April 2, 2015
Getting Paid by the Foot in Nipigon, ON
While we were prepping our project in Nipigon, Ontario one of the long time residents and trail advocates stopped in to see what we were up to. He was impressed at how Chad was…
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March 31, 2015
Trail Care Crew application deadline extended till Nov 21st
In light of some technical problems with imbacanada.com over the past weekend, we've decided to extend the 2012 Trail Care Crew application until Monday, November 21st. If you've…
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March 28, 2015
Jasper National Park
Having a town of 5,000 right at its centre provides Jasper National Park with some unique challenges. Wherever you have that many people living amidst breathtaking mountains, many…
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March 28, 2015
IMBA Uprising 2018
The end of March in small town USA is very different than Vancouver, BC. First the weather is warmer and drier and second, many women in mountain biking were coming together for…
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March 24, 2015
Revealing the trail
We had a great day of building and teaching in Nanaimo; tons of great volunteers ready to tackle the challenging terrain we had, plus help from the previous Trail Care Crew to…
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March 12, 2015
Memramcook, NB – Even Small Towns Need Trails
We've done visits across this country in both big cities and towns with populations smaller than 150. The thing about trails is that it doesn't matter where you are, most places…
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February 28, 2015
Mountain biking a featured activity at Parks Canada 100th Anniversary Celebrations
Parks Canada kicked off their 100th anniversary celebrations in a big way with the Blue Jays on Saturday. Starting with a street festival, and ending with a camp-out in Canada's…
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February 26, 2015
Take the Active Communities Pledge
I'm known for saying that mountain biking is not just like other forms of biking, only on dirt. Bike lanes, gravel paths and dirt roads are not what we are looking for. Nor are…
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February 18, 2015
Riding in Central Ontario’s North
As part of our ongoing training as Trail Care Crew, and AJ and I travelled up to the Bruce Peninsula to work with staff from Bruce County – the team responsible for Mountain Bike…
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February 13, 2015
Assessing The Minessing Trail Network In Algonquin Park
Recently, I traveled to Algonquin Provincial Park to take in the beautiful scenery and perform a comprehensive assessment of their Minessing Trail Network.
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