national recreational canoeing, sea & river kayaking and SUP ...
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Nonprofit Executives' Professional ... - Blog @ Imagine Canada
The Nonprofit Library at Imagine Canada recently ran a short survey to find out more about how Executive Directors (EDs) and their training needs (and a big ...
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Image via WikipediaOfficials see increased use of recreational trail systems
Appleton Post Crescent
... water trail, including new canoe and kayak launches and portage facilities. ... 2010 trail progress: Negotiations continued with Canadian National ...

Promoting our city, urban walks, a festival and...
CanadaEast.com
... Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland/Labrador, well represented by .... You can celebrate "Active Living" and the "St. Martins Tides and Trails Walking ...

Linus Gillis Memorial Walk resumes today in O'Leary
Journal Pioneer
He and Alan MacKenzie were part of a group that completed Prince Edward Island's Confederation Trail in 2003. MacKenzie is one of the five hikers who plans ...

Shred the slopes on Grouse Mountain this Canada Day
The Province
The Snowshoe Grind will also remain open indefinitely. ... With the warmer weather, the Canadian Avalanche Centre is warning backcountry skiers to watch for ...

Image by renedrivers via FlickrSnobelen: Parks are Canada's legacy
Toronto Sun
That thought crossed my mind Wednesday evening as I ran (make that plodded) along the bike trail in Banff. The warmth of the late day sun mixed with the spectacular mountain vistas and the surging streams of clear spring water flowing through the ...
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Parks Canada centennial celebrations
canadianimmigrant.ca
An all day outdoor street fest and concert will also showcase Parks Canada's many treasures from across the country. As part of its year-long Centennial Celebrations, Parks Canada has planned a launch event on May 21 in downtown Toronto, ...
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River Run Centre site held CPR freight depot
Waterloo Record
By Jon Fear, Record staff The River Run Centre for the performing arts has a pleasing location in downtown Guelph, above the west bank of the Speed River and beside a small park with a walkway that's part of the Trans Canada Trail. ...
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Leaving town lock, stock and black walnut trees
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Thomas Trans Canada Trail committee, warned the trail may have to be moved outside the city if council doesn't "grab the bull by the horns" and do something to save it. Turvey had been in discussion with TBR Developments, which purchased the CASO lands ...
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Pippy Park third in great public place contest
St. John's Telegram
Glenn Smith rides the short-track mountain biking trail in Pippy Park. — Telegam file photo Pippy Park in St. John's has placed third in a ranking of great public spaces. According to a news release, there were more than 6000 nominations and four ...
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ERCA cleanup yields junk
Windsor Star
The Essex Region Conservation Authority, Windsor Port Authority, the Detroit River Canadian Cleanup and the City of Windsor and members from the New Canadian Centre gave Windsor's Brock Street Dock a much needed cleansing. "The Detroit River is such an ...
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Kayaking Safety - New Report on Boating Deaths in Canada (Ebb &amp ...
Now let's look more closely at kayaking accidents. Between 1991 and 2006, 77 fatalities were linked to kayaks in Canada. Of these deaths, 76 were due to ...
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U.S. knowledge of Canada lacking
Windsor Star
On the same question about Canadian geography, 57 per cent of those surveyed ... "I think we need to make the War of 1812 more of an opportunity to explore ...

A classic hike in the Rockies
Banff Crag & Canyon
It's Pole's job, after all, as the author of Classic Hikes in the Canadian Rockies, to know a thing or two about the trails in these mountains. Now in its third edition, the hiking book has changed a bit since its first year in print in 1994. ...
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Atlantic Paddling Symposium - May 20-23, 2011 - Rapid, The ...
Guinness Book of World Records Canoe & Kayak Chall. ... 2011 Canadian Rafting Championship; Saturday, June 11, 2011 - Sunday, June 12, 2011 ...
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Weir and Moeschler team up for BC Bike Race
Cyclingnews.com
In 2010, the pair competed in the French Enduro series and the Trans-Sylvania Epic mountain bike stage race. "My quest to be more like a Canadian has been ongoing," said Weir. "This seemed to be a real fast way to imbed some Canadian skills and long ...
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Home | Cyclemeisters Presents — 2011 Canadian XC MTB Championships
Welcome to the homepage for the 2011 Canadian National Mountain Bike Championships. For the second year in a row the very best athletes in Canadian mountain ...
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                                           Image via WikipediaFrom the backcountry to the front driveway
Calgary Herald
From urban driveways to backcountry trails, rugged pickup trucks and off-road-capable SUVs are as common in Alberta as snow in May. ...

Town Committee Formed To Help Recreation Needs
Fairview Post
... council on a broad range of planning for trails, open spaces, parks, sport fields, ... We are also reviewing reports from Alberta Recreation and Parks ...

The heart of vroom!
Calgary Herald
It wasn't until a young Phillips visited friends in small town Alberta that he ... the interchange at Crowchild and Glenmore Trails and the Saddledome. ...

On kids' time in B.C.
Surrey Now
Teens can try rock climbing, rappelling and mountain biking, ... and water during the Quality Foods Canadian Open Sand Sculpting Competition & Exhibition. ...

Rempel wired for golden season
Niagarathisweek.com
The Fenwick native snagged first place at the 2011 OFSAA cross country championships in November by running three-kilometres in just ten minutes and 48 seconds. She went on to compete at the Canadian National Cross Country Championships and earning a ...
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Parks Canada Warns Of Campground, Trail Closures
CKFR
Parks Canada is warning that some campgrounds and trails won't be opened in time for the May long weekend this year. Damage from winter avalanches, a heavy snowpack and cold spring weather are being blamed. Kicking Horse campground in Yoho National ...
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The great western ale trail
Vancouver Sun
Craft Beers of the Pacific Northwest, Morrison's first book, is primarily focused on Oregon and Washington states, but she also includes a chapter on British Columbia with sections describing Vancouver, the Sea to Sky Corridor, Vancouver Island and the ...
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Trail tour to stop in Brockville
Brockville Recorder and Times
Barr said this is the first time the group is taking a major cycling tour outside of Quebec and she credits positive comments about the Great Waterfront Trail Tour for raising interest in coming to Brockville by their cycling counterparts in the ...
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May or 's Report
Caledon Citizen
Our Caledon Trailway, part of the Trans Canada Trail (TCT), travels through the villages of Palgrave, Caledon East, Inglewood and Cheltenham, to just west of Winston Churchill Boulevard in Terra Cotta. The TCT is the world's longest and grandest trail, ...
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Time to talk
Gander Beacon
“The potential for the ATV and snowmobiling industry in central Newfoundland and Labrador is unbelievable. Can you imagine having a trail around Gander Lake ...       

       

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Majestic bald eagle - Canada's great outdoors. Photograph by Ginny Riege. Eagles are a common sight across northwestern Ontario. This bird is a particulary ..www.ontariossunsetcountry.ca/acloserlook.cfm/.../19316,9398

BC Parks Funding
CFJC TV Kamloops
Noting there's no such thing as money trees in BC's Provincial parks -- Environment Minister Terry Lake says budget pressures are bound to have an affect. He made the statement after the Western Canada Wilderness Committee released documents showing ...
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Tourism kicked off its season
Northumberland Today
Along with some delectables from the county to tease your taste buds, such as pizza-like Empire Cheese, there was information to be picked up about new spa services, fishing adventures, celebrations of birthdays like the 100 years of Parks Canada and ...
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What route should cyclists travel to Valleyview?
www.kamloopsnews.ca
This unfinished bike lane that runs along Valleyview Drive and underneath the TransCanada Highway is part of a three-phase project to connect Valleyview cyclists to Columbia Street and The Rivers Trail. Phase two is slated to begin this spring. ...
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Race Face back in business
BIKEmagic
by David Arthur Today, Canadian mountain bike site Pinkbike has revealed that the company will be saved in a last minute bidding war for the remnants of the brand. Former Race Face VP of Sales Chris Tutton, who joined the company in 1994, ...
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Northwest Ontario Canoe Tour - Free Canadian Fishing Map
Northwest Ontario Canoe Tour - Free Canadian fishing map of all the fishing lakes, lodges, camps and outposts in the Patricia Region of Northwest Ontario, ...
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Editorial: Victoria must find new cash for BC parks
The Province
We don't call our province "Beautiful British Columbia" for nothing. And an important part of that claim is our wonderful provincial parks system, one of the best in the world. Today, according to the Environment Ministry, 14.26 per cent of our ...
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Cb Highlands Roads/trails Map Needed - Nova Scotia Hunting
Nova Scotia Hunting: Cb Highlands Roads/trails Map Needed - Nova Scotia Hunting. Jump to content. Search Advanced · Nova Scotia Hunting; > General Forums ...
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Furry Fiesta Fun
Patch.com
... start with the Tails on Trails Dog Walk fundraiser on the paths and walkways around ... however I understand a Newfoundland ran away with first place by ...

The Plan Nord: Toward a Sustainable Development Model
Canada NewsWire (press release)
The Canadian Boreal Initiative is the Canadian partner of the Pew Environment Group's International Boreal Conservation Campaign. CBI brings together diverse partners to create new solutions for Boreal conservation and sustainable development. ...
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