Archived In The News 2006
Wild
places have benefits for kids
Well-meaning safety concerns - as well as TV and video games
- are keeping kids sedate and indoors and may be restricting
their appreciation of, familiarity with and enjoyment of nearby
natural environments, say U of G landscape architecture researchers.
Prof. Nate Perkins, School of Environmental Design and Rural
Development, believes that wild places such as woodlots, creeks
and hedgerows develop children's imaginations in ways that
virtual simulations never will.
Unique
local calender Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre - Owen Sound,Ontario,Canada
"Broads of the Bay" is a 2007 calender with photos
of 14 successful business women from the Georgian Bay region.
Tyler Boyle and ...
Earth's
cleanest water creates thorny issue Globe and Mail - Canada
... dump, which lies northwest of the city of Barrie. ...
and thousands of times cleaner than Ontario drinking-water
... Arctic ice from Devon Island in Canada's Far North ...
Photographers
focus on Niagara Escarpment Ancaster News - Ontario, Canada
A summer morning fishing on the shores of Owen Sound Bay ...
The meandering ridge is home to over 300 bird species and
other wildlife, many of Ontario's rare plant ...
Horse
park to include condos Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
... Located on Nipissing Ridge, Woodlands by Sierra is within
walking distance of Georgian Bay and is a short drive to Blue
Mountain. ...
Keeping
the water clean Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre - Owen Sound,Ontario,Canada
Owen Sound is doing a better than average job of keeping raw
sewage out of Georgian Bay and the Great Lakes. The Manager
of Engineering ...
Exhibit
on small-town shul to open in Owen Sound Canadian Jewish News
- North York,ON,Canada
... Canada's last small-town shul, and Grey Roots, a Grey
County heritage museum and visitor centre, are ready to introduce
the Georgian Bay community to an ...
Shipwreck
remembered in Wiarton Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre -
Owen Sound,Ontario,Canada
... and rebuilt in 1895 with reduced tonnage. It sank by a
collision in Georgian Bay in September 1898, and was raised
and rebuilt.
The
Copper Penny Foundation CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
... An Autumn Getaway on Georgian Bay which includes three
night stay for two at a private cottage situated on the shores
of Georgian Bay on Parry Island between ...
Apple
crop looks good Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre - Owen Sound,Ontario,Canada
... prices. He says the apple crop produced in the Georgian
Bay area is used for both juice production and fresh consumption.
Gilroy ...
Georgian
on her mind Globe and Mail - Canada
... any difference, but I'd be curious to know what brought
a woman born and raised in Edinburgh to set her first novel
in a village north of
Georgian Bay in the ...
Solar
power heading mainstream Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Stack and his wife spent the summer on a remote island in
Georgian Bay and 15 years ago they decided to end their reliance
on traditional hydro energy. ...
Commission
urges stronger Great Lakes pact - Globe and Mail, Canada
... According to Reg Gilbert, a spokesman for Great Lakes
United, a conservation group based in Montreal and Buffalo,
negotiating a new pact will take at least ...
Touring
route developed Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre - Owen Sound,Ontario,Canada
The Ontario Ministry of Tourism and local governments will
be pledging money to help improve the Georgian Bay area as
a major tourism destination. ...
Manitoulin
Island: gem of a destination for nature lovers
Vancouver Sun (subscription) - British Columbia, Canada
... Steep climbs will require hikers to get their hands dirty,
but the payoff - a view of Georgian Bay's North Channel from
atop 70-metre bluffs - is well worth ...
Canada
announces funding for the Upper Great Lakes study
... Concerns have been raised by the Georgian Bay Association
(GBA) that shoreline alteration, historical aggregate riverbed
mining and navigational dredging are ...
Speaking
Notes for the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of ...
Environment Canada (press release) - Ottawa,ON,Canada You
certainly have a beautiful riding. And I am thrilled to have
the opportunity
to come here to appreciate Georgian Bay myself. ...
Parks
Canada hosts opening ceremony for a new visitor centre at
Fathom Five National Marine Park of Canada and Bruce Peninsula
National Park of Canada
TOBERMORY, ON, Aug. 16 /CNW Telbec/ - Mr. Larry Miller,
Member of Parliament for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, on behalf
of the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of the Environment
and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today announced
the official opening of a $7.82 million Visitor Centre for
Bruce Peninsula National Park of Canada and Fathom Five National
Marine Park of Canada.
Treasure
trove awaits kids on Bruce Trail
... Favourite displays for kids include the stuffed, foraging
black bear — the ... Following the Bruce Trail's signature
white blazes back to town, we came ...
More
cruise ships on the lakes
Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre - Owen Sound,Ontario,Canada
We soon could see more cruise ships ply the waters of Georgian
Bay and the Great Lakes. The Executive Director of the Great
Lakes ...
The
United Way of South Georgian Bay would like to announce the
exciting and anxiously awaited launch of the 2006 Golf Tour
raffle.
With only 1500 tickets printed there are fantastic odds in
winning the GRAND PRIZE of a round of golf for four at each
of the following golf courses in the Georgian Triangle area:
Georgian Bay
celebrates 'youth conservation club of the year' O.F.A.H.
Get Outdoors inspires youth and parents
GEORGIAN BAY--(CCNMatthews - Feb. 24, 2006) - Kids and parents
from the Georgian Bay Get Outdoors Club leapt from their seats
last Friday when Natural Resources Minister, David Ramsay,
announced them as the winner of the M.N.R. Junior Conservation
Award. The provincial honor was presented at the Ontario Federation
of Anglers and Hunters' Annual Wildlife Conference in Toronto.
MARVELS
of engineering span the globe--Blast off near Georgian Bay
Toronto Star - Canada
... Launchings are expected to begin in about two years. Testing
will be done on a military base near Meaford, Ont., on Georgian
Bay. ...
National
Ski and Snowboard Week to be launched at Blue Mountain Resort,
ON
January 13th, 2006 The Canadian Ski Council Chairman, Dave
Cormier is cordially inviting you to join the Canadian Ski
Council for the official launch of 2006 National Ski and Snowboard
Week (NSSW) taking place at Blue Mountain Resort, ON January
13th, 2006.
FRESH
apples can be enjoyed all winter long Parry Sound North Star
- Parry Sound,Ontario,Canada
PARRY SOUND December 21, 2005
Because of the hard work and dedication of more than 700 apple
growers in the province, 60 of whom are in the Georgian Bay
area, we are able to ...
OWEN
Sound's illuminating experience Toronto Star - Canada
... home to the award-winning Festival of Northern Lights.
... O'Rourke at the Owen Sound Tourism office has ... bus
tours come in from all over Ontario including Toronto ...
PROJECT
nestled within Raven golf course Globe and Mail - Canada November
25th, 2005
Since last summer's launch of The Residences at Lora Bay --
a year-round recreational community nestled within a golf
course along Georgian Bay -- people from ...
MONSTER
40-pound rainbow trout sets new OFAH/Ontario Record - Canada
October 25, 2005
... The new record fish has also been entered into the OFAH
Ontario Angler Awards, a free program that recognizes outstanding
fishing skills by all anglers, young ...
Wye Marsh
Wildlife Centre, Midland Ontario September 2005
... Caring for Nature Volunteer Workshops
The Wye Marsh Stewardship Department has developed a series
of volunteer workshops entitled “Caring For Nature.”
Native Species Planting Discover the wonders
of Wye Marsh’s upland forest while helping to replenish
the native plant source of this important ecosystem....
Other
system didn't face Fox locks' fate Green Bay Press Gazette
- Green Bay,WI,USA September 6th, 2005
... the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario and Georgian Bay on
Lake ... the lake cottage industry in Ontario boomed during
... dams, but there was enough tourism starting that ...
WHY
can'tI get those fish to bite? Ancaster News - Ancaster,Ontario,Canada
August 19th, 2005
... box. But after hours of patient expectation, I came out
blank. Zero. The old Georgian Bay fish had seen my type before.
Frustrated ...
ENDURO
a first in Canada Parry Sound North Star - Parry Sound,Ontario,Canada
August 17th, 2005
Kelly Krist, Georgian Bay Country marketing manager, said
a similar session will likely take place here when the World
Enduro Championship comes to Parry Sound. ...
MOOSE
highlights species at risk Parry Sound North Star - Parry
Sound,Ontario,Canada August 17th, 2005
... "We were delighted to help pull this project together,"
explains Glenda Clayton, co-ordinator of the Georgian Bay
Reptile Awareness Program. ...
BRINGING
the Bay to James Street Parry Sound North Star - Parry Sound,Ontario,Canada
August 10th, 2005
...On Tuesday, local artist Pat Clair painted the final branches
on his mural of windswept pines along the shore of Georgian
Bay. On ...
MCGUINTY
Government Helping Property Owners Maintain Natural Areas
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... The Natural Spaces Program will cover all of
southern Ontario - an
area south of a line from Midland through Peterborough to
Ottawa. ...
 The
“Big Flap” At Midland Ontario’s Wye Marsh
Midland, Ontario July 8, 2005……
.
....The Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre, home to Ontario’s
Trumpeter Swan, is embarking on an ambitious fund raising
program to secure the long-term future population of Trumpeters
in Eastern Canada......
Ontario
Strives For Better Protection of The Great Lakes
Government Releases Draft Agreements With Stronger Ban on
Diversions TORONTO, June 30 /CNW/ - Revised draft agreements
providing stronger protection for Great Lakes Basin waters
are being released for public consultation, Natural Resources
Minister David Ramsay announced today.
Small
planes, big plans Northern Ontario Business - Sudbury,Ontario,Canada
- June 5, 2005
... Sound, Lake Rosseau, Lake Muskoka and Georgian Bay. ...
cottage tourists from points throughout southern Ontario.
... a major role in generating tourism dollars but...
NAMED
a UN 'biosphere,' region looks to rebrand Northern Ontario
Business - Sudbury,Ontario,Canada- June 5, 2005
... was designated as a United Nations biosphere reserve,
one of four in Ontario. A local biosphere board of directors
is working with the tourism association on a ...
PRIVATE
Spaceflight Group Chooses Canadian Launch Site Space.com -
USA June 2, 2005
... snag authorization from the Canadian transportation agency
Transport Canada before any ... for Canadian Arrow's planned
test site near Barrie, Ontario, he added. ...
Temagami
shows visitors a really wild time Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... is one of the best locations in Ontario for that ... Bowles,
who has led eco-tourism groups in settings ... Sound is the
takeoff point for Georgian Bay Airways, which ...
Parry
Sound, Ontario, May 2 - PR Direct
... Lime Light Theatre Productions are a professional theatre
company operating in Parry Sound since April 2003. Hailing
from England (home of theatre), they bring to Canada high
quality.....
NEXT
SUNDAY: HAVE MOMS, WILL TRAVEL Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA
... shore of Georgian Bay have drawn Ohioans across the Canadian
border into Ontario for generations ... to give up their cars
can stay at one of the 75 resorts on the ...
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