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Showing posts with label Travel and Tourism. Show all posts

Wednesday, 7 December 2011

Canadian Trails - Sled, Ride, Ski or Bike Canada's Trails

Qu'Appelle Valley near Cutarm, Sask., circa 1910Image via Wikipedia
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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Canadian Canoe Routes • View topic - Forward strokes vs. Back ... Your Last visit was: Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:05 pm. It is currently Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:05 pm. Guest, Welcome to Canadian Canoe Routes Click here to Register ...
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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 ...
Organization: Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society http://www.cpaws- southernalberta.org. Location: Calgary, Alberta CPAWS Southern Alberta Chapter is ...
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Sunday, 4 December 2011

Canadian Trails - Ski, Sled, Bike or Hike Canada's Trails

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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Friday, 25 November 2011

Canadian Trails - Develop, Manage, Preserve and Use Canadian Trails!

I took this photo of cross country skiing at G...
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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. ...
www.50plus.com/travel/canadas-top-cross-country.../144721/

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 ...
www.outdooradventurecanada.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC...

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Nature Hike – Waterfall ...
Event: Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Nature Hike – Waterfall Trail, Gatineau -- from the Environmental Events Calendar: ...
www.planetfriendly.net/calendar/events.php?id=15385

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 ...
Prepared ski trails for cross-country skiing.
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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 ...
www.westcoastpaddler.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=1...

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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Saturday, 22 October 2011

Canadian Trails Federation - Paddle, Hike, Bike or Ride Canadian Trails

Poecile-atricapilla-005Image via Wikipedia


Injury prevention activity makes its debut at Riverside School
Prince Albert Daily Herald
The Safe Saskatchewan-Saskatchewan Emergency Medical Services Association (SEMSA) Rebecca Trail is a scavenger hunt-like game that provides children with ...

Modern Legislation for ... - Nonprofit Newswire from Imagine Canada
October 20 2011 – The Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (the Act) was proclaimed on October 17, 2011. The federal legislation governing the not-for- profit ...
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Snowshoeing in Gatineau Park | Canada's Capital Region
Snowshoeing in Gatineau Park | Canada's Capital Region http://www. canadascapital.gc.ca/places-to-visit/gatineau-park/things-to-do/snowshoeing- gatineau- ...
www.canadascapital.gc.ca/...to.../snowshoeing-gatineau-park

Travel: Tourism commission spreads the word abroad about 'signature ...
Waterloo Record
Rails, Trails & Ales, offered by Northern Edge Algonquin, combines mountain biking in Algonquin Provincial Park with a beer-tasting visit to the Highlander micro-brewery in South River, Ont. There's also “an evening of brews” in a century-old log cabin ...
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Biberdamm 2 dbImage via Wikipedia

The true-life adventure genre
Uptown
"These documentaries are 'outdoor thrillers,'" says Ivan Hughes, of the climbing and adventure films featured in the Oct. 25 Winnipeg stop of the Reel Rock ...

Canadian Pacific - Bear Conservation Initiative
The research will be supported by operational investments by both CP and Parks Canada and supplemented, to the greatest extent possible, by the resources of ...
www.cpr.ca/en/in-your-community/.../bear-initiative

Park fence won't stop us: Charlottetown resident
CBC.ca
A Charlottetown resident says a barricade Parks Canada has placed across a controversial trail near his community won't stop snowmobiles this winter. “We're just going to, when the snow comes, we're riding it plain and simple,” said Dion Powell. ...
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Visitors flock to reopened Kinsol Trestle
Victoria Times Colonist
Turn right on Glen Eagles Road, then right on Shelby Road. A small parking lot is on the left. Follow the Trans-Canada Trail north to the trestle.

Wilder MendezImage via Wikipedia
Boardwalk talk
NorthernLife.ca
... the development and promotion of active transportation routes in the City of Greater Sudbury and is the local representative for the Trans Canada Trail. ...

Kayaking Across Canada - News & Events - News | Epic Kayaks
Kayaking Across Canada – Terry Bolland. You would think that at 60 years old most people would be taking things easy but not so for West Australian Terry ...
www.epickayaks.com/news/news/kayaking-across-canada-

Children's activity levels decreasing
YorkRegion.com
... Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group and ParticipACTION to complete the report card. “We know there are barriers to getting active, ...         
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Tuesday, 17 May 2011

Canadian Trails Federation - Paddle, Hike, Bike or Ride Canadian Trails

The coast of Prince Edward Island, as seen fro...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 ...


Waterton Lakes National Park CanadaImage 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 d
ay 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 ...
www.paddlingcanada.com/.../401-kayaking-safety-new-report...
       
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Tuesday, 10 May 2011

Canadian Trails Federation - Paddle, Hike, Bike or Ride Canadian Trails

...Image by Dawn D via FlickrMajestic bald eagle - Canada's great outdoors, Images of Ontario
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, ...
www.freemap.ca/articles/articles.php/0372


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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Paddle Canada - Graham Ketcheson : Check out our new website: http ...
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Sunday, 8 May 2011

Canadian Trails Federation - Paddle, Hike, Bike or Ride Canadian Trails

Bayer Supports Canadian Equestrians with Donation to Equine Canada ...
Bayer HealthCare is pleased to announce the donation of $15000 CDN and Legend® product to Equine Canada. The donation is intended to support and maintain ...
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Outdoor Recreation Council of British Columbia
Minutes of the Outdoor Recreation Council 2010 AGM. Click on the link below to view the unaudited financial statements ... BC Rivers Day | Endangered Rivers ...
www.orcbc.ca/pub_orcdocuments.htm


Picture taken in the Tablelands in Gros Morne ...       Image via WikipediaTablelands Newfoundland - Photos, Photo Gallery & Travel Ideas Canada
Photo: Tablelands Trail Inukshuk Gros Morne National Park Newfoundland ... Blowing in the breeze along the Tableland Trail in Newfoundland Labrador are ...
www.canada-photos.com/photos/tablelands-newfoundland.htm



NEWFOUNDLAND OFF THE BEATEN PATH
trail ranging from high cliff hiking trails almost 600m's above sea level to an intimate muscle boil up on a secluded beach. Newfoundland Off The Beaten ...
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Outdoor trails and adventure in North America, Canada and the US ...
Paddle Canada Sea Kayaking Level 1 or equivalent is a prerequisite; Paddle Canada Introduction to Sea Kayaking Instructor curriculum is completed and ...
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Search Promising Practices | Nonprofit Library Commons
Between 2002 and 2007, Imagine Canada hosted the Knowledge Development Centre ( KDC) and Volunteer Canada hosted the Community Support Centre (CSC), ...
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